Motion Designer

Job Description:

Dentsu Creatives Motion Team is looking for a mid-level Motion Designer. Youll work in a highly creative environment across campaign brand and social content concepting and delivering motion design for some of the biggest brands in the world. Your primary focus will be one of the most recognized names on the planet a marquee client we can only reveal once youre in the room. Working closely with other creative thinkers youll put animation principles and visual storytelling into practice to bring ideas and concepts to life through motion. Youll own your projects build systems that help the team move faster and be comfortable leading your own work in a fast-paced agency environment.

Must be able and willing to work PST business hours.

• Own motion projects end-to-end from concept and pitch through design animation and final delivery

• Collaborate with Creative Directors Art Directors Producers and Project Managers to deliver on-brand on-time work

• Build and maintain reusable templates motion systems and toolkits that improve team speed and consistency

• Design for platform Be versed in best-practices to deliver content designed and optimized for TikTok Instagram YouTube paid social and other channels

• Manage multiple projects with shifting deadlines without sacrificing quality

• Source and mix music and sound for motion deliverables

• Maintain brand consistency across all work in line with client guidelines

• Contribute to the teams creative culture share ideas give feedback help improve how we work

• 35 years of professional experience as a motion designer ideally in an agency studio or in-house creative team

• Strong portfolio/reel showing range across social campaign and brand work we want to see design thinking not just keyframes

• Expert-level After Effects including expressions shape layer animation and familiarity with the plugin ecosystem

• Proficiency in Photoshop Illustrator and Premiere Pro

• Strong graphic design and typography skills you should be able to design a beautiful frame before you animate it

• Combining live-action footage and motion design should be second nature

• Working knowledge of Cinema 4D or Blender enough to bring 3D elements into motion work (not a VFX role but 3D literacy is expected in 2026)

• Understanding of social platforms trends specs and what makes content perform

• Basic audio editing syncing sound to motion mixing selecting music

• Disciplined file organization clean project files consistent naming conventions and handoff-ready file management

• Clear communicator can present work take feedback constructively and articulate design decisions to clients and teams

AI is being integrated into our workflows. We expect you to be actively using it not just aware of it.

• Use AI tools to speed up your process generating references iterating on concepts exploring layouts streamlining repetitive tasks. Tools like Google VEO Nano Banana Adobe Firefly Claude Copilot and others. are evolving fast. Stay curious and share what works.

• Your design eye animation instincts and storytelling are what matter most. AI helps you move faster it doesnt replace taste and craft.

• Experience with Figma Rive or Lottie for web/interactive motion

• After Effects scripting (ExtendScript JSX)

• Experience building motion systems or templates at scale

• This is not a VFX-heavy role if your reel is mostly compositing particles and simulation this probably isnt the right fit

• This is not a junior role we need someone who can own projects independently from day one

• This is a role for a designer-animator hybrid who loves moving between campaign and social work collaborates well and wants to help build something great

#LI-Hybrid #LI-MS5

Additional Information

At dentsu we believe great work happens when were connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices currently located in Chicago metro Detroit Los Angeles and New York City are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients which may include attendance in an office.

Theannualsalary range for this position is $71875 - $100000. Placement within the salary rangeis based on a variety of factorsincluding relevant experience knowledge skills and other factorspermittedby law.

Benefits available with this position include:

Medical vision and dental insurance

Life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability insurance

401k

Flexiblepaidtimeoff

At least 15paid holidays per year

Paid sickand safeleave and

Paid parentalleave.

Dentsu alsocomplieswithapplicable state and local lawsregardingemployee leave benefits including but not limited to providing time offpursuant tothe Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Actin accordance withits plans and detailsregardingDentsu benefits please visit .

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