Sr Designer, Motion

Home Depot•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

The Senior Designer, Motion develops sophisticated animation and motion design that brings The Home Depot’s brand and marketing strategies to life across digital, social, video, broadcast, events, and environmental displays. The role combines advanced motion design expertise with knowledge of animation principles—including timing, spacing, rhythm, pacing, and expressive movement—and applies these alongside strong design fundamentals, conceptual thinking, and visual storytelling. The designer translates creative briefs and business objectives into original concepts and polished animation, making deliberate decisions about movement, composition, transitions, pacing, and sound. The role owns projects from concept through final delivery, collaborates with creative and business partners, and helps advance animation quality and craft across the Creative Studio through mentorship, shared expertise, and scalable motion design solutions. The position typically reports to the Manager, Creative and has no direct reports. It typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time. Work is performed in a comfortable indoor area, with most time spent sitting and frequent opportunities to move about; rarely, light articles may need to be moved or lifted.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
At least 3 years of work experience.
Minimum education is typically a bachelor's degree or equivalent in a field related to the job.
Strong creative judgment and technical expertise in motion design.
Ability to translate creative briefs and business objectives into original concepts and polished animation.
Ability to make deliberate decisions about movement, composition, transitions, pacing, and sound.
Ability to balance animation craft and creative quality with project scope, timelines, technical requirements, and business objectives.
Experience troubleshooting creative, animation, and production challenges independently.
Experience mentoring designers and providing constructive creative and technical feedback.
Experience presenting concepts and creative rationale to stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in motion design, graphic design, animation, visual communication, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Advanced proficiency in Adobe After Effects and working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
Portfolio demonstrating strong animation craft, original concept development, design fundamentals, and visual storytelling across multiple formats.
Advanced understanding of animation principles, including timing, spacing, rhythm, pacing, weight, transitions, and expressive movement.
Experience applying animation principles to branded motion design and marketing creative.
Experience developing branded motion systems, campaign creative, and reusable animation templates.
Strong understanding of compositing, sound integration, and motion production workflows.
Experience developing motion creative across digital, social, video, broadcast, experiential, or other customer touchpoints.
Familiarity with expressions and other techniques for developing scalable animation systems.
Experience with Cinema 4D, Blender, or comparable 3D design and animation tools.
Experience facilitating production shoot logistics.

Responsibilities

Support creative leaders in capturing and establishing art direction standards for creative production.
Help disseminate final creative assets, capture best practices, and share them across the creative organization.
Collaborate with designers and other team members to share best practices and ensure consistency in creative execution.
Maintain stewardship of The Home Depot brand image, tone, and feel.
Develop industry-leading creative concepts while balancing strategic development with business objectives across channels.
Facilitate production shoot logistics.
Review work-in-progress assets and provide feedback.
Collaborate with designers and other team members to implement creative direction.
Ensure storylines align with creative concepts and The Home Depot brand standards.
Oversee tactical execution against concepts, copy matrices, and unit types, and provide creative materials for presentations.
Drive communications and updates to creative leadership and pod stakeholders.
Partner with cross-functional teams to create a cohesive point of view on projects and creative development.
Provide quality assurance for creative deliverables from internal teams and partner agencies, ensuring alignment with strategy and brand, channel, and platform guidelines.
Ensure creative deliverables align with media plans.
Own motion design projects from concept through final delivery and help advance animation quality through mentorship, shared expertise, and scalable solutions.