Lead Motion Designer

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🕒 February 18

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Sourcing Unicorns

1 - 10 employees

We are specialized in finding unique creative & technical talent in the creative sectors:

📋 Description

• Create best-in-class styleframes, motion explorations, and visual directions across a variety of media • Define aesthetic systems including color palettes, lighting direction, composition, motion language, and rendering approaches • Translate strategy documents, briefs, and mood boards into comprehensive visual concepts • Develop toolkits, look libraries, and visual guidelines that maintain consistency throughout production • Lead and direct nearshore / offshore artists and boutique studios, ensuring alignment with the established visual vision • Provide actionable, detailed feedback to maintain quality and consistency across deliverables • Oversee visual outputs from distributed teams and ensure they meet craft and creative standards • Collaborate closely with the Animation Director to uphold and advance the studio’s visual bar • Partner with Creative Directors, Experience Designers, Producers, and Technical Directors to align visual design with narrative, interaction, and technical feasibility • Support pitches and new business initiatives through high-impact visual exploration and look-dev imagery • Ensure visual direction translates effectively into real-time engines, large-format canvases, and immersive spaces

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience in visual design, art direction, motion design, or animation for immersive content or digital experiences • Demonstrated experience leading or directing distributed creative teams and vendor studios • Proven ability to define a visual look and successfully lead its execution end-to-end • Mastery of motion design principles, lighting, composition, and storytelling through imagery • Strong ability to create styleframes, look-dev, and high-fidelity visual systems • Confidence balancing hands-on craft with leadership and feedback responsibilities • Ability to translate abstract strategy into tangible visual outcomes • Advanced expertise in tools such as Houdini, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Blender, Redshift / Octane, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma • Experience with real-time look development tools such as Unreal, Unity, TouchDesigner, or Notch is a strong plus • Familiarity with AI-assisted workflows or generative design tools is a bonus • Background in experiential, themed entertainment, museum media, or large-scale installations is highly valued • Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate visual intent clearly to both creative and technical stakeholders • Highly organized, adaptable, and capable of maintaining excellence across multiple concurrent projects.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Professional development opportunities

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