Motion Designer & Editor, Hellbreak [3 Month Contract]

Spin Master; New York (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Spin Master is seeking a skilled video editor and motion designer to lead the visual voice for the Hellbreak TCG brand in New York. This 3-month contract will focus on transforming hand-drawn card art into atmospheric motion graphics and vertical video content for social platforms.

You will own end-to-end editing, design, and animation for daily posts and paid media, ensuring a dark, suspenseful horror aesthetic across TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts.

Qualifications

• Professional video editing, motion design, or content creation experience.
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite: After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator.
• Ability to turn hand-drawn art into motion graphics and animated content.
• Strong understanding of vertical video optimization for social platforms.
• Knowledge of horror genre aesthetics and storytelling is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Be the visual voice of the Hellbreak TCG brand across social media and digital platforms.
• Animate, design, and edit high-impact content that builds out the horror world and enhances gameplay.
• Transform static card art into atmospheric video formats using 2D animation and parallax effects.
• Own end-to-end editing, graphic design, and animation of daily social content and paid media assets.
• Format, package, and optimize video and static assets for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
• Shoot mobile-first social content, including behind-the-scenes footage and convention coverage.
• Maintain the signature dark, suspenseful Hellbreak horror aesthetic across all digital touchpoints.
• Collaborate with core creative teams, game designers, and in-house studio producers.

Job description

Job Description: Hapiko and the Stickerbox Story

Hapiko, a new part of the Spin Master family, is the creator of Stickerbox, an AI sticker printer for kids. A child holds a button, says \"a unicorn riding a slice of pizza through space,\" and seconds later, a physical sticker prints out. This is powered by a proprietary generation pipeline that turns a child's idea into safe, fun, printed art in just a few seconds.

What will you work on?

• You will be the visual voice of the Hellbreak TCG brand across all social media and digital platforms.


• You will animate, design, and edit high-impact content that builds out our horror world, engages the TCG community, and enhances gameplay, taking hand-drawn card illustrations and bringing them to life through motion graphics and video.


• This is a 3 month contract position.

How will you create impact?

• Transform static, illustrated card art into atmospheric video formats using 2D animation, parallax effects, and motion graphics.


• Own the end-to-end editing, graphic design, and animation of daily social content and paid media assets.


• Format, package, and optimize video and static assets to align with current trends, layouts, and algorithms on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts.


• Shoot mobile-first social content, including behind-the-scenes footage, convention coverage, and studio content shoots.


• Maintain and scale the signature dark, suspenseful Hellbreak horror aesthetic across all digital touchpoints.


• Collaborate with core creative teams, game designers, and in-house studio producers to streamline the content pipeline.

What are your skills and experience?

• Professional video editing, motion design, or content creation experience, preferably supporting entertainment, gaming, or pop-culture brands.


• Expertise in the Adobe Creative Suite, specifically After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and Illustrator.


• Proven ability to manipulate layered PSD and AI files to execute 2D animations, particle effects, and dynamic transitions.


• Deep familiarity with the history, tropes, visual pacing, and aesthetics of the horror genre.


• Strong technical understanding of social platform formats, mobile-first shooting techniques, and vertical video optimization.


• Bonus: Active knowledge of physical trading card games (TCGs) and their community dynamics.

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The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in New York is $40 to $50 Per Hour. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states. The job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

What you can expect from us:

• Growth and Career Opportunities


• Flexible Work Hours


• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun


• Comprehensive Benefits


• Other fun Perks!

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team. Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at [e-mail] or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

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Our Mission and Vision

Our Mission and our Vision is to make life more fun by pushing the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun!

A part of our company from the very start, our values are embodied in everyone from top leadership through to new and veteran team members alike, who -like you- were attracted to Spin Master due to our shared mind set, moral code, and way of being.

Basically speaking, we enjoy a casual culture here, having fun while we are creating fun!