Associate Director, Technical Motion Design

🔥 13 hours ago

🌐 United States, Canada – Remote

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💵 $122.7k - $146.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

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1001 - 5000 employees

📣 Marketing

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

📱 Media

Marketing • Artificial Intelligence • Media

DEPT® is a global digital agency that blends marketing, creative services and technology to help major brands grow. It offers AI transformation, brand & media, commerce, customer experience, and tech & data services, and emphasizes data-driven approaches and AI-native capabilities. DEPT® works with enterprise clients across industries, runs Growth Invention sprints, and is B Corp certified and climate neutral.

📋 Description

• Define and maintain the technical roadmap for the OpenAI motion pipeline • Build, test, document, and maintain scripts, plugins, expressions, templates, presets, and AI-assisted tools • Develop and govern reusable motion components, UI modules, project templates, and shared libraries • Design localization-ready workflows, including responsive layouts, text expansion, copy handoffs, automated composition generation, version control, and first-language quality assurance • Establish standards for file architecture, naming, layer organization, dependencies, handoff, archiving, and maintainability • Improve connections between Figma, After Effects, review platforms, trackers, storage, and delivery systems • Solve complex builds, prototype technical approaches, debug project failures, and create reference implementations • Directly manage and develop Motion Designers, including their growth, performance, engagement, and technical problem-solving confidence • Coach Motion Designers on build practices, expressions, automation, localization, quality control, documentation, and project structure • Partner with creative and project leadership on scoping and concept development • Evaluate creative technologies based on reliability, maintainability, security, creative value, and team readiness • Create training materials and onboarding documentation, run workshops, and provide ongoing technical support • Track production friction, measure workflow improvements, and maintain a prioritized pipeline-improvement backlog • Collaborate with Motion Directors, Creative Directors, designers, Project Managers, Quality Control, localization partners, and client stakeholders

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in motion design, technical direction, creative technology, animation production, or a related role • Strong motion portfolio or body of technical work showing high-quality execution and systems-building ability • Deep expertise in Adobe After Effects, including expressions, project architecture, rendering, troubleshooting, and reusable template construction • Experience building or maintaining creative-production tools through scripting, plugins, APIs, node-based workflows, or automation • Strong working knowledge of Figma and Adobe Premiere • Experience with localization, large-scale versioning, responsive motion layouts, structured copy handoffs, production quality assurance, and delivery standards • Experience managing, mentoring, or developing creative team members • Excellent debugging and systems-thinking skills • Strong communication and documentation skills • Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Animation, Computer Science, Film, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience • JavaScript or ExtendScript experience is strongly preferred • Experience with 3D tools, generative video, command-line workflows, Python, or render automation is a plus • Must be authorized to work in the U.S.; DEPT® participates in E-Verify

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage • 401k plan, plus matching • PTO • Paid Company Holidays • Parental Leave • Equal opportunity, inclusive, and barrier-free workplace • Reasonable accommodation support during recruitment and employment • B Corp-certified, purpose-driven work environment

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