Senior Motion Designer

The role

You will bring Zipline's products, operations, people, and impact to life through animation and motion graphics. You will translate creative briefs, scripts, and technical concepts into storyboards, style frames, and polished motion work.

What you will do

• Design and animate motion graphics for social, brand video, product launches, and technical explainers.
• Translate briefs, scripts, and technical information into storyboards, style frames, and animatics.
• Create visual explanations of products and operations using typography, maps, diagrams, and 2D/3D animation.
• Develop titles, lower thirds, transitions, and graphic packages for live-action footage.
• Composite motion and visual effects into footage using tracking, masking, and screen replacements.
• Collaborate with the Editor on timing, pacing, and delivery of motion assets.
• Partner with the Video Producer to estimate effort and deliver work against production schedules.
• Work with brand designers to apply visual identity consistently.
• Collaborate with engineers and operators to represent products and workflows accurately.
• Build and maintain reusable templates, animation components, and project documentation.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of professional motion design experience in an in-house creative team, agency, studio, or production company.
• A strong reel and portfolio demonstrating motion craft, design judgment, and 2D and 3D work.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe After Effects.
• Strong working proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop, and Figma.
• Professional experience with Cinema 4D, Blender, or another 3D package.
• Strong fundamentals in typography, composition, color, hierarchy, timing, easing, rhythm, pacing, and animation principles.
• Experience developing storyboards, style frames, motion tests, and animatics.
• Experience integrating animation with live-action footage through compositing, tracking, masking, keying, and screen replacement.
• Ability to translate complex products, systems, data, and technical concepts into visual communication.
• Experience building reusable motion templates and maintaining organized project files.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines.

Nice to have

• Experience with robotics, autonomy, aviation, logistics, hardware, infrastructure, healthcare, or another technically complex field
• Experience with CAD-derived assets, product visualization, simulation, UI animation, data visualization, Lottie, Rive, Unreal Engine, or real-time workflows
• Familiarity with emerging animation, compositing, and AI-assisted creative tools

About the company

Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service. They operate an autonomous logistics system to deliver food, medicine, and essential goods globally.