Sr. Motion Designer

The role

You will define and document the brand's motion language and create repeatable AI-assisted templates. You will produce motion for campaigns and partner with product designers to bring motion to product surfaces.

What you will do

• Define and document the brand's motion language
• Turn recurring motion work into repeatable, AI-assisted templates, tools, and generators
• Concept and produce motion end to end for campaigns
• Partner with product designers and engineers to bring brand motion into product surfaces
• Direct agencies, animators, and freelancers
• Partner with marketing, product, engineering, and leadership

Required qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of motion design experience, in-house or at an agency or studio
• Professional experience with After Effects
• Professional experience with at least one 3D tool (Cinema 4D or Blender)
• A reel of shipped motion design work
• Must be able to work in person at the San Francisco or New York office

Nice to have

• Fluency in AI coding tools, especially Cursor
• Hands-on experience with AI video and image generation tools
• A reel and portfolio that show both motion system work and shipped campaigns
• Tools or workflows you built
• Sharp instincts for timing, rhythm, typography in motion, and storytelling
• A systems mindset
• Conviction in your design decisions
• Fluency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud
• Self-directed, fast, and energized by variety and ambiguity
• Experience building or relaunching a brand's motion identity at a fast-growing tech company

Benefits

• Equity
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• Short & long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Various other discounts and perks

About the company

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. They are building the full Super Intelligence stack, from Colossus supercomputers to Grok models and applications.