Motion Designer
We’re looking for a Motion Designer to join Sierra’s Creative Studio and help define how our brand comes to life through movement. This role is ideal for someone who combines exceptional craft with systems thinking—someone who can create standout motion work while establishing the patterns, principles, and frameworks that make Sierra recognizable across every touchpoint.
As a member of Sierra’s design team, you’ll partner closely with brand designers, marketers, product teams, and external creative partners to bring stories, products, and experiences to life through animation. You’ll work across product launches, marketing campaigns, customer stories, events, social content, and emerging brand initiatives, helping translate complex AI concepts into compelling visual narratives.
This is an opportunity to help build Sierra’s motion practice from the ground up and shape how customers, partners, and the broader industry experience our brand.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Create high-quality motion design work across marketing campaigns, product launches, customer stories, events, social content, and brand initiatives.
- Develop motion systems, principles, and animation frameworks that create consistency and recognition across the Sierra brand.
- Build scalable motion templates, guidelines, and documentation that
empower teams to create on-brand work efficiently.
- Partner closely with brand design, marketing, product, and leadership teams to elevate storytelling through animation and motion.
- Bring creative, from-the-ground-up thinking to brand campaigns and launches, exploring new ways to communicate Sierra’s vision and technology.
- Help establish best practices for motion across digital, experiential, social,
and product touchpoints.
- Mentor teammates and provide guidance on motion design craft, workflows,
and execution.
- Explore new creative possibilities enabled by AI while maintaining a high bar
for quality, taste, and craftsmanship.
- As a core member of Sierra’s design team, you will help shape the culture,
systems, and visual language that define our brand.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
- Proven Experience: 8+ years of motion design experience with a portfolio that demonstrates exceptional craft, strong storytelling, and the ability to build scalable design systems. Experience supporting high-growth technology, SaaS, AI, B2B, or consumer brands is preferred.
- Motion Craft Excellence: Deep expertise in animation principles, timing, visual storytelling, typography, and motion systems. Ability to create work that is both visually compelling and strategically effective.
- Systems Thinking: Experience building motion design frameworks, reusable assets, and scalable standards that enable consistency across teams and channels.
- Great Collaboration: Strong ability to communicate creative ideas and partner effectively with designers, marketers, product teams, engineers, executives, and external collaborators.
- Excellent Communication: Ability to clearly articulate design rationale, creative direction, and motion principles to diverse stakeholders.
- Builder Mindset: Self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and enjoys defining new processes, systems, and creative opportunities from scratch.
- Creative Proficiency: Expert knowledge of After Effects, Premiere, Figma, and Adobe Creative Suite. Experience with Cinema 4D, Rive, Lottie, AI-powered creative tools, or emerging motion workflows is a plus.