Senior Motion Designer

tastytrade; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance Bonuses

Stock Purchase Options

Medical/Vision/Dental Benefits

401k Plan

20 Paid Vacation Days

10 Paid Sick Days

Gym Membership Reimbursement

Commuter Benefits

Pet Insurance

Wellness & Mental Health Programs

Charitable Donation Matching

Two Paid Volunteer Days Off

Daily catered lunch when in the office

Full kitchen with snacks and beverages

In-building gym

Shuttle to/from Metra

Job summary

tastytrade is seeking a senior motion designer in Chicago to elevate our digital marketing and brand campaigns. You will own the production pipeline from concept to final render, crafting motion graphics with a distinct voice across multiple channels.

Expertise in After Effects, Cinema 4D/Blender, Photoshop and Illustrator is required, as is a strong portfolio. This role is in-person at our West Loop office, with a fast-paced environment and a culture that prizes originality and impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional visual design experience in an agency or in-house team.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating senior-level motion and graphic design work.
• Ability to translate briefs into polished motion graphics and campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Elevate campaigns across digital marketing and brand channels.
• Create motion graphics from briefs through storyboards to final animation.
• Develop motion systems with typography, transitions, and VFX.
• Manage full production pipeline: prep, animation, rendering, delivery.
• Collaborate with copywriters, designers, strategists to stay on-brand.
• Integrate generative AI tools into workflows.
• Stay current on design tools and trends.

Skills

Graphic design

Motion design

Typography

Branding

Layout

Time management

Creative direction ownership

Tools

After Effects

Photoshop

Illustrator

Cinema 4D

Blender

Figma

Job description

Company Name: tastytrade Role: Senior Motion Designer Location: Chicago, IL – In-Person (3/days week) Reports to: Creative Director

We're looking for a senior-level motion designer with serious graphic design chops to help push our creative team to the next level. The ideal candidate is a strong visual thinker who can turn a creative brief into top-level animation and design across marketing channels, a true master of the Adobe Creative Suite whose work carries an unmistakable creative voice. This role is best suited to designers who are already operating at a senior level: sharp, fast, and creatively driven, with the confidence to own their work from concept to final render. This is a fast-paced environment with plenty of exciting projects in motion at once, and knowing how to prioritize and deliver is just as valuable as your creative talent.

What You'll Do

• Senior-level motion designer with strong graphic design skills that elevate campaigns across digital marketing and brand channels
• True master of the Adobe Creative Suite, with an unmistakable and consistent creative voice
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects in motion at once, prioritizing and delivering without sacrificing quality
• Translate creative briefs for brand and marketing campaign strategies into polished motion graphics and visual executions from style frames and storyboards through finished animation, for integrated campaigns across digital, social, video, and brand marketing
• Build motion systems with strong typography, transitions, and visual effects within established creative direction
• Own the full production pipeline: asset prep, animation, rendering, optimization, and delivery across multiple formats and aspect ratios
• Collaborate with copywriters, designers, and strategists to keep campaigns consistent and on brand
• Incorporate generative AI tools into creative workflows
• Stay current on emerging design tools and trends and contribute to a culture of feedback and continuous improvement

Who You Are

• Advanced proficiency in After Effects including advanced expressions, scripting, and complex compositing workflow; domain expert in Photoshop and Illustrator, with strong motion design, compositing, image manipulation, and vector design skills
• Proficient in Cinema 4D (or Blender) for 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, and virtual camera work, with the ability to composite 3D renders seamlessly into 2D motion pieces
• Expert understanding of animation principles, typography, transitions, visual effects, and building polished motion systems for digital, social, and video campaigns
• Strong foundation in layout, typography, color, composition, branding, and visual storytelling across static and motion creative
• Ability to translate creative briefs and brand strategies into compelling visual concepts, style frames, storyboards, and finished executions
• Comfortable managing complex After Effects projects, asset preparation, rendering, optimization, and delivery across multiple formats and aspect ratios
• 8+ years of professional visual design experience within an agency or in-house creative team
• A strong portfolio or reel demonstrating range, craft, and senior-level motion and graphic design work
• Ability to design across multiple channels and formats, with digital marketing experience a strong plus
• A fast worker who doesn't sacrifice quality, with a strong personal point of view and original creative instincts
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to context-switch between multiple projects in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in Figma for digital design, collaborative workflows working with design systems, and UI-based creative
• Experience using generative AI and AI animation/video tools to concept, generate, modify, and accelerate creative production
• Working knowledge of building and designing animated HTML5 display ads in Google Web Designer or similar software

Discretionary Performance Bonus: 8-12% of base salary based on individual and company performance

Salary Range: $90,000-$135,000

Company Perks + Benefits

• Performance Bonuses
• Stock Purchase Options
• Medical/Vision/Dental Benefits
• 401k Plan
• 20 Paid Vacation Days (plus an additional paid vacation day the month of your birthday!)
• 10 Paid Sick Days
• Gym Membership Reimbursement
• Commuter Benefits
• Pet Insurance
• Wellness & Mental Health Programs
• Charitable Donation Matching
• Two Paid Volunteer Days Off
• Daily catered lunch when in the office
• Full kitchen with snacks and beverages
• In-building gym
• Shuttle to/from Metra

Location: Our office is in the West Loop - Chicago's growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars. tastytrade | tastylive | tastyfx 1330 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607

About IGNA + tasty IG North America is home to tastytrade, tastylive, and tastyfx—a family of brands built to democratize trading and empower individual investors. Founded in Chicago by the creators of thinkorswim, acquired by London-based IG Group in 2021, we combine startup innovation with the backing of a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents serving over 1.3m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions – built on scale, trust, and proof. From our headquarters in Chicago's Fulton Market, our team builds award-winning trading platforms, produces live financial education content daily, and creates technology that makes complex markets accessible. tastytrade is our retail brokerage for self-directed investing and trading, with tastylive providing content to educate our customers. tastyfx is the fastest-growing forex broker in the US. We're a lean, collaborative team that values autonomy, pragmatism, and impact. Whether you're building technology, creating content, serving customers, or supporting operations, you'll work alongside people who are passionate about disrupting traditional finance and genuinely care about helping traders succeed. Our culture rewards initiative, embraces experimentation, and measures success by the value we create for our users. The bar is high – bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset and we'll give you the platform to define what comes next. Join us at IG|tasty – the future gets built here.

*Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they have every single qualification. Our team is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!