Motion Designer

Bring bold ideas to life through motion. create visuals that move people and tell unforgettable stories.

RUN Studios is looking for a skilled and imaginative Motion Designer to craft compelling 2D and 3D content for broadcast and digital platforms. In this role, you’ll collaborate with a team of diverse, passionate creatives to concept, design, and execute high-impact visuals that align with brand storytelling and elevate the viewer experience. Whether you're animating sleek graphics or building dynamic sequences, your work will be seen by audiences around the globe.

Sound like a fit? We’d love to see what you’ve got—please submit your resume, a short cover letter, and a link to your demo reel or portfolio showcasing recent work and your specific contributions.

As a Motion Designer, You Will

• Collaborate with the team to design, develop and deliver media for a variety of venues, platforms and audiences
• Design and animate 2D/3D motion graphics for presentations, explainer videos, social media, internal communications, event and more
• Become fluent in our client brand and their brand guidelines
• Develop storyboards, style frames, and animation concepts
• Ensure creative assets and designs adhere to brand guidelines and voice
• Work on multiple projects at once with the ability to prioritize while multitasking
• Deliver end-to-end design and motion assets
• Conceptualize projects through delivery
• Participate in brainstorming sessions to pitch visual ideas and animation strategies that align with brand messaging
• Optimize animations for different platforms (web, mobile, social) and troubleshoot rendering or compatibility issues
• Bring creativity and conceptualization to help visualize complex learning initiatives
• Stay current with design trends and animation techniques to keep content fresh and innovative
• Perform other related duties as needed

As an Applicant, You Bring

• 3+ years of Motion Design experience
• BA/BS degree in a media art related field or equivalent professional experience
• A portfolio of creative work that demonstrates strong visual/motion design skills
• Prior work with design studios, advertising agencies or media production companies
• Fluency with the Adobe CS stack with an emphasis on; PS, AI, AE
• Experience in Unreal Engine as well as C4D
• Growth mindset, bias for action, and emotional intelligence
• Experience in creating documents for creative briefs, motion design, and style guidelines
• Strong foundational knowledge of layout, color, grids, icons, typography, proportion, photography
• A curiosity in AI tools and technology
• Awareness of current art and design trends, creative production pipelines and tools

As a Bonus, You Have

• Experience with UI/UX design and motion prototyping
   

Additional Position Details

• Supervisory Responsibilities
  • None
• Physical Demands
  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Work Environment
  • Hybrid work environment
• Travel
  • N/A

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

At RUN Studios we recognize our ultimate success depends on our talented and dedicated workforce. We understand, value, and are grateful for the invaluable contributions made by each employee. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive program of evolving competitive benefits specifically designed to support the needs of our employees and their dependents.

Compensation

Pay Range: $70,000 - $80,000

The successful candidate’s starting pay within this range will be based on various factors such as individual qualifications and work location.

Benefits:

Benefits and perks may vary depending on location and nature of the work, but eligible employees have access to medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D benefits, health savings and flexible spending accounts, other telehealth and wellness benefits, a minimum of seven paid holidays per year, accrual of at least 6.5 days (Temporary Employment) to at least 15 days (Regular Employment) of paid time off per year, a 401k plan with company match, discretionary bonuses dependent on company, team or individual performance, and referral bonuses for eligible hired referrals.

As an equal opportunity employer, RUN Studios is committed to pay equity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.