Senior Motion Designer — Brand Motion Systems (Equity)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical, Vision, and Dental

401(k) retirement plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

SpaceXSI is seeking a Senior Motion Designer in the Brand Studio to shape our brand motion language and deliver high-quality motion across campaigns and product touchpoints. This hands-on role has ownership from concept to delivery, in collaboration with designers, engineers, and agency partners.

This onsite role is based in New York or San Francisco, with offices in NYC and SF. You will lead end-to-end motion projects, create templates, and work with cross-functional teams to ensure on-brand

Qualifications

• Minimum 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.
• Reel demonstrating shipped motion design work.

Responsibilities

• Define and document the brand’s motion language, including timing, easing, transitions, logo animation, typography in motion, and graphic behaviors, so other teams can apply it correctly.
• Convert recurring motion needs into repeatable, AI-assisted templates, tools, and generators to enable marketing, product, and other teams to create on-brand motion without constant oversight
• Concept and produce motion end to end, from storyboards through final delivery, across launch films, product videos, social, paid, web, and out-of-home
• Collaborate with product designers and engineers to integrate brand motion into product surfaces, covering interactions, transitions, onboarding, and launch moments
• Direct agencies, animators, and freelancers using clear briefs and candid feedback to ensure the work meets the standard expected
• Partner across marketing, product, engineering and leadership; present thinking clearly to senior stakeholders and move between projects quickly while maintaining quality and improving the process

Skills

Motion design

Team collaboration

Storyboarding

Communication

Tools

After Effects

Cinema 4D

Blender

Cursor

Figma

Adobe Creative Cloud

Rive

Lottie

WebGL

Job description

SpaceXSI is seeking a Senior Motion Designer in the Brand Studio to shape our brand motion language and deliver high-quality motion across campaigns and product touchpoints. This hands-on role has ownership from concept to delivery, in collaboration with designers, engineers, and agency partners.

This onsite role is based in New York or San Francisco, with offices in NYC and SF. You will lead end-to-end motion projects, create templates, and work with cross-functional teams to ensure on-brand