Sr Motion Designer

57 Minutes ago • 5 Years + • Motion Design

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Job Description

As a Senior Motion Designer, you'll be a subject matter expert, managing stakeholder expectations for interactive design. Responsibilities include completing projects independently, coordinating requirements, creating motion studies, animations, and in-app experiences for various products. You'll ensure accessibility, collaborate with diverse stakeholders, present designs, mentor junior designers, and establish motion design best practices. A focus on the ESPN ecosystem is key. The role requires expertise in animation across multiple endpoints, user-centered design, and strong communication skills.
Must have:
  • 5+ years experience
  • Expert in animation & motion graphics
  • User-centered design expertise
  • Proficient in Figma, After Effects, etc.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Project management & mentorship
  • Brand guideline adherence
Good to have:
  • MBA or technical degree
  • Experience with Lottie, .riv files
  • Understanding of engineering constraints

Job Summary:

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN (DE&E) Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

The DE&E Technology Design team thinks beyond what is possible today. They discover, disrupt, and chart a course to where our fans and consumers will be next. Design brings the Disney magic to life by building digital customer experiences via the entire portfolio of both consumer-facing products and internal products and tooling. This includes Sports, Entertainment, News, Streaming and Enterprise Products and Experiences.

Motion Designers within DE&E Technology are tasked with realizing the full articulation of our brands’ personalities and the end-to-end user experience of our fans. The Motion Team crafts prototypes and previsualizations of our product features and user flows; builds large scale and micro animations; translates static designs into dynamic deliverables for our developers; and cultivates new and innovative ways to bring emotion and delight to the Disney and ESPN products.

As a Motion Design Senior Designer you are expected to be a subject expert in the Motion field and able manage stakeholder expectations with all things related to interactive design. You are able to self manage yourself in meeting commitments and in advocating for support when needed. You are responsible for making and maintaining strong and productive relationships across functions. You will be instrumental in helping to crafting best practices for the Motion team and ensuring that those workflows and principles are enforced. You are expected to drive projects from start to finish and clearly delegate tasks to fellow designers in order to execute on your commitments. This role has a focus on Sports and the ESPN ecosystem.

Responsibilities:

  • You will be responsible for completing projects from start to finish with little to no direction.
  • You will be a point of contact to coordinate requirements with stakeholders.
  • You will help create motion studies, animations, in-app experiences, promotional material, vision presentations, and other motion work to contribute to all products in our portfolio.
  • You will be required to consider accessibility and meet the requirements to deliver inclusive design.
  • You will work with design team members to produce rapid motion concepts, and user flows.
  • You will collaborate with a diverse set of stakeholders and synthesize their needs into your deliverables.
  • You will work closely with designers from other teams; communicating clearly on your needs and managing expectations.
  • You will be responsible for presenting design work to partners and stakeholders at both small and large scale.
  • You will be responsible for mentoring fellow motion designers and growing their skillsets.
  • You must be the reliable source for all things Motion in our organization.

Basic Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of relevant experience in Design or related experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or technical degree preferred.
  • You have expert experience delivering animations and motion graphics work across many different endpoints.
  • You have an expert understanding of user-centered design principles and best practices.
  • You are a self-motivated, problem solver with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
  • You can communicate clearly with product designers and developers.
  • You are hungry for innovation, and eager to challenge the status quo.
  • You have a strong interest in and aptitude for learning new technologies and design skills.
  • You have a strong work ethic, are reliable, adaptable, and work well with others.
  • You have the ability to design within brand guides and contribute to design language.
  • You understand how to design and deliver consistently at scale.
  • You have expert knowledge of design tools such as Figma, After Effect, Premiere Pro, Cinema 4D, and Rive.
  • You are experienced in delivering all video formats, animated GIFs, Lottie, and .riv files.
  • You have intimate knowledge of basic engineering constraints and can offer solutions to improve efficiency and quality to our products.

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $126,400.00 to $169,500.00 per year and in San Francisco, CA is $138,500 to $185,600 per year and in New York, NY is $132,500 to $177,600 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
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$126.4K - $185.6K/yr (Outscal est.)
$156.0K/yr avg.
Glendale, California, United States

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About The Company

From classic animated features and exhilarating theme park attractions to cutting edge sports coverage, and the hottest shows on television, The Walt Disney Company has been making magic since 1923, creating unforgettable stories that connect with audiences around the world. And we’re just getting started!

The key to our success…. The Cast, Crew, Imagineers and Employees who honor Disney’s rich legacy by stretching the bounds of imagination to create the never-before-seen, bringing unparalleled entertainment experiences to people of all ages. Begin a career that delivers unparalleled creative content and experiences to audiences around the world and just imagine the stories you could be part of…

What is #LifeAtDisney like? It’s a series of magical moments with cast members and employees developing and telling our stories in the most innovative ways. Whether it’s a day spent as a Disney VoluntEAR, or celebrating the release of a new interactive experience, retail product or movie, our days are filled with the knowledge that we are creating entertainment experiences the whole family can enjoy. Follow @DisneyCareers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for a peek behind-the-curtain, and discover how you could connect to a world of stories with Disney!

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