Remote video editor creating motion - rich long - form videos for vidIQ, a platform helping YouTube creators grow. Editing, pacing, and visual storytelling for the vidIQ YouTube channel.
About the role
- Staff Motion Designer leading 3D and 2D motion for Mercury's fintech brand, launches, and products. Building motion systems and AI-assisted creative workflows.
Responsibilities
- Lead motion concepts for major product launches, campaigns, and brand moments
- Build 3D worlds, materials, and textures for launches and brand moments
- Lead product storytelling, title design, typography, transitions, diagrams, and UI motion
- Define and build Mercury's motion design system, including principles, reusable behaviors, and templates
- Explore interactive motion contexts and AI tooling applications
- Build and champion AI-assisted workflows for motion and 3D
- Evaluate AI creative tools for adoption into the team's pipeline
- Partner with Design, Writing, Narrative, and Production from concept through delivery
- Lead high-level 3D and motion craft while art-directing specialist animators, 3D artists, and studios
- Raise the motion craft of Brand Studio through partnership, critique, and example
- Protect craft and coherence across all moving brand expressions
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional experience in motion design
- Portfolio demonstrating mastery across 3D and 2D motion design and conceptual thinking
- Advanced proficiency in Cinema 4D, Houdini, Blender, or similar 3D tools, including materials, texturing, lighting, and world-building
- Advanced proficiency in After Effects or similar 2D motion tools, with command of timing, easing, composition, and finishing detail
- Experience building and documenting motion systems or brand guidelines
- Ability to move between high-craft brand moments and product/UI and social work without losing quality
- Track record of art-directing or mentoring designers, animators, or outside studios
- Fluency with AI tooling as part of a creative practice
- Strong communication skills
- Exposure to scripting or procedural workflows (expressions, Houdini VEX, Python) is a strong plus
- Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative environment
Benefits
- Base salary
- Equity (stock options/RSUs)
- Benefits
- Equal Employment Opportunity employer
- Reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs
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