Senior Creative, Motion

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Strava is the app for active people. With over 150 million athletes in more than 185 countries, Strava is where connection, motivation, and personal bests thrive. No matter your activity, gear, or goals, we help you find your crew, crush your milestones, and keep moving forward. Start your journey with Strava today.

Our mission is simple: to motivate people to live their best active lives. We believe in the power of movement to connect and drive people forward.

We are seeking a talented and driven Motion Designer (with a focus on product) to join our team as a Senior Creative, Motion. As a vital member of our creative department, you will collaborate closely with product design, engineers, and visual design to produce compelling interactive experiences.

This role will be located in one of our US offices:
San Francisco, New York or Denver. We follow a flexible hybrid model that translates to more than half of your time on-site — three days per week.

• Build interactive animations for a personalized brand experience, translating creative visions into dynamic, scalable solutions.
• Test and champion new feature developments in Rive to bring complex data and brand stories to life.
• Bridge the gap between design and engineering, owning the technical setup, optimization, and seamless handover of animation files.
• Contribute to building scalable motion systems and templates that will define our emerging design language.
• Collaborate with product, design and engineering to efficiently connect code, design, and animation by using Figma and Rive.
• Improve our animation tool ecosystem through upgrades, automation solutions, and best practices.
• Make a direct and measurable impact on our business growth.

• Build meticulously crafted, performant, and interactive animations with a strong focus on technical execution.
• Establish and maintain highly organized Rive file structures, reusable templates, and detailed handoff documentation.
• Demonstrate a keen eye for detail in visual execution and technical precision, particularly within product motion design.
• Collaborate energetically and creatively to identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement in our motion pipeline.
• Rapidly adapt to evolving project needs, and perform exceptionally under pressure.

• 4+ years of experience as a Motion Designer, with a portfolio highlighting interactive and product-focused animations (experience with Rive is a plus)
• Proficiency with design and animation tools such as Rive, Figma, After Effects, and Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Working knowledge of 3D tools like Cinema 4D or Spline for rapid prototyping and asset creation.
• A collaborative, team-first mindset, thriving in cross-functional environments and energized by working alongside creatives at all levels in a fast-paced setting.
• Strong visual design skills across multiple mediums, with a systems-oriented and technical approach, and exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience with Rive or eagerness to learn it on the job, as it will be the primary tool used for creating interactive animations (experience with its latest features like Data Binding and working with developers on implementation is a plus).

At Strava, we know our employees are the most important ingredient to our success, and our compensation and total rewards programs reflect that. We take a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on the department and your location. Salary ranges are categorized into one of three tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area.

We will determine the candidate’s starting pay based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. We may modify these ranges in the future. For more information, please contact your talent partner.

For this role, our current base pay ranges by location are:

San Francisco & New York City: $158,000 - $167,000

Denver: $134,000 - $142,000

This range reflects base compensation only and does not include equity or…