Senior Motion Designer — AI-Driven Brand Motion

Cursor; New York, San Francisco (NY, CA); On-site; USD 172,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in compensation

Medical, vision and dental benefits

Onsite role in NYC or SF

Job summary

SpaceXSI is seeking a Senior Motion Designer to shape how the brand moves and shows up across Grok, Grok Bot, X, and related products. This hands-on role carries significant ownership from concept to final delivery in a fast-moving environment.

You will build motion systems, collaborate with marketing, product, and leadership, and contribute to campaigns and product surfaces. Onsite presence in a major tech hub is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of motion design experience, in-house or at an agency or studio.
• Professional experience with After Effects and at least one 3D tool (Cinema 4D or Blender).

Responsibilities

• Define and document the brand's motion language (timing, easing, transitions, logo animation, typography in motion, and graphic behaviors).
• Turn recurring motion work into repeatable, AI-assisted templates, tools, and generators for cross-team use.
• Concept and produce motion end to end across launch films, product videos, social, paid, web, and OOH.
• Partner with product designers and engineers to bring brand motion into product surfaces and onboarding moments.
• Direct agencies, animators, and freelancers with clear briefs and feedback to meet high standards.
• Collaborate across marketing, product, engineering and leadership to move between projects quickly while improving processes.

Skills

Motion design

Brand motion systems

Creative direction

AI tooling familiarity

Storyboarding

Presentation to stakeholders

Tools

After Effects

Cinema 4D

Blender

Figma

Adobe Creative Cloud

Rive

Lottie

WebGL

Job description

SpaceXSI is seeking a Senior Motion Designer to shape how the brand moves and shows up across Grok, Grok Bot, X, and related products. This hands-on role carries significant ownership from concept to final delivery in a fast-moving environment.

You will build motion systems, collaborate with marketing, product, and leadership, and contribute to campaigns and product surfaces. Onsite presence in a major tech hub is required.