Motion Designer (Brand & Campaigns)

Illumio; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Illumio’s in‑house Brand team seeks a highly creative Motion Designer to scale motion storytelling across campaigns, product marketing, and web, translating complex cybersecurity concepts into clear visuals.

You’ll collaborate with brand designers, product marketing, and content teams to evolve our motion design language and build a best‑in‑house capability that elevates Illumio’s storytelling.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience in motion design, animation, or related roles (in‑house or agency).
• Strong portfolio showing motion design, storytelling, and brand‑driven work across formats.

Responsibilities

• Create high‑impact motion across brand and marketing assets (campaigns, explainers, ads, social, web).
• Translate cybersecurity concepts into engaging visuals for technical and business audiences.

Skills

Motion design

Storytelling

Brand storytelling

Collaboration

Timing and pacing

Tools

Adobe After Effects

Premiere Pro

Illustrator

Job description

Onwards Together!

Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. Powered by the Illumio AI Security Graph, our breach containment platform identifies and contains threats across hybrid multi-cloud environments – stopping the spread of attacks before they become disasters. Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, Illumio enables Zero Trust, strengthening cyber resilience for the infrastructure, systems, and organizations that keep the world running.

Location: 4 on-site days a week in Sunnyvale, CA Headquarters.

Our Team's Vision:

Our Marketing team illuminates and evolves the global brand, driving revenue and empowering future success for our Sales team. As a leader in Zero Trust Segmentation, we are dedicated to helping organizations prevent cyberattacks and mitigate the impact of ransomware.

Renowned for our innovative solutions and collaborative spirit, we foster an inclusive environment within Marketing and across the company. Join one of the industry's most creative and dynamic teams, where you'll discover opportunities to excel, be empowered to set ambitious goals and define your path to success!

You’ll be part of Illumio’s Brand team, working alongside designers and cross‑functional partners to shape how our story shows up in the world. We operate as a collaborative, high‑impact team with a focus on craft, clarity, and meaningful storytelling.

We’re looking for a highly creative Motion Designer to join Illumio’s in‑house Brand team. This role will own and scale motion storytelling across campaigns, product marketing, and web—bringing complex cybersecurity concepts to life through clear, engaging, and visually compelling narratives.

You’ll partner closely with brand designers, product marketing, and content teams to create motion that elevates our storytelling and strengthens Illumio’s visual identity. This is an opportunity to help define and evolve our motion design language while building a best‑in‑class in‑house capability.

Your Impact:

• Create high-impact motion work across brand and marketing initiatives, including campaign assets, product explainers, digital ads, social, and web.
• Translate complex cybersecurity concepts into simple, engaging visual stories that resonate with technical and business audiences.
• Collaborate with designers, writers, and product marketing to develop concepts, storyboards, and animatics.
• Animate polished, on‑brand content with strong attention to timing, transitions, and visual clarity.
• Help define and evolve Illumio’s motion design system, ensuring consistency across all touchpoints.
• Support video and animation workflows from concept through final delivery, including audio integration (voiceover, music, sound design).
• Manage multiple projects in a fast‑paced environment, balancing quality and speed while meeting deadlines.
• Incorporate feedback thoughtfully and iterate quickly to reach the strongest creative solution.
• You create compelling motion assets that elevate Illumio’s campaigns and product storytelling.
• Motion becomes a consistent, recognizable part of the Illumio brand.
• You help reduce reliance on external agencies by producing high‑quality work in‑house.
• You contribute to a scalable motion pipeline that supports growing content needs.

Your Toolkit:

• 3–5+ years of experience in motion design, animation, or related roles (in‑house or agency).
• A strong portfolio demonstrating motion design, storytelling, and brand‑driven work across a range of formats.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe After Effects and solid working knowledge of Premiere Pro and Illustrator.
• Strong understanding of animation principles, typography, composition, and pacing.
• Experience collaborating with cross‑functional teams in a fast‑moving environment.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with 3D tools such as Cinema 4D or Blender.
• Familiarity with Figma and modern design workflows.
• Experience creating motion for web (e.g., Lottie, lightweight animations).
• Background in SaaS, enterprise tech, or storytelling for complex products.

Our Commitment

Illumio believes that an environment of unique backgrounds, experiences, viewpoints, and individual contributions creates a culture of belonging, drives our future, and makes us stronger together in support of our customers and their success.

All official job offers from our company are extended directly by our recruitment team and will be sent through an official E‑Signature document for your review and signature. Please be aware that we do not ask for any personal information in the process of extending offers of employment, such as financial details or social security numbers. Upon acceptance of any offer, we will request such information as part of the onboarding process prior to or on your first day of employment, and only after completing a background check through an authorized third‑party vendor. If you receive any communication asking for personal details outside of these processes, please contact us immediately to verify the authenticity of the request. Your security is important to us, and we are committed to a safe and transparent hiring experience.

For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Illumio will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.