Rive Motion Designer and Animator (Contract-to-Hire)

The role

You will design UI animations and build a character universe for mobile and desktop apps. You will collaborate with engineering, product, and design teams to create motion and art styles that engage customers.

What you will do

• Design UI animations
• Build out the character universe
• Bring art styles to life with motion
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and design
• Craft animations for mobile and desktop apps
• Extend motion language into the website and marketing creative

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in motion design, interactive media, game development or a strong portfolio of personal projects
• Proficiency in Rive, Lottie, and After Effects
• Hands-on experience in production-ready animations
• Skilled at bringing characters to life through AI-powered prompting and creative iteration
• Experience working with engineers on animation implementation
• Knowledge of how motion, sound, and haptic feedback work together
• Well-versed in AI tools
• Ability to translate brand energy into a motion design language
• Understanding of game design principles and player experience

Nice to have

• Examples of motion design work similar to Duolingo or other consumer game platforms
• Experience with performance optimization for web and mobile
• General 3D skills like modeling, texturing, rigging, and animating

About the company

Rilla is a foundational company on a mission to index the offline world. They have built sales coaching software for organizations using AI sales coaching.