Code and TheoryCT

Senior Motion Designer

Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that designs products and brand experiences across platforms, operating at the intersection of creativity and technology. They partner with businesses to navigate changing consumer behaviors and emerging technologies, including AI.

Code and Theory

Employee count: 1001-5000

Salary: 85k-110k USD

United States only

We’re looking for a Senior Motion Designer to join Engine, Code and Theory’s creative production studio. In this role, you’ll bring concepts to life through sophisticated motion design across a wide range of campaign, brand, and product work.

This is a hands-on role for a designer who understands how movement enhances storytelling, strengthens brand identity, and brings digital experiences to life. You’ll collaborate with art directors, visual designers, UX teams, and technologists to create content that’s not only beautiful—but purposeful, functional, and scalable.

You’re as comfortable animating high-impact social cutdowns as you are building out modular motion systems. You know how to tell a story in five seconds or frame a brand moment with elegance and energy. You take pride in polish, but you’re also curious and experimental—interested in emerging tools, automation workflows, and new ways to build motion into modern content systems.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Develop storyboards, styleframes, and motion studies that clearly communicate animation intent and bring creative concepts to life.
  • Design and animate on-brand content across a variety of formats—campaign films, product animations, social videos, modular templates, and digital experiences.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including art directors, UX designers, developers, and strategists—to ensure motion aligns with broader creative and product goals.
  • Contribute to the development of motion design systems and toolkits—building scalable frameworks that support consistency and efficiency across high-volume output.
  • Maintain organized project files and workflows that allow for repeatability, quick iteration, and collaboration across teams.
  • Explore generative and automation-assisted design tools to improve creative workflows and outputs.
  • Provide creative input and animation expertise throughout all phases of production—from concepting to QA.
  • Offer guidance and feedback to junior designers, helping foster a culture of continuous learning and elevated craft.
  • Stay current with new tools, formats, and platform standards in motion design—and bring new techniques back to the team.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

  • Professional experience in motion design at a creative agency, production studio, or content-forward brand.
  • Strong portfolio showcasing motion work across brand, campaign, and product storytelling—including both polished final pieces and process artifacts.
  • Advanced proficiency in Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Figma.
  • A reasonable knowledge with 3D design tools such as Cinema 4D or Blender, and/or real-time engines like Unreal or Unity is a plus.
  • Comfortable collaborating with designers, copywriters, and developers to create integrated, cross-disciplinary work.
  • Excellent attention to detail, organization, and ability to manage multiple deliverables in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to present work clearly and constructively to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Experience with Rive or designing interactive UI animations.
  • Background in editing, 3D animation, or sound design.
  • Familiarity with post-production workflows and deliverable optimization for various formats.
  • You elevate the creative bar across projects by bringing nuance, rhythm, and craft to every motion piece.
  • You build scalable motion frameworks that help teams produce consistent, high-quality output across formats.
  • You’re a trusted collaborator—known for your reliability, problem-solving mindset, and creative sharpness.
  • You inspire and mentor others by sharing knowledge, tools, and techniques that make the whole team better.

ABOUT US

Born in 2001, Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that sits at the center of creativity and technology. We pride ourselves on not only solving consumer and business problems, but also helping to establish new capabilities for our clients. With a global client roster of Fortune 100s and start-ups alike, we crave the hardest problems to solve. We have teams distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The Code and Theory global network of agencies is growing and includes Kettle, Instrument, Left Field Labs, Create Group, Mediacurrent, Rhythm, and TrueLogic.

Striving never to be pigeonholed, we work across every major category: from tech to CPG, financial services to travel & hospitality, government and education to media and publishing. We value the collaboration with our client partners, including but not limited to Adidas, Amazon, Con Edison, Diageo, EY, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lenovo, Marriott, Mars, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and TikTok.

The Code and Theory network is comprised of nearly 2,000 people with 50% engineers and 50% creative talent. We’re always on the lookout for smart, driven, and forward-thinking people to join our team.

This is a full-time role, based in the United States. The target range of base compensation for this role is $85,000 - $110,000. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience and location.

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We are a digital-first creative agency, operating at the intersection of creativity and technology. Founded in 2001, we've grown from a small team into a global network with a balanced 50% creative and 50% engineering workforce. This unique composition allows us to partner effectively with businesses, helping them navigate the complexities of evolving consumer behaviors, emerging technologies, and the transformative power of AI. Our core belief is that a brand is the sum of all its interactions, and we strive to make each of those touchpoints meaningful and impactful.

Our approach is rooted in understanding the entire end-to-end customer journey. We leverage data, analytics, and research to inform our strategies and designs, ensuring that our solutions are not only innovative but also deeply aligned with user needs and business objectives. We don't just build products, services, or campaigns; we aim to build new capabilities for our clients, fostering long-term growth and adaptation in an ever-changing digital landscape. From redefining media and publishing for major outlets to crafting compelling brand narratives for global companies, and even reimagining how governments connect with their citizens, we tackle the hardest problems. We're passionate about pushing creative boundaries and using technology to solve complex challenges, ultimately delivering transformative results for the organizations we partner with across diverse industries like healthcare, finance, automotive, and technology.

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