Motion Designer - (Nonprofit)

Midwestern; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Midwestern is seeking a Motion Designer to craft visual stories for mission-driven organizations. You will turn high-level concepts into motion pieces across brands and campaigns, delivering compelling messages that move people to action.

The role blends creative vision with After Effects expertise, rapid execution, and strong organization to manage multiple client projects under tight timelines. Experience with nonprofit or cause marketing is a plus.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of commercial agency experience.
• Proficiency in After Effects.
• Fast and good: high-quality output at a high pace.
• A digital-native mindset and a passion for solving design problems.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities at once.
• Handles constructive criticism well.

Responsibilities

• Concept, design, and animate motion work that communicates an image, a message, and generates a response.
• Take high-level concepts and strategy and turn them into finished motion pieces.
• Work within multiple client brand style guides at once, keeping each brand accurate and distinct.
• Art direct in certain scenarios, guiding the visual approach for a project or campaign.
• Independently bring fresh new ideas to client work.
• Plan and prioritize a large number of concurrent projects under deadline pressure.
• Figure out things you've never done before and troubleshoot quickly when problems come up.
• Be scrappy with resources to deliver high-quality work on tight timelines.
• Take in constructive feedback and revise work quickly and well.

Skills

After Effects

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Project management

Creative storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in design or related field

Tools

Figma

Illustrator

Photoshop

Audition

Premiere

Job description

As a Motion Designer for our client, you will be a visual storyteller responsible for bringing our clients' stories to life through video. We make videos for mission-driven organizations, and we get to tell their stories: lives saved, slaves freed, healing found, and hope restored. You will take high-level concepts and turn them into motion work that moves people to action, across a wide range of brands and campaigns.

This role requires a unique blend of creative vision, technical skill in After Effects and motion tools, and the speed and organization to deliver high-quality work across multiple client brands at once, often on tight timelines.

Core Responsibilities

• Concept, design, and animate motion work that communicates an image, a message, and generates a response.
• Take high-level concepts and strategy and turn them into finished motion pieces.
• Work within multiple client brand style guides at once, keeping each brand accurate and distinct.
• Art direct in certain scenarios, guiding the visual approach for a project or campaign.
• Independently bring fresh new ideas to client work.
• Plan and prioritize a large number of concurrent projects under deadline pressure.
• Figure out things you've never done before and troubleshoot quickly when problems come up.
• Be scrappy with resources to deliver high-quality work on tight timelines.
• Take in constructive feedback and revise work quickly and well.

What Success Looks Like

• Motion work is delivered on schedule, on brand, and ready for client review with minimal rounds of revision.
• Clients and internal teams see your work move audiences to action and raise the creative standard across accounts.

Required

• 2+ years of commercial agency experience.
• Proficiency in After Effects
• Fast and good: high-quality output at a high pace.
• A digital-native mindset and a passion for solving design problems.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities at once.
• Handles constructive criticism well.

Preferred

• Working knowledge of Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, Audition, and Premiere.
• Degree in design (BFA, BS, or BDes preferred).
• Experience art directing projects.
• Familiarity with nonprofit / cause marketing creative.