Senior Motion Designer - Shape Brand Stories (Hybrid)

001 The Northern Trust Company; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k and pension

Health and welfare benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

The Northern Trust Company is seeking a Senior Motion Designer to join our Creative team. You will concept, design, animate, and deliver high-impact motion across brand, campaign, social, and executive channels, while evolving scalable motion systems across the enterprise.

You will translate briefs into polished motion experiences, build reusable templates, and support AI-enabled creative workflows. This role requires strong branding, storytelling, and collaboration with cross-functional teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in film, video production, motion design, animation, graphic design, or equivalent experience.
• 5–7+ years of motion design, animation, and video experience in agency, in-house, studio, or production environment.
• Advanced proficiency in After Effects and Premiere Pro; working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Media Encoder, Figma, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, and review tools.
• Experience in using MS Office (Word, Power Point) using Work Front or similar project management tool.
• Strong command of motion graphics, animation principles, visual effects, motion typography, editorial pacing, storytelling, sound, color, and finishing.
• Experience delivering content across channels, specifications, and formats, including 16:9, 1:1, 4:5, and 9:16.
• Knowledge of production and post-production workflows, file formats, codecs, media management, template creation, captioning, accessibility, and delivery standards.
• Ability to manage complex projects independently, collaborate effectively, and deliver high-quality work under deadline.
• Experience building reusable motion systems, templates, style frames, and asset libraries that enable consistent and scalable production.
• Strong portfolio or reel demonstrating motion graphics, animation, visual effects, storyboarding, style frames, and video work across campaigns and content types.

Responsibilities

• Design and animate motion graphics, typography, titles, transitions, visual effects, data visualizations, iconography, end cards, and branded motion elements.
• Bring complex ideas, messages, and brand stories to life through clear, engaging motion concepts and polished animation.
• Create cutdowns, versions, aspect ratios, and platform-specific motion adaptations while maintaining brand consistency.
• Translate briefs, scripts, data points, and creative direction into storyboards, style frames, animatics, and finished motion solutions.
• Explore visual approaches that balance strategic clarity, brand expression, accessibility, and production efficiency.
• Partner with creative, strategy, marketing, and production teams to shape motion narratives from concept through final delivery.
• Create modular motion systems, templates, toolkits, project structures, and reusable assets that enable consistent, efficient content production.
• Prepare editable motion files, production-ready templates, and exports that support repeatable use across teams, channels, and campaigns.

Skills

Motion design

Animation

Typography in motion

Visual effects

Storyboarding

Editorial pacing

Data visualizations

Brand storytelling

Asset libraries

Education

Bachelor's degree in film, video production, motion design, animation, graphic design, or equivalent experience

Tools

Adobe After Effects

Premiere Pro

Photoshop

Illustrator

Media Encoder

Figma

Adobe Express

Adobe Firefly

Work Front

MS Office

Job description

The Northern Trust Company is seeking a Senior Motion Designer to join our Creative team. You will concept, design, animate, and deliver high-impact motion across brand, campaign, social, and executive channels, while evolving scalable motion systems across the enterprise.

You will translate briefs into polished motion experiences, build reusable templates, and support AI-enabled creative workflows. This role requires strong branding, storytelling, and collaboration with cross-functional teams