Motion Designer, Creative

Dentsu Creative's Motion Team is looking for a mid-level Motion Designer. You will 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 you’re in the room.

Working closely with other creative thinkers, you’ll put animation principles and visual storytelling into practice to bring ideas and concepts to life through motion. You’ll own your projects, build systems that help the team move faster, and be comfortable leading your own work in a fast‑paced agency environment. This role is based in our NYC office and requires you to be on‑site at least 3 days per week.

• 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 Tik Tok, Instagram, You Tube, 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 team’s creative culture—share ideas, give feedback, help improve how we work.
• Integrate AI tools into your workflow to speed up the creative process, including generating references, iterating on concepts, exploring layouts, and streamlining repetitive tasks.

• 3–5 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—showing design thinking, not just keyframes.
• Expert‑level After Effects knowledge—including expressions, shape‑layer animation, and familiarity with the plugin ecosystem.
• Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro.
• Strong graphic design and typography skills—able to design a beautiful frame before you animate it.
• Combining live‑action footage and motion design should be second nature.
• Working knowledge of Cinema4D 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.
• Actively use AI tools to speed up your process, generating references, iterating on concepts, and exploring layouts.

• Experience with Figma, Rive, or Lottie for web/interactive motion.
• After Effects scripting (Extend Script, 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 isn’t the right fit.
• 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.

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Short‑term and long‑term disability insurance.
• 401k.
• Flexible paid time off.
• At least 15 paid holidays per year.
• Paid sick and safe leave.
• Paid parental leave.

The annual salary range for this position is $71,875 - $85,000.

Employs at Dentsu’s NYC office with required on‑site presence 3 days per week. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of Dentsu’s hub offices—currently 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). Employees who…