Senior Motion Designer

Pressrun; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Unlimited PTO (3-week minimum)

$2,500 annual learning & development预算

Job summary

Pressrun in New York seeks a senior motion designer to bring ideas to life through movement. You’ll design and produce motion graphics for editorial launches, social campaigns, and web experiences across 2D, 3D, and generative workflows.

Collaborate with creative directors and strategists, develop scalable templates, and explore AI-powered tools. Deliver assets optimized for social, web, and paid media; a reel showing editorial, kinetic typography, data visualization, and character animation is

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional motion design experience
• Expert-level After Effects; strong Cinema 4D, Blender, or equivalent 3D skills
• A reel that shows range — editorial, kinetic typography, data visualization, character animation
• Understanding of social-first content formats and platform-specific requirements
• Ability to move fast without sacrificing craft
• Experience working in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary creative team

Responsibilities

• Design and produce motion graphics for editorial launches, social campaigns, and web experiences
• Create animated content packages for book launches and thought leadership programs
• Develop motion templates and systems that scale across clients and formats
• Collaborate with creative directors and content strategists on campaign concepts
• Explore and integrate AI-powered motion tools into production workflows
• Deliver assets optimized for social platforms, web, and paid media channels

Skills

Motion design experience

Collaboration in a multi-disciplinary

Speed and craft under tight timelines

Tools

After Effects

Cinema 4D

Blender

Job description

You bring ideas to life through movement. From animated social assets to full campaign videos, you'll create motion content that makes our clients' ideas impossible to scroll past. You'll work across 2D, 3D, and generative motion to push what's possible in content publishing.

What you'll do

• Design and produce motion graphics for editorial launches, social campaigns, and web experiences
• Create animated content packages for book launches and thought leadership programs
• Develop motion templates and systems that scale across clients and formats
• Collaborate with creative directors and content strategists on campaign concepts
• Explore and integrate AI-powered motion tools into production workflows
• Deliver assets optimized for social platforms, web, and paid media channels

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of professional motion design experience
• Expert-level After Effects; strong Cinema 4D, Blender, or equivalent 3D skills
• A reel that shows range — editorial, kinetic typography, data visualization, character animation
• Understanding of social-first content formats and platform-specific requirements
• Ability to move fast without sacrificing craft
• Experience working in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary creative team

Nice to have

• Experience with Lottie, Rive, or web-native animation formats
• Familiarity with generative AI tools for motion (Runway, Pika, Kling)
• Background in editorial or publishing design
• Equity participation
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Unlimited PTO with a 3-week minimum
• $2,500 annual learning & development budget