Senior Motion Designer
Vanta
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $182,000 - $214,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Define and develop Vanta’s motion system, creating a distinctive motion identity that translates across web, social, product, and video.
- Concept, storyboard, design, and animate assets for brand campaigns, website experiences, and marketing channels.
- Edit short-form video content (e.g., social reels, sizzle videos, campaign trailers) using brand-aligned storytelling.
- Bring personality to serious subjects through tone, timing, and creative storytelling.
- Collaborate closely with the brand design, copy, and growth teams to deliver motion that elevates and humanizes our brand.
- Create motion templates, libraries, and documentation.
- Partner with external vendors, editors, or animators.
- Work and experiment with new tools and techniques, including generative AI.
- Actively advocate for motion as a storytelling tool at Vanta, identifying for when and how it can create impact.
Requirements
- BFA in motion design, graphic design, animation, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in motion design, including at least 5 years within in-house brand or creative teams.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating mastery of animation, storytelling, pacing, and design fundamentals, with examples that show a sense of humor or narrative wit.
- Expert proficiency in After Effects, Premiere Pro, and other industry-standard tools.
- Familiarity with audio editing and sound design for motion.
- Basic understanding of web animation implementation (Lottie, Webflow, etc.).
- Experience editing short-form video for digital and social platforms.
- Working knowledge of generative AI tools for ideation, storyboarding, or animation.
- Strong understanding of brand systems and how motion reinforces identity.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Proactive, self-directed, and able to balance craft with efficiency. Able to manage own timelines, workflows, and deliverables for multiple projects simultaneously.
Benefits
- Industry-competitive compensation
- 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage
- 16 weeks fully-paid parental Leave for all new parents
- Health & wellness and remote workplace stipends
- Family planning benefits through Carrot Fertility
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours and location
- Open PTO policy
- 11 paid holidays in the US
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
motion designanimationstorytellingpacingdesign fundamentalsaudio editingsound designweb animation implementationshort-form video editinggenerative AI
Soft skills
communicationpresentationproactiveself-directedtime managementworkflow managementcollaborationcreativityhumornarrative wit
Certifications
BFA in motion designBFA in graphic designBFA in animation