Motion Design Lead

Team: Design

Location: Canada

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities:

• Serve as a key creative collaborator across digital, web, advertising, and video assignments, aligning motion solutions with broader campaign and creative objectives.
• Develop and execute high-end motion graphics, 3D assets, cinematic environments, and spatial experiences for broadcast, web, branded content, and emerging digital platforms.
• Integrate generative AI, neural rendering, automated rotoscoping, and AI-assisted pre-visualization into creative and production workflows.
• Create mood boards, style frames, storyboards, and visual concepts that explore depth, physics, spatial design, and multi-layered narratives.
• Lead look development, lighting, texturing, modeling, and rendering to deliver premium and brand-consistent 3D work.
• Partner with Creative Directors and multidisciplinary teams to develop visual stories from initial concepts through final production.
• Maintain high standards of design excellence, visual craft, technical execution, and quality control across animation and VFX pipelines.
• Present and communicate creative and technical concepts clearly to stakeholders, explaining the strategic rationale behind visual and production decisions.
• Drive technical innovation by exploring emerging technologies such as real-time rendering, spatial computing, and AI-assisted creative workflows.
• Help streamline production processes through new tools, technologies, and more efficient creative workflows.

Requirements:

• At least 6 years of motion design experience with a strong emphasis on advanced 3D workflows within integrated agencies or production environments.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating original conceptual thinking, motion graphics, and high-fidelity 3D visual effects across advertising and digital campaigns.
• Advanced proficiency in Cinema 4D with Redshift or Octane, After Effects, and Figma.
• Strong 3D generalist capabilities across modeling, lighting, texturing, and rendering.
• Demonstrated experience incorporating AI platforms such as NanoBanana, Midjourney, Topaz, and Firefly into production workflows for asset generation, texture enhancement, or upscaling.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience partnering closely with Creative Directors and multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to translate conceptual ideas into polished visual narratives while balancing creative ambition with technical execution.
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Animation, Film, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with Unreal Engine 5 or Unity and interactive motion platforms such as Lottie, Rive, or Spline is a plus.
• Advanced VFX experience with Houdini or Maya, AR/VR/XR spatial design experience, and proficiency with Premiere, Audition, or DaVinci Resolve are additional advantages.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States; this role is not available for hire or work in New Mexico or Hawaii.

Benefits:

• Salary range of $108,000–$142,000 USD.
• Remote position within the United States, subject to the stated location restrictions.
• Opportunity to work across digital, advertising, branded content, immersive experiences, and emerging creative technologies.
• Exposure to advanced AI-assisted workflows, 3D production, real-time rendering, and spatial computing.
• Collaborative environment with Creative Directors and multidisciplinary creative, design, and technology teams.
• Opportunity to contribute to high-impact visual experiences while expanding creative and technical capabilities.
• Inclusive and supportive work environment with reasonable accommodations available throughout the recruitment and employment process.