Motion Designer

The role

You will translate complex research ideas and emerging capabilities into motion for films, launches, and demos. You will partner with Research, Brand, and production teams to develop motion concepts and high-quality 2D and 3D animation.

What you will do

• Develop motion concepts for research stories with creative partners and subject matter experts.
• Design and produce high-quality 2D and 3D motion for research films, launches, demos, and supporting content.
• Apply and extend OpenAI’s visual and motion language.
• Take work from visual exploration, storyboards, and animatics through animation, compositing, and final delivery.
• Collaborate with designers, filmmakers, editors, producers, and researchers.
• Translate technical or abstract concepts into visual sequences.
• Work with producers to scope projects and communicate dependencies.
• Present work and explain creative decisions.
• Develop reusable assets, templates, and workflows.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in motion design across films, campaigns, launches, or other narrative work.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating design judgment, animation craft, and the ability to carry an idea from concept through finished execution.
• The ability to explore an open-ended brief, propose a clear creative direction, and refine it through collaboration.
• Proficiency in After Effects.
• Experience with Cinema 4D or comparable 3D tools.
• Experience with editing and compositing workflows.
• Comfort working in Figma.
• A strong understanding of typography, composition, timing, rhythm, and visual storytelling.
• Experience making complex or unfamiliar subjects understandable through design and motion.
• Experience working with subject matter experts and incorporating technical feedback.

Nice to have

• Curiosity about AI and research

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The creative team helps ensure the work behind the idea is understood as it leaves the lab and meets the world.