Social Graphic Motion Designer (Contract)

Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun social and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion encouraging kids and adults to move more play more and have fun together. Nex Playground the companys award-winning active play system is purpose-built to get families moving year-round with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE COPPA compliant and built to support healthy active play for all ages and abilities.

Nex Playground features a growing library of 50 experiences including motion and dance games fitness and educational experiences and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro Sesame Workshop and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies TIMEs Best Inventions and Parents Best Entertainment System for Families and has earned Red Dot IDEA and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have FunandIs Motion Gaming Back as they offer a deeper look into our culture values and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.

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Location:San Jose California or Hybrid
Compensation:USD 45.00 - USD 85.00 per hour (Estimated 1520 hours/week)
Type:Part-Time Contract
Report to:Social Lead

We are seeking a creative and detail-oriented Social Graphic/Motion Designer to join our growing Brand and Marketing team on a part-time contractor basis.

This role is responsible for designing best-in-class social creative from static graphics and carousels to motion assets and campaign support across Instagram TikTok Facebook and LinkedIn. You will build and maintain scalable templates and design systems elevate short-form video with motion graphics and help evolve Nexs social visual identity.

This is a great opportunity for someone with strong visual instincts and platform-native design sense who wants to help build a mission-driven brand at the intersection of movement family and technology.

• Design and produce best-in-class social creative across Instagram TikTok Facebook and LinkedIn including carousels static graphics Stories motion assets and campaign support.
• Create motion graphics animations and graphic treatments that elevate short-form video content and improve overall creative quality.
• Support game launches IP partnerships seasonal campaigns and always-on content with polished social-first design assets.
• Develop and maintain editable templates and scalable creative systems that enable faster more efficient content production.
• Partner closely with the internal creative and social team to evolve and uphold Nexs social visual identity templates and creative toolkit.
• Optimize creative specifically for social platforms ensuring assets are designed for engagement readability and mobile-first consumption.
• Adapt campaign creative into platform-specific social assets while maintaining consistency across channels.
• Collaborate with the Social Lead content creator and agency partners to bring creative concepts to life from storyboard through final execution.
• Stay current on evolving social design trends motion styles and platform creative best practices to continuously elevate the brands visual presence.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment balancing quick-turn reactive requests alongside larger campaign deliverables.

• 24 years of experience in social graphic design and motion design ideally for a consumer gaming or entertainment brand.
• Strong portfolio of social-first creative (carousels Stories static graphics motion assets) across Instagram TikTok Facebook and LinkedIn.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop Illustrator After Effects) or equivalent design and motion tools.
• Experience building and maintaining editable templates and scalable creative systems.
• Strong understanding of mobile-first platform-specific design best practices.

• Experience in gaming family or consumer tech brands.
• Experience supporting game launches IP partnerships or seasonal campaigns.
• Familiarity with short-form video editing or motion graphics for social.
• Experience collaborating with agency partners and cross-functional creative teams.

• Strong visual and brand instincts with platform-native design sense.
• Ability to translate concepts into polished on-brand execution quickly.
• Highly organized comfortable managing multiple deliverables at once.
• Excited about building a new category around active family-first play.

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• Competitive compensation package.
• Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
• Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
• Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field

Nex is located inSan Jose California USAandHongKong. Learn more about us at encourage applications even if you dont meet more than 50% of the requirements we believe that experience comes in many forms!

Nex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex (including pregnancy childbirth gender identity and sexual orientation) national origin ancestry age physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information marital status military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all individuals at every stage of the employment relationship including all current and prospective employees and covers all employment decisions including recruitment hiring job assignment promotion compensation benefits training discipline and termination.

We are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment and to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.