Job Description
Weโre seeking a Staff Motion Designer with a passion for storytelling who will push the Brilliant brand expression forward across our marketing and product. This is a hands-on role for a doer and maker who will develop creative concepts and strategies, taste-make, and ship magic that resonates with our audience. This role will collaborate with our creative team of illustrators, motion designers, writers, marketers, and product teams, creating engaging, delightful, and high-quality motion design for marketing messages and in-product moments. The ideal candidate has a strong graphic design sensibility and experience working with a character-driven brand.
Specifically, you'll:
- Work from the creative concept stage, through storyboards and animatics, to polished motion deliverables for specific marketing channels and short-form animation product needs
- Help develop the motion design standards and system for our in-house team of artists and animators
- Work independently as well as collaborate closely with creative teams to ensure a coherent and convincing brand expression across product and marketing
- Clearly articulate strategic thinking and creative decisions to a variety of cross-functional partners through well-crafted visual and motion artifacts
- Work on projects at a high level of execution and craft, keeping project timelines on track and demonstrating progress along the way
- Contribute to a culture of excellence with a focus on craft and quality on the work
- Uphold the quality of the Brilliant brand across every touchpoint with our audience
You:
- Have 6+ years of relevant design, art direction, motion, and/or animation experience, in an agency or in-house capacity working on games or consumer apps
- Have strong foundational graphic design and layout skills
- Love to draw and sketch early stage concepts
- Have experience advancing and evolving a character-driven brand
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
- Experience working in interactive environments (Rive, Lottie) a big plus
- Nice-to-haves: 3D, or cel animation
- Have a strong interest in Brilliantโs content areas and how people learn
- Have a great sense of humor and play
Please include in your application:
- A link to your online portfolio and reel
- Your resume and/or LinkedIn profile
$170,000 - $205,000 a year
