Group Manager - Motion Graphics & Editorial

Adobe; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe in San Francisco is seeking a Group Manager and Lead for Motion Graphics & Editorial to grow and guide our in-house team, delivering rapid video content for product releases, PR, and social across multiple channels.

The role requires deep expertise in motion graphics, strong leadership, and a proven track record managing fast-paced projects from concept to delivery. You will shape workflows, templates, and asset systems to meet broad channel needs.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of traditional motion graphics and animation experience.
• Proficiency in After Effects, Premiere Pro, Creative Cloud and related tools.
• Strong understanding of AI in post production workflows.
• Ability to build templates, asset libraries, and scalable pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead and expand the in-house motion graphics and editorial team.
• Develop workflows, pipelines, and assets to accelerate content delivery.
• Manage multi-channel video output across product launches, PR, ads, and social.

Skills

Team management

Motion graphics

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Creative Cloud

AI in post

Asset management

Storytelling

Tools

Frame.io

DAM/MAM systems

Figma

3D tools

Job description

Group Manager and Lead - Motion Graphics & Editorial

We’re looking for a highly skilled and very energetic candidate to come help us evolve & expand our internal Motion Graphics & Editorial team. This role sits within the Adobe Global Marketing Organization in the Video Production COE, and will lead and manage our in-house motion and editorial team. Initial focus is on building the team producing video content at velocity for lower to mid-funnel & rapid-response work, including short-form videos (usually :06 - :59) for product & feature releases, PR & Comms, advertising, paid and organic social, and more across a wide array of channels and specs. But this role will help evolve and lead our greater motion and editorial team as well.

This is an important new role in a dynamic dept. The ideal candidate will:

• Be ready and able to build and manage teams and build & evolve team infrastructure, workflows, pipelines, and assets, and systems.
• Be very experienced in fast-turn motion and animation workflows, tools, methods, and storytelling, and working in a fast-paced, complex, deadline driven environment.
• Be AI fluent and passionate about finding ways to automate and optimize motion animation workflows and tasks towards efficiency.

Requirements:

• Deep experience (10 years +) in traditional motion graphics and animation work at agencies, post‑houses, and/or brands.
• State of the art motion tool ability & comprehension. Adobe After Effects & Premiere Pro skills essential, as well as Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, and other industry standard motion, editorial, design, and 3D tools & workflows.
• Strong proficiency in frame.io and general DAM / MAM & archiving systems.
• AI experience & fluency. Knowledgeable on AI and automation tools in the post, motion, animation, and social space.
• Can efficiently build & manage templates, asset libraries, systems and processes.
• Understanding of and experience making effective work across all channels, specs, and sizes.
• Excellent shortform, advertising, and social storytelling skills.
• Experienced animating vector product UI with precision.
• Strong design background, and attention to detail, including typography & type animation expertise.
• Strong people manager.
• Great communication skills.
• Strong multi-tasking and prioritization in deadline driven environment.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry‑leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

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Expected Pay Range:

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets