Motion and Animation Design Intern

Crusoe•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster. We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI. We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services. If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe. About the role We're building AI infrastructure from the ground up – energy, data centers, manufacturing, and cloud. Fully integrated, from electrons to tokens. Our in-house creative team tells that story and motion is central to how we do it. We're looking for a Motion & Animation Design Intern to join us for a hands-on, project-based internship. You'll be embedded with our design team working on real projects across brand, marketing, and product. Not prep work. Real work. You'll contribute to motion and animation projects across social, marketing campaigns, brand, and product experiences. You'll animate in Figma and Adobe workflows, collaborate with designers and writers in creative reviews, and help maintain consistency across our motion system. If you have ideas, bring them. We celebrate when we find a better way. What you’ll learn What it's really like to work inside a startup design team: the pace, the process, and the collaboration. How motion integrates across brand, marketing, and product design to create cohesive experiences. End-to-end design workflows using Figma, Adobe tools, and animation software How a design concept moves from brief to final shipped asset. How to work alongside senior designers and creative leadership, giving and receiving feedback.

Requirements

Currently studying Design, Motion Design, Animation, or a related field graduating between December 2026- Spring 2027.
A portfolio showing motion work (experiments welcome)
Proficiency with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, especially After Effects
Strong visual design fundamentals — layout, typography, composition
Ability to move fast and iterate on feedback

Nice To Haves

Experience with Lottie, Rive, or lightweight web animation; product/UI motion; basic video editing.

Responsibilities

Contribute to motion and animation projects across social, marketing campaigns, brand, and product experiences.
Animate in Figma and Adobe workflows
Collaborate with designers and writers in creative reviews
Help maintain consistency across our motion system.