Who we are

Motto® is a leading brand strategy and design innovation firm specializing in positioning, scaling, and reinventing companies in the tech space. We partner with leadership teams to steer brand strategy, innovation, and transformation projects with clients including Google, Andela, Impel, Hershey, Goodnotes, Klaviyo, CloudBees and more. Through our proprietary Ideas Worth Rallying Around® methodology, Motto® aligns vision, culture, and brand to drive impact.

About the role

Motto® is looking for a design-driven Motion Designer to bring our brand to life through bold, beautifully crafted motion graphics and animation. This role is dedicated to our Motto® house brand, creating work that embodies our aesthetic, voice, and strategic vision across social, marketing, and brand storytelling.

We’re looking for someone who can own the creative process from start to finish—concepting, storyboarding, designing, and animating without relying on another designer to build your storyboards. In most cases, you’ll be responsible for creating them yourself.

You’ll collaborate with our innovation lab, design, social, and marketing teams, but you’ll also take projects from initial spark to final render. This means pairing strong design fundamentals with advanced motion skills, pushing creative boundaries, and experimenting with emerging tools, including AI, to keep our work sharp, fresh, and ahead of the curve.

Your work will span high-profile brand films, creative motion campaigns, social media content, case study reels, and pitch presentations—each one reflecting the Motto® brand’s distinctive aesthetic and strategic intent.

This role is for someone who thrives at the intersection of design and motion, can think like an art director, execute like a motion pro, and is always hungry to explore what’s next in motion design.

Key Responsibilities:

Concept, design, and animate motion assets for the Motto brand, spanning brand films, social media content, case study reels, pitch presentations, and marketing campaigns.
Own your storyboards: designing visual systems and layouts before animating to ensure every piece has a strong design foundation.
Edit, enhance, and innovate—mixing media to tell unforgettable stories.
Collaborate across teams: designers, founders, and marketing, to deliver standout creative for the studio.
Build motion templates and toolkits that boost efficiency and maintain visual consistency.
Push the boundaries—experiment with new techniques, styles, and tools (including AI) to keep our work fresh and forward-thinking.
Optimize for every platform, ensuring animations meet brand, quality, and performance standards.
Keep our motion library organized for easy re-use and consistent execution.

Who You Are:

A design-led motion creative with 5–7 years of professional experience in an agency, studio, or brand environment.
You have a designer’s eye and an animator’s toolkit—strong in layout, typography, color, and composition, with the technical chops to bring your designs to life in motion.
You don’t wait for someone else to hand you a storyboard—you create your own, crafting visual systems and layouts that set the foundation for great animation.
An art director in mindset, you know how to translate brand guidelines into motion that’s visually distinctive and strategically on point.
A problem-solver who thrives on owning projects from start to finish—concepting, designing, animating, and delivering without constant oversight.
Fluent in After Effects (AE Expressions a plus) and comfortable with tools like Cavalry, Rive, and emerging AI platforms that can supercharge creativity and speed.
Skilled in storyboarding, style frames, and visual storytelling that engages and inspires.
Able to manage multiple projects without losing your attention to detail or quality bar.
Constantly curious—always looking for new techniques, trends, and technologies to elevate your craft.
You don’t settle for “good enough.” You’re driven to make every piece of work feel bold, beautiful, and undeniably Motto.

Compensation & Availability

This is a full-time, 1099 position beginning with a 3-month contract.
Compensation ranges are expected to fall between $80k-$90k USD.
Must be EST, CST, or MST based. Availability during core hours (9AM–6PM EST) is important for team collaboration.
*Motto runs on EOS® (Entrepreneurial Operating System). Bonus if you have EOS® experience.

Our Values

We’re not just looking for skilled people, we’re looking for people who can add to our culture and shape the way we work. If you see yourself in these, you’ll thrive with us…

Do Big Things: We dare to create big ideas, make big leaps, and take big risks.
We Before Me: We work as a team to get the best from each other. No one can move a mountain alone.
Great, Not Good: We are obsessed with excellence and refuse to accept mediocrity.
Radical Candor: We recognize conflict as a healthy and valuable tool that makes us more innovative and collaborative.
Play Offense: We spend as much time as possible doing and as little time as possible talking about doing.
Glass Half Full: We stay positive, bring out the best in others, and focus on solutions. Energy is contagious, and we take responsibility for the energy we bring.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We actively encourage everybody to bring their full selves to work. Join our team and feel welcome regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, age, or other experiences.

Ready to do big things with us?

Apply now