This role is for one of our clients
Compensation: $70 - $120 per hour
Location: Remote (United States)
Employment Type: Full-Time, W-2
Work Schedule: 40 Hours per Week
Job Overview
We are looking for an experienced Senior Motion Designer (After Effects), AI Expert to join a leading AI lab's Generative AI team and contribute to the development of next-generation AI models. This role is ideal for a creative professional with strong motion design expertise, advanced After Effects skills, and hands-on experience with code-driven animation and emerging generative media tools.
You will use your creative and technical judgment to design realistic motion graphics challenges, develop high-quality reference deliverables, and evaluate AI-generated animations and video content. Your expertise will help improve how advanced AI systems understand motion design principles, animation workflows, visual storytelling, and production standards.
The ideal candidate brings a strong portfolio of professionally shipped motion design work, proficiency in industry-standard creative tools, and the ability to combine traditional motion graphics techniques with code-based animation workflows.
This is a fully remote, full-time W-2 employment opportunity open to candidates based in the United States. The role requires a dedicated commitment of 40 hours per week , Monday through Friday.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
•Collaborate with AI research and engineering teams to identify knowledge gaps and improve model performance in motion graphics, kinetic typography, animated overlays, and code-driven video production.
•Design challenging, real-world motion design tasks that assess creative quality, technical accuracy, animation principles, and production readiness.
•Create high-quality reference deliverables using Adobe After Effects and other relevant tools, ensuring editable project files and production-ready outputs.
•Develop code-driven animations and graphics using technologies such as Remotion, HTML5 Canvas, SVG, Three.js, WebGL, or similar frameworks.
•Evaluate AI-generated motion graphics, animations, and video outputs for timing, easing, typography, visual hierarchy, tracking, safe areas, and audio synchronization.
•Provide structured, detailed written feedback to improve the quality and accuracy of AI-generated creative content.
•Build evaluation guidelines, quality standards, and detailed rubrics for motion design and animation workflows.
•Develop or apply scripted technical checks to validate rendered outputs, including format, duration, frame rate, and other production specifications.
•Work with fellow creative professionals and subject matter experts to maintain consistency and quality across AI training and evaluation datasets.
Required Qualifications
•5+ years of professional experience in motion design, motion graphics, animation, or a closely related creative production role.
•A strong track record of delivering professional motion design projects for creative agencies, motion studios, post-production houses, broadcast design teams, or established in-house brand studios.
•Expert-level proficiency in Adobe After Effects , including expressions, kinetic typography, 2.5D parallax, tracked composites, and advanced animation workflows.
•Experience with Cinema 4D or Blender for creating and integrating 3D elements.
•Hands-on experience with at least one code-driven animation or motion graphics technology, such as Remotion, HTML5 Canvas, SVG animation, Three.js, WebGL, GSAP, p5.js, TouchDesigner, Houdini, or FFmpeg-based rendering.
•Working knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python, with the ability to write, troubleshoot, and understand animation and rendering code.
•Strong understanding of editable project files and delivery formats, including After Effects (.aep), Motion Graphics Templates (.mogrt), Cinema 4D (.c4d), Blender (.blend), Lottie (.json), Rive (.riv), SVG, and Git-based rendering workflows.
•Practical experience using FFmpeg for video encoding, concatenation, overlays, frame extraction, and media analysis.
•Professional experience with generative image and video tools such as Runway, Kling, Luma, Midjourney, or ComfyUI.
•A publicly accessible portfolio or showreel demonstrating shipped motion design work, along with a code sample that renders or animates video. Candidates should be comfortable discussing their creative and technical approach.
•Excellent written communication skills and the ability to articulate creative decisions and technical feedback.
•Availability to commit to a full-time schedule of 40 hours per week on weekdays.
Preferred Qualifications
•Experience creating motion design assets for digital campaigns, brand identities, broadcast graphics, product videos, or social media content.
•Strong understanding of visual storytelling, composition, typography, animation principles, and production workflows.
•Experience combining traditional motion graphics with procedural or generative animation techniques.
•Familiarity with multiple aspect ratios and delivery standards, including 16:9, 1:1, 9:16, and 4:5.
•Experience evaluating AI-generated creative outputs or developing structured quality assessment frameworks.
Employment Details
•Work Arrangement: Fully Remote
•Location Eligibility: United States
•Employment Type: Full-Time, W-2
•Work Schedule: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
•Engagement: Employment with an opportunity to work directly within a leading AI lab's extended workforce.