Senior Motion Designer/Video Editor

Backlight; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Backlight is seeking a Sr. Motion Designer/Video Editor to bring our brand and products to life on screen. You’ll animate designs, build motion graphics, and edit footage into videos from start to finish, owning projects end-to-end.

You’ll collaborate with marketing, design, and product teams to ensure brand consistency and produce content for UI, explainers, social assets, and ads. Proficiency in After Effects and Premiere Pro is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio showing both motion graphics and video editing.
• Expertise in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
• Ability to animate existing designs and create original motion graphics.
• Strong editorial instincts for storytelling, pacing, and viewer engagement.
• Solid understanding of typography, composition, color, and sound.
• Project-owner mindset, comfortable managing video from kickoff to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Animate existing designs into polished motion graphics for product UI, explainers, social assets, and ads.
• Create original motion graphics from scratch.
• Edit raw footage (interviews, screen recordings, events, stock clips) into compelling videos of various lengths and formats.
• Manage full post-production: story, pacing, sound, music, color, captions, and graphics.
• Adapt videos for different channels and aspect ratios, managing projects from briefs to final delivery.
• Strategize new approaches to video and creative concepts to build the brand, reach new audiences, and convert prospects.
• Partner with marketing, design, and product teams to ensure accuracy and brand consistency.
• Maintain a unified visual language across all our video content.

Skills

Motion graphics

Video editing

Storytelling

Typography

Color theory

Sound design

Tools

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Cinema 4D

Lottie

Figma

Job description

The Mission

Backlight is a global media technology company dedicated to improving the entire video content lifecycle, from creation to monetization. Our suite of SaaS solutions empowers creative teams at every stage of production.

We're looking for a Sr. Motion Designer / Video Editor to bring our brand and products to life on screen. You'll animate designs, build original motion graphics, and edit footage into videos that grab attention, owning video projects from start to finish.

Responsibilities

• Animate existing designs into polished motion graphics for product UI, explainers, social assets, and ads.

• Create original motion graphics from scratch.

• Edit raw footage (interviews, screen recordings, events, stock clips) into compelling videos of various lengths and formats.

• Manage full post-production: story, pacing, sound, music, color, captions, and graphics.

• Adapt videos for different channels and aspect ratios, managing projects from briefs to final delivery.

• Strategize new approaches to video and creative concepts to build the brand, reach new audiences, and convert prospects.

• Partner with marketing, design, and product teams to ensure accuracy and brand consistency.

• Maintain a unified visual language across all our video content.

Requirements

We’re looking for someone who can own video projects and deliver polished results.

• A strong portfolio or reel showing both motion graphics and video editing.

• Expertise in After Effects and Premiere Pro.

• Ability to animate existing designs and create original motion graphics.

• Strong editorial instincts for storytelling, pacing, and viewer engagement.

• Solid understanding of typography, composition, color, and sound.

• A project-owner mindset, comfortable managing video from kickoff to delivery.

• Self-direction to manage multiple projects and deadlines with minimal oversight.

Bonus points

• Experience or comfort behind the camera for simple interviews and shoots.

• Experience creating content for B2B SaaS, media tech, or similar technical audiences.

• Familiarity with Figma, Cinema 4D, Lottie, or other 3D tools.

Work Arrangement

Location: US East Coast
The anticipated salary range for this position is $90,000-$110,000 annually, depending on experience, skills, and geographic location.