Sourcing Unicorns

Lead Motion Designer

Sourcing Unicorns

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Spain

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Amazon RedshiftUnityUnreal Engine

About the role

  • Create best-in-class styleframes, motion explorations, and visual directions across a variety of media
  • Define aesthetic systems including color palettes, lighting direction, composition, motion language, and rendering approaches
  • Translate strategy documents, briefs, and mood boards into comprehensive visual concepts
  • Develop toolkits, look libraries, and visual guidelines that maintain consistency throughout production
  • Lead and direct nearshore / offshore artists and boutique studios, ensuring alignment with the established visual vision
  • Provide actionable, detailed feedback to maintain quality and consistency across deliverables
  • Oversee visual outputs from distributed teams and ensure they meet craft and creative standards
  • Collaborate closely with the Animation Director to uphold and advance the studio’s visual bar
  • Partner with Creative Directors, Experience Designers, Producers, and Technical Directors to align visual design with narrative, interaction, and technical feasibility
  • Support pitches and new business initiatives through high-impact visual exploration and look-dev imagery
  • Ensure visual direction translates effectively into real-time engines, large-format canvases, and immersive spaces

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional experience in visual design, art direction, motion design, or animation for immersive content or digital experiences
  • Demonstrated experience leading or directing distributed creative teams and vendor studios
  • Proven ability to define a visual look and successfully lead its execution end-to-end
  • Mastery of motion design principles, lighting, composition, and storytelling through imagery
  • Strong ability to create styleframes, look-dev, and high-fidelity visual systems
  • Confidence balancing hands-on craft with leadership and feedback responsibilities
  • Ability to translate abstract strategy into tangible visual outcomes
  • Advanced expertise in tools such as Houdini, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Blender, Redshift / Octane, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma
  • Experience with real-time look development tools such as Unreal, Unity, TouchDesigner, or Notch is a strong plus
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted workflows or generative design tools is a bonus
  • Background in experiential, themed entertainment, museum media, or large-scale installations is highly valued
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate visual intent clearly to both creative and technical stakeholders
  • Highly organized, adaptable, and capable of maintaining excellence across multiple concurrent projects.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
visual designart directionmotion designanimationstyleframeslook developmentlightingcompositionstorytellinghigh-fidelity visual systems
Soft Skills
leadershipfeedbackcommunicationorganizationadaptabilitycollaborationstrategic thinkingattention to detailproblem-solvingarticulating visual intent