Studio: MAKE Studios
Job Opening: Motion Designer
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Design and animate motion graphics across a variety of styles and formats.
- Collaborate with producers and directors to help define the creative approach for each project.
- Contribute to the development of design boards, style frames, and motion tests.
- Interpret creative briefs and storyboards to bring concepts to life through motion.
- Balance creative exploration with efficiency, knowing when to polish and when to pivot.
- Manage your own timelines, communicate blockers early, and stay accountable to deadlines.
- Stay up to date on current motion trends, tools, and techniques.
- Jump into both solo and collaborative builds with equal enthusiasm.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Minimum 3–5 years of professional experience in motion design or animation.
- Proven skills in Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and related design tools.
- Experience with 2D character animation, cel animation, or compositing is a plus.
- Experience with 3D tools (Cinema 4D, Blender, etc.) is a bonus, not a requirement.
- Strong design fundamentals—composition, typography, timing, and movement.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and able to juggle multiple projects at once.
- Excellent communication skills—able to articulate your process and give/receive feedback.
- A collaborative team player who thrives in a fast-moving studio environment.
- Curious, adaptable, and always looking to level up your craft.
- Comfortable working across a range of visual styles—from clean and graphic to stylized and expressive.
