Motion Designer

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Execute motion design direction across Stripe's brand ecosystem—from concept through final delivery
• - Champion and influence how the Stripe brand expresses itself through image and motion and develop guidelines, systems, and processes to ensure quality and consistency at scale
• - Contribute to and maintain Stripe's motion design system: principles, timing tokens, animation guidelines, and reusable motion components
• - Work collaboratively with non-motion designers, elevating and informing each other’s work
• - Coordinate with external motion and production studios or contractors in creative strategy, execution, and delivery
• - Share motion knowledge and best practices with teammates
• - Stay curious and experimental as an avid maker, obsessed with tinkering and iterating to create beautiful things
• - Shape a strategic vision that pushes brand boundaries and builds internal awareness of design’s impact at Stripe

Required Skills

• - Have 5+ years of relevant motion design experience for technical, brand-driven, or product-led organizations
• - Expert command of motion design tools: After Effects, Cinema 4D (or Houdini), AI tools, and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite
• - Strong portfolio demonstrating high-craft motion work—including brand identity systems, campaign work, in-product animation, and/or data-driven motion
• - Deep understanding of animation principles: timing, easing, staging, anticipation, and how motion communicates meaning and brand character
• - Are a systems-thinker and excel at extrapolating and extending shared patterns and behaviors
• - Working knowledge of emerging motion and AI tools and how they fit into a professional production workflow
• - Strong track record delivering high-quality motion work independently, and in close collaboration with cross-functional partners
• - Find a meaningful balance between optimizing for speed, quality, and doing challenging, interesting, frame-perfect work
• - Are persuasive and humble in explaining your work, process, and decisions and crave feedback to help you design at your best
• - Love working with other designers to help them learn and grow—and have them help you learn and grow
• - Have excellent organization and presentation skills, and excel in written and verbal communication
• - Highly detail-oriented, with a drive for perfection down to the last frame
• - Are passionate about Stripe's mission, are dedicated to a user-first mindset, and have experience working with data and insights

Benefits

• - Equity
• - Company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
• - Retirement plans
• - Health benefits
• - Wellness stipends