Motion Graphics Designer

Energy Innovation Corp; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 72,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordstrom in Denver is seeking a freelance Motion Graphics Designer to craft user journeys visually and drive campaigns. The role emphasizes expert design reflexes, brand standards, and delivering production-ready assets.

With 4+ years of experience, you will influence decisions, present to stakeholders, and shape creative systems while aligning with Nordstrom's mentorship and culture.

Qualifications

• Hands-on familiarity with Sketch and creative workflows.
• Ability to estimate work and defend estimates to stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication under scrutiny.
• Comfort presenting ideas to stakeholders at all levels.
• Proactive problem-solving with minimal permission needed.
• Proven track record delivering production-ready design assets.
• Experience shaping design approaches from briefs

Responsibilities

• Ensure deliverables meet brand, accessibility, and platform standards.
• Frame the design rationale for mid-level approvals.
• Deliver pixel-perfect, production-ready files to engineering and print teams.
• Build compelling decks to win client accounts.
• Push design directions to feel fresh yet on-brand.
• Interrogate briefs to surface the real asks underneath

Skills

Agile mindset

Learn quickly

Stakeholder presentation

Experience estimating

Clear communication

Creative problem solving

Interrogate briefs

Tools

Sketch

Job description

We want someone whose User Journey Mapping and Visual Design feel less like skills and more like reflexes in the Motion Graphics Designer seat at Nordstrom. Picture this: a freelance Motion Graphics Designer seat in Denver, paying $72,000 - $100,000, where 3 years of doing the work earns you real say over how it gets done.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all deliverables meet brand, accessibility, and platform standards
• Wring a campaign system from an one-line creative tagline
• Frame the design rationale so mid-level approvers feel smart agreeing with you
• Reconcile legal's caveats with a layout that still breathes
• Deliver pixel-perfect, production-ready files to engineering and print teams
• Build the low-drama pitch deck that wins the $72,000 - $100,000 account in the room
• Push fast-moving design directions far enough to feel new, close enough to feel us
• Interrogate a brief until the real ask underneath it surfaces

What You'll Bring

• Hands-on familiarity with Sketch, sharpened by Analytical Thinking side projects
• An agile attitude and eagerness to learn new skills
• Ability to learn new creative systems quickly and apply them effectively
• At least 4 years of standing behind your own estimates
• Comfortable presenting ideas to stakeholders at every level
• Thoughtfully-bold problem-solving that doesn't wait for permission
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny

The gently-demanding founders of Nordstrom built it in Denver to fix the exact creative problems that drove them crazy elsewhere. Growth budgets at Nordstrom are generous because a sharper User Journey Mapping you means a stronger team.

What sits behind the $72,000 - $100,000 offer is a Nordstrom culture built on real mentorship, generous benefits, and schedules that bend toward family.

Live and listening, the hiring team reads new applications as they arrive.