Associate Creative Director, Motion Design

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Take full ownership of motion design projects from inception to completion, encompassing significant brand initiatives, campaigns, and high-profile events.

• Manage projects autonomously while keeping the creative director and leadership informed.

• Inject a robust creative perspective and establish vision and execution standards.

• Create and animate directly for key initiatives that necessitate hands-on creative leadership.

• Uphold and enhance the brand's motion language across events, product launches, and essential brand touchpoints.

• Optimize motion systems and workflows via standards, templates, toolkits, and best practices.

• Oversee multiple projects and programs simultaneously, managing pressure and tight deadlines effectively.

• Synthesize leadership feedback and translate it into a clear, actionable creative direction.

• Guide, mentor, and provide constructive feedback to motion designers, freelancers, and agency collaborators.

• Collaborate with brand, marketing, product, and creative teams to ensure motion work aligns with storytelling and business objectives.

• Engage with creative colleagues, project management, strategy, senior leadership, and business partners.

• Investigate and incorporate AI-driven tools and techniques to enhance capabilities and streamline team workflows.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in motion design and creative direction, including past leadership roles overseeing workstreams and directing teams.

• A strong creative viewpoint with the ability to reconcile feedback from leadership and provide clear guidance.

• A portfolio that showcases solid design and typography fundamentals, a variety of styles, and diverse project types.

• Expertise in motion and design principles, including timing, keyframes, visual systems, speed curves, and value curves.

• Proficient in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Redshift, Figma, and contemporary motion workflows.

• Experience with high-profile brand events such as global gatherings, major campaigns, or product launches.

• Outstanding communication and presentation abilities.

• Capability to develop project and initiative presentations from conception to execution.

• Skill in aligning stakeholders around a creative vision and posing insightful questions.

• Proven track record of managing multiple projects and programs concurrently while meeting tight deadlines.

• Strong time management skills and the ability to maintain composure amidst competing priorities.

• Demonstrated experience in managing people, coaching team members, and directing contractors and external agencies.

• Familiarity with leveraging or critically assessing the integration of AI in creative processes, decision-making, or problem-solving.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity (when applicable)

• Variable/incentive compensation

• Health plans

• Flexible spending accounts

• 401(k) Plan with company match

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Matching donations

• Flexible time away plan

• Family leave programs

• Flexible or remote work options