Senior Motion Designer
Tastytrade
Chicago, United States Posted October 11, 2026
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Salary Range
$90,000 - $135,000
Job Description
Join our creative team as a Senior Motion Designer. In this fast-paced role, you'll translate creative briefs into polished motion graphics and visual executions for integrated campaigns across digital, social, video, and brand marketing. You'll own the full production pipeline, collaborate with copywriters, designers, and strategists, and stay current on emerging design tools and trends. This position offers a range of benefits, including medical plans, generous paid time off, a 401(k) with company match, and more.
- Concevoir et produire des animations et des graphiques en mouvement de haute qualité pour des campagnes de marketing numérique et de marque.
- Gérer l'ensemble du pipeline de production, de la préparation des actifs à l'animation, au rendu, à l'optimisation et à la livraison.
- Collaborer avec des rédacteurs, des designers et des stratèges pour garantir la cohérence et la conformité des campagnes.
- The ideal candidate is a strong visual thinker who can turn a creative brief into top-level animation and design across marketing channels, a true master of the Adobe Creative Suite whose work carries an unmistakable creative voice
- This role is best suited to designers who are already operating at a senior level: sharp, fast, and creatively driven, with the confidence to own their work from concept to final render
- Excellent time management skills and the ability to context-switch between multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
- Strong foundation in layout, typography, color, composition, branding, and visual storytelling across static and motion creative
- Proficient in Cinema 4D (or Blender) for 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, and virtual camera work, with the ability to composite 3D renders seamlessly into 2D motion pieces
- 8+ years of professional visual design experience within an agency or in-house creative team
- Comfortable managing complex After Effects projects, asset preparation, rendering, optimization, and delivery across multiple formats and aspect ratios
- Ability to translate creative briefs and brand strategies into compelling visual concepts, style frames, storyboards, and finished executions
- Ability to design across multiple channels and formats, with digital marketing experience a strong plus
- Advanced proficiency in After Effects including advanced expressions, scripting, and complex compositing workflow; domain expert in Photoshop and Illustrator, with strong motion design, compositing, image manipulation, and vector design skills
- Expert understanding of animation principles, typography, transitions, visual effects, and building polished motion systems for digital, social, and video campaigns
- A fast worker who doesn't sacrifice quality, with a strong personal point of view and original creative instincts
- A strong portfolio or reel demonstrating range, craft, and senior-level motion and graphic design work
- Experience using generative AI and AI animation/video tools to concept, generate, modify, and accelerate creative production
- Proficiency in Figma for digital design, collaborative workflows working with design systems, and UI-based creative
- Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they have every single qualification. Our team is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
- Working knowledge of building and designing animated HTML5 display ads in Google Web Designer or similar software
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