Motion Graphic Designer (Contract)

Pearmill; United States; Remote; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Remote-friendly culture

401k with matching up to 4%

Unlimited vacation

Parental leave (16 weeks)

Laptop stipend

Home office budget

Annual company retreat

Books/seminars stipend

Donations matching

Job summary

Pearmill is seeking a Motion Graphic Designer to craft engaging visual stories for our global startup clients.

You’ll collaborate with designers, marketers, and engineers, animate storyboards, edit footage, and optimize assets for multiple digital formats using After Effects and Premiere.

This fully remote role, initially 1 month with extension, offers competitive pay, health and mental health support, a laptop stipend, and a culture that values independence and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Background in digital graphic design and motion design with a portfolio.
• Proficiency in After Effects, Premiere Pro, and related tools.
• Experience with 2D shape and typography animation.
• Video editing and asset optimization.
• Strong sense of motion trends and design hierarchy.
• Familiarity with design tools (Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator).
• Curiosity about ad performance and design analysis.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Comfort with remote, collaborative culture.

Responsibilities

• Work with our team to understand client product and vision, then animate it for ads.
• Develop new motion design concepts for various digital formats.
• Animate storyboards created by the design team.
• Edit raw footage for video ads.
• Coordinate with ad ops to analyze performance and optimize elements.
• Prepare rough drafts and present ideas for approval.
• Incorporate client feedback and finalize designs.
• Collaborate with Pearmill designers and clients’ teams.

Skills

Motion design

Graphic design

Video editing

Collaboration

Tools

Adobe After Effects

Premiere Pro

Figma

Photoshop

Illustrator

Job description

About the company

You've never worked for a company quite like Pearmill . That wishlist you have for your current company... We've ticked all those boxes. We're growing fast and we're changing the game as we go.We're a diverse group of designers, marketers, and engineers from across the world, working together to help grow some of the most iconic startups in the world. Pearmill was founded in 2018 as an agency structured to excel at digital performance marketing. Our goal is to shift advertising towards a more trustworthy industry by producing beautiful, honest, and high-performing ads, while creating a healthier and more transparent environment for our people.

Compensation Philosophy

We’re a fully remote company, with team members living in many countries around the world. Each country has different market rates for roles, and we strive to offer competitive salaries indexed to your specific local market. Rather than matching salaries for each role across the organization, our goal is to offer similar standards of living for the same level of work, no matter where you live. This approach allows us to grow sustainably as a company, and gives us the ability to hire from wherever the best talent lives. On top of your salary, we believe in directly rewarding you for your hard work through a twice-annual performance bonus. We also review salaries every year (and more often with consistently outstanding work!), with a goal of keeping our long-standing team as fairly compensated as our new hires.

Salary and Location

Our motion design team is based out of Eastern Europe! We’re looking to expand our team with international candidates living outside the US. This is a full-time contract position for 1 month, with the possibility of extension. Salary will vary depending on experience.

What you’ll do as a Motion Graphic Designer:

• Work with with our team to gain a deep understanding of our clients’ product and vision, and then use your creativity to bring it to life
• Think creatively and develop new motion design concepts that work in various digital formats
• Animate storyboards created by our design team
• Edit raw footage to be included in video ads
• Sync with the ad ops team to analyze the best performing elements in ads
• Prepare rough drafts and present your ideas
• Amend final designs to clients comments and gain full approval
• Collaborate with other designers from Pearmill and clients’ teams

What you’d need to succeed:

• Background in digital graphic design and motion design — including a portfolio of your work.
• Proficiency in motion design software - Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, and others.
• 2D shape and typography animation
• Video editing
• Ability to build hierarchy and to find the most efficient way to define it with animation
• Good taste and understanding of motion trends
• Comfort with standard design software including Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator.
• Curiosity about design analysis in order to find out which ads perform well and which elements in them are key to the ads’ success
• Attention to detail and organization while managing tight deadlines and multiple projects
• Comfort with collaborative culture while maintaining independence in managing your time and prioritization
• Be a pleasure to work with :)

Strongly preferred but not required:

• Experience creating illustrations from scratch
• Sound design experience
• Knowledge in character animation

What you’ll find here:

• Competitive salary with bonus structure
• Full coverage for health, dental, and vision
• Distributed, remote, and global culture
• 401k with 100% matching up to 4%
• Unlimited vacation with 3-weeks required vacation
• Unlimited mental health or physical health leave
• Remote work budget to make it easier to work from wherever you feel most productive!
• Monthly physical activity budget to get your body moving
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Stipend for laptop and other home office equipment
• Indoor plant budget
• Annual company-wide retreat
• Yearly stipend for books, seminars, courses, and coaches
• Matching for charitable donations

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Pearmill is a diverse company with team members hailing from all backgrounds and walks of life. We’re a globally-distributed team and committed to continuing to build a company that represents the world we live in. We encourage candidates of underrepresented groups to apply.