Remote Motion Designer - SMB Growth & Performance

Fooh; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 82,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Motion Designer focused on SMBs for its Paid Performance Marketing team. You will craft motion-first campaigns using animation, editing, and storytelling to drive measurable business outcomes and align with the Pinterest brand.

You will collaborate with world-class designers and writers across briefs to final delivery, leveraging AI-enabled tools to accelerate exploration while upholding craft standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience creating motion/video for performance marketing, digital advertising, or social content.
• A portfolio that showcases motion work across social and digital channels with strong storytelling and pacing.
• Exceptional attention to detail across layout, typography, color, and movement in motion.
• Experience designing and animating for product-focused and brand-building campaigns.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to articulate motion decisions to stakeholders.
• Experience with SMB/B2B audiences is a plus.
• Mastery of motion design tools: Figma and Adobe Creative Suite; familiarity with modern AI toolsets.
• Experience with AI-adjacent motion tools (e.g., generative video) and openness to using them thoughtfully.

Responsibilities

• Evolve Pinterest’s performance motion across social and digital touchpoints.
• Create globally resonant, high-impact motion assets for SMBs that align with the Pinterest brand.
• Iterate quickly and communicate ideas across fidelity levels from concept frames to final cuts.
• Collaborate with designers, copywriters, producers, and growth partners to ensure on-brand, on-message creative.
• Use SMB performance data and channel best practices to refine motion approaches and narrative structure.
• Explore and responsibly integrate AI and emerging tools to speed up exploration while maintaining high craft.

Skills

Motion design

Portfolio

Attention to detail

Product campaigns

Brand campaigns

Collaboration

SMB experience

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

AI tools

Generative video

Job description

Pinterest is seeking a Motion Designer focused on SMBs for its Paid Performance Marketing team. You will craft motion-first campaigns using animation, editing, and storytelling to drive measurable business outcomes and align with the Pinterest brand.

You will collaborate with world-class designers and writers across briefs to final delivery, leveraging AI-enabled tools to accelerate exploration while upholding craft standards.