Motion Designer - Brand & Digital

Taste Labs; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Independent contractor

Bi-monthly payments

Job summary

Taste Labs is seeking experienced motion designers for remote, async freelance work. This general pool matches creative talent to paid projects, with commitment of 15–40 hours per week and payments made twice a month by bank transfer or Wise.

You will animate brand and campaign assets, build motion systems, design websites and interfaces, and write precise motion specs. Proficiency in After Effects is required; Cinema 4D, Blender, or Framer are a plus.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional motion design experience.
• Impeccable taste in typography, timing, and restraint.
• Fluent in After Effects; knowledge of other tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Animate brand and campaign assets for social posts, launches, and end cards.
• Build motion systems and kinetic typography for campaigns or products.
• Design motion for websites and interfaces: scroll reveals, transitions, and states.
• Write precise motion specs and direct AI/coding tools to realize concepts.
• Review motion work and provide specific feedback on timing and hierarchy.
• Evaluate AI-generated motion and help improve systems across iterations.

Skills

Motion design

Strong reel

Tools

After Effects

Cinema 4D

Blender

Rive

Lottie

Jitter

Framer

Job description

TasteMakers is a curated network of designers, creative technologists, and AI-native makers working on projects with leading AI labs, tech companies, and brands. We're on a mission to end AI slop.

We're looking for motion designers whose work makes people stop scrolling: clean typography, considered timing, premium feel, and restraint over spectacle. You might come from brand and campaign motion, kinetic type and motion systems, or motion for websites and products. What matters is taste and craft, and the ability to explain why a piece of motion works.

This is a general pool for motion design experts. Qualified designers are matched to active, paid projects as they open.

Remote and async, as an independent contractor. Commitment: 15-40 hours per week.

What you will do

• Animate brand and campaign assets from static frames: social posts, launch videos, announcements, and end cards
• Build motion systems and kinetic typography that hold together across a whole campaign or product
• Design motion for websites and interfaces: scroll-driven reveals, page transitions, animated navigation, and interaction states
• Write precise motion specs (duration, easing, stagger, triggers) and direct AI coding or generation tools to bring them to life
• Review and critique motion work, giving specific feedback on timing, easing, hierarchy, and restraint
• Evaluate AI-generated motion and video across iterations, and help AI systems learn what separates mediocre from exceptional motion

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional motion design experience with a strong reel or live portfolio
• Impeccable taste: clean typography, considered timing and easing, and a premium, restrained feel
• Fluent in After Effects; Cinema 4D, Blender, Rive, Lottie, Jitter, or Framer a plus
• Strong understanding of motion principles: easing, timing, rhythm, and when motion adds versus distracts
• Ability to articulate clearly why a piece of motion works or doesn't, in plain language
• Fast and reliable: comfortable turning around polished work and iterating on quick feedback
• Strongly preferred: motion for websites or products (scroll and page-level, not only hover effects), and experience directing AI coding or generation tools
• Bonus: brand launch campaigns, kinetic type systems, or motion design systems

Remote and async, as an independent contractor. Taste Labs pays twice a month by bank transfer or Wise; rates are set per project and not published.