Senior Motion Art Director — Global Campaigns

WeWork; New York (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days PTO

Paid holidays

Paid sick time

16 weeks parental leave

Healthcare benefits

401k plan

Life and AD&D insurance

On-site NYC HQ

Job summary

WeWork seeks an experienced Art Director, Motion to collaborate with the Global Creative Director and bring the brand vision to life through motion design. This hands-on role emphasizes After Effects, Premiere, and storytelling across campaigns, social, web, and events, with on-site work at the NYC HQ.

Expect to work frame-by-frame from concept to final cut, lead animate tasks, and guide partners while focusing on design fundamentals and high-quality output.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in motion design and video
• A reel of strong work from idea to finish
• Deep After Effects and Premiere
• Strong Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma
• Understanding design fundamentals: type, composition, color, pacing
• Self directed with briefs and options
• Comfort presenting and explaining your work
• Ability to shoot and cut footage

Responsibilities

• Run projects from brief to finished video.
• Craft concepts, storyboards, and style frames from the Creative Director's vision.
• Bring ideas to projects and to team brainstorms.
• Present work to the team and marketing partners.
• Craft every frame, from first sketch to final cut.
• 2D animation, motion graphics, titles, and design-led video for social, paid, web, sales, and events.
• Edit footage: pacing, color, sound, music, and versions for every format.
• Shoot your own idea when a project calls for it.
• Guide external partners so their animation meets our standards.
• Work with Ops on timing and flag risk early.
• Help build our motion guidelines with the Creative Director: timing, transitions, type, and sound.
• Craft After Effects and other motion toolkits for re-use.
• Maintain standards for files, aspect ratios, captions, accessibility, and licensing.

Skills

Motion design

After Effects

Premiere

Graphic design

Storyboarding

Creative direction

Presentation

Branding

Video editing

Job description

WeWork seeks an experienced Art Director, Motion to collaborate with the Global Creative Director and bring the brand vision to life through motion design. This hands-on role emphasizes After Effects, Premiere, and storytelling across campaigns, social, web, and events, with on-site work at the NYC HQ.

Expect to work frame-by-frame from concept to final cut, lead animate tasks, and guide partners while focusing on design fundamentals and high-quality output.