Senior Motion Designer — 2D/Vector (Hybrid Seattle)

COLOR; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Phone plan reimbursement

Wellness reimbursement

Donation matching

Job summary

COLOR is seeking a Senior Motion Designer to join our in-house global video team. You’ll design and animate 2D motion graphics, turning scripts into style frames and storyboards, then bringing them to life with polished vector-based animation that clearly explains complex ideas.

You’ll report to the Executive Producer, collaborate with producers, editors, and designers, and mentor junior designers. This hybrid Seattle-based role requires strong craft and independence.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of professional motion design experience.
• A strong reel and portfolio showing both design and animation, with an emphasis on 2D motion, vector graphics, and icon-based work.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• Strong design fundamentals in typography, layout, color, and composition.
• Compositing experience in After Effects, such as keying, tracking, rotoscoping, and integrating graphics with live-action footage.

Responsibilities

• Translate written scripts into designed style frames and storyboards that set the visual direction for each piece.
• Design and animate polished 2D motion graphics, including vector-based illustration, iconography, kinetic typography, and data visualization.
• Create icon-driven animations and visual systems that make technical concepts clear, engaging, and easy to follow.
• Composite motion graphics with live-action footage and other elements, including keying, tracking, masking, and cleanup, so the final result looks seamless.
• Execute work that aligns with established brand guidelines while bringing fresh creative ideas that elevate it beyond baseline execution.
• Own motion projects from concept through final delivery, managing your own timelines across multiple requests.
• Collaborate with producers, editors, writers, and designers to integrate motion into videos, social content, presentations, and event materials.
• Provide light oversight and mentorship to a junior motion designer, reviewing work and sharing feedback and techniques.
• Build and maintain reusable templates, animation libraries, and organized project files that help the team work faster.
• Respond to feedback quickly and constructively, iterating efficiently through review rounds.
• Prepare deliverables to spec for web, social, broadcast, and presentation formats.

Skills

Motion design

2D animation

After Effects

Illustrator

Photoshop

Storyboarding

Brand guidelines

Tools

After Effects

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

COLOR is seeking a Senior Motion Designer to join our in-house global video team. You’ll design and animate 2D motion graphics, turning scripts into style frames and storyboards, then bringing them to life with polished vector-based animation that clearly explains complex ideas.

You’ll report to the Executive Producer, collaborate with producers, editors, and designers, and mentor junior designers. This hybrid Seattle-based role requires strong craft and independence.