Motion Designer

Okta•New York, NY

7h•$84,000 - $115,000

About The Position

Okta is seeking a Motion Designer for its Brand & Creative team, which develops the company’s brand across digital and physical environments and partners with Marketing on strategic creative work. The role balances building scalable motion-design systems with creating bespoke, high-visibility animation for campaigns, events, digital channels, and video. The designer will develop and maintain modular After Effects templates, MOGRTs, reusable motion libraries, and documentation that help internal teams and agency partners create consistent on-brand content. They will also concept and produce custom motion for flagship events and industry activations, campaign work, social storytelling, brand films, and other digital experiences. The role owns production from styleframes and storyboards through animation, audio sync, rendering, optimization, and delivery in formats ranging from web and social to broadcast and large-format event displays. The position calls for a craft-focused, collaborative designer who can move between systematic infrastructure and inventive, impact-driven creative execution. The annual base salary range for candidates in specified locations is $84,000–$115,000 USD. Okta also offers equity where applicable, bonus, and benefits in accordance with its plans and policies.

Requirements

At least 3 years of dedicated motion-design experience in-house at a fast-paced technology company, creative branding agency, or motion studio.
Demonstrated ability to balance systems thinking and brand consistency with agile, inventive creative execution.
Expert-level proficiency in Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, and core Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including Illustrator and Photoshop.
Strong command of motion fundamentals, including kinetic typography, spatial staging, easing curves, rhythm, and visual hierarchy.
Hands-on experience developing modular After Effects templates, Essential Graphics/MOGRTs, and standardized project setups.
A portfolio and reel demonstrating work across event-stage animation, campaign pieces, social content, and motion toolkits.
Knowledge of video formats, aspect ratios, frame rates, codecs, and render optimization for mobile, desktop, and large-format display arrays.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, including advocating for motion-design rationale and adapting to feedback in an iterative creative environment.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of 3D motion-design and rendering tools such as Cinema 4D, Blender, Redshift, or Octane.
Familiarity with After Effects expressions for creating automated, dynamic MOGRTs and templates.
Practical experience creating motion graphics for custom LED resolutions, spatial light mapping, or experiential digital signage.
Experience managing motion assets across multi-brand ecosystems or localizing toolkits for global marketing teams.

Responsibilities

Balance development of the central motion-design system with custom animation for campaigns, events, digital, and video.
Design, document, and maintain modular After Effects templates, Essential Graphics (MOGRTs), and reusable motion libraries for internal collaborators and agency partners.
Concept and create motion packages for flagship events and industry activations, including keynote loops, speaker introductions, and environmental stage graphics for custom LED dimensions and experiential spaces.
Translate campaign briefs into motion graphics, kinetic typography, and animated concepts for product launches, brand announcements, and company milestones.
Create social and digital content for channels including LinkedIn, YouTube, and X, translating enterprise security and AI narratives into engaging visual content.
Collaborate with video editors and producers on title sequences, kinetic type, UI animations, and motion overlays for customer stories, product videos, and brand films.
Explore new kinetic expressions for Okta’s visual identity across 2D and 3D spaces.
Own motion assets from styleframes and storyboards through animation, audio synchronization, rendering, compression, and delivery across broadcast, web, social, and event-display formats.