Sr. Designer, Motion Graphics

About This Role

Bringing product stories, brand moments, and complex ideas to life through animation is the core of this Senior Designer role, from campaign videos to in-product motion that scales across teams. This position is for someone who pairs design and animation mastery with a systems mindset, makes decisions informed by customer insight, and can hold a high quality bar across many moving pieces at once. You will work within Checkr's Brand Studio, a small, high-craft team supporting a broader marketing organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead motion work from concept through final delivery
• Create storyboards, style frames, animatics, and finished assets across brand campaigns, launch videos, web/digital experiences, and in-product moments (micro-interactions, onboarding)
• Apply expert timing, easing, and visual storytelling with a sharp eye for detail and brand consistency
• Build motion templates and reusable animation assets for other teams
• Develop and enforce motion design guidelines across the organization
• Work fluently in After Effects, Figma, and Adobe Creative Cloud
• Use AI-assisted workflows to accelerate production without compromising craft
• Partner with marketing, web development, and product design to shape how motion shows up across programs and channels
• Present design rationale clearly to everyone from peers to senior executives
• Maintain high quality across multiple projects
• Move with urgency and take ownership of getting to the right answer even when the brief needs work

Requirements

• 6+ years of in-house or agency experience with a dedicated focus on design and motion graphics/animation
• A strong point of view, high craft standards, and the confidence to present and defend your work to stakeholders
• An outstanding reel or portfolio showing mastery of motion craft, timing, storytelling, and design direction
• Fluency in After Effects, Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, and other creative tools of the trade
• Experience using AI-assisted tools to accelerate production
• A systems-minded approach to building motion templates and reusable assets
• Experience developing motion/brand standards and directing contractor or freelance creative work
• Comfort in fast-moving environments where the brief is not always perfect
• An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes

Benefits

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunity for advancement