Motion Designer - Senior

Gensler; New York (NY); On-site; USD 118,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Gensler’s Brand Experience studio seeks a Senior Motion Designer to enhance their digital design capabilities. The ideal candidate will contribute to a range of visual identity and environmental graphics projects while collaborating with diverse teams. This role involves significant prototyping, design execution, and continuous skill enhancement.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401k and profit sharing

Paid time off and holidays

Wellness programs

Qualifications

• 6+ years of Visual Design experience required.
• Familiarity with 2D and 3D design in physical spaces.
• Proficiency in design tools is essential.

Responsibilities

• Create visual identities and environmental graphics.
• Produce visual assets and presentation decks.
• Support immersive and interactive design projects.

Skills

Visual Design

Problem-Solving

Critical Thinking

Organizational Skills

Tools

Adobe Suite

After Effects

Cinema 4D

Revit

Figma

Job description

Gensler New York’s Brand Experience studio is expanding; with our growing efforts and opportunities to further develop and incorporate digital design into the built environment, we’re seeking a Senior Motion Designer to add to our team.

Gensler’s Brand Experience studio is a collaborative team of designers, strategists, and storytellers that engages with a wide variety of clients on projects of all sizes. We help our clients tell their unique stories effectively via every channel available in today’s diverse media landscape. Our approach combines design and architectural expertise with a unique point of view and strong communication skills. We believe that this approach results in brands that build trust, inspire confidence, and forge lasting relationships.

Your Role

The ideal candidate has a background in graphic design and some prior experience designing visual identity systems, signage and environmental graphics. This individual will work on a wide variety of visual identities, environmental graphics, branded environments and signage/wayfinding projects, supporting project directors, teams, fabricators and clients.

What You Will Do

Be a maker and quickly move from paper / visualization into a real-world environment, keeping prototyping as a core element of how you approach and refine design.

Translate user needs into visual concepts and designs using a variety of tools and software

Evolve early ideas and concepts from ideation to sketches and storyboards to viable design solutions for our clients

Design and produce rich visual assets and presentation decks to help communicate design solutions to both internal and external teams and clients

Share design work and creative materials with internal teams and clients through crafted stories and dynamic presentations

Support and work with other designers to produce immersive and/or interactive content for both virtual (online) solutions as well as physical installations

Design rich user interfaces for digital touchpoints in the built environment and/or mobile experiences and platforms

Continuously grow your skill set, including learning new design tools, testing out new design workflows, and integrating with the tools and techniques used by other Gensler team members.

Participate in new business development activities like pitches and written proposals.

Your Qualifications

6+ years of Visual Design and/or related design experience

Experience designing for physical space, in 2D and 3DExceptional critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills

Strong organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timeline and budget

Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, learn quickly and understand diverse technologies and techniques

Proficiency with design tools including Adobe Suite, After Effects, Cinema 4D

Experience with Revit, Escape, Blender, Unreal, Twin Motion, Figma is a plus

Desire to employ best design practices and to develop new bold ideas

*For consideration, you must submit a portfolio and your resume.

**The base salary range will be estimated between $118-140k plus bonuses and benefits, contingent on relevant experience.

Life at Gensler

At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests. We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life.

Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice-annual bonus opportunities. Our annual base salary range has been established based on local markets.

As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.

About Us

At Gensler, the value of our work stems from its positive impact on the human experience. We are a dynamic and collaborative design firm uniting creativity, research, and innovation to solve complex problems for our clients. Our work challenges conventional ideas about architecture and the built environment. We aren’t just designing buildings—we are reimagining cities and places that make a difference in people’s lives.

Founded in 1965, Gensler has built a team of 6,000 professionals who partner with clients in over 100 countries each year. Everything we do is guided by our mission: to create a better world through the power of design.

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer of choice. All aspects of employment decisions will be based on merit, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of any status protected under federal, state, or local law.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, marital or family status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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