Senior Motion Designer, Direct to Consumer (DTC)
About The Position
SharkNinja is seeking a Senior Motion Designer, Direct to Consumer (DTC) with strong motion and video editing skills to join their Global New Product Development (NPD) creative team. This role will be responsible for bringing product stories to life through video, animation, and motion, creating content optimized for DTC performance across web, social, email, and paid channels. The designer will work on both Shark and Ninja brands across various product categories and will be expected to understand the power of motion to demonstrate products, evoke emotion, and drive action.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in video editing, motion design, and animation, ideally in a brand, agency, or in-house DTC/e-commerce environment
- Exceptional portfolio demonstrating product video, motion graphics, and storytelling across digital formats
- Familiar with producing AI Generative Creative using node-based systems: Flora, Weavy
- Proficiency using Open AI or Claude
- Expert proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects
- Familiarity with DaVinci Resolve a plus
- Strong foundation in graphic design, comfortable working in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
- Experience designing for social-native formats (TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts)
- Understanding of how motion creative performs in paid and owned channels
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, delivering high-quality work to tight timelines
Nice To Haves
- Experience with consumer electronics, beauty, kitchen, or lifestyle brands strongly preferred
Responsibilities
- Concept, edit, and animate video and motion content for Shark and Ninja DTC channels, including sharkninja.com, email, paid social, and organic social
- Create product demonstration videos, lifestyle content, and brand storytelling pieces that convert and engage
- Collaborate with the Creative Director and NPD creative team to develop motion and video across the product launch lifecycle
- Design and animate digital assets including GIFs, HTML5 banners, and web-native motion content
- Partner with producers, photographers, and brand teams to integrate footage and assets into polished final deliverables
- Develop and maintain motion guidelines and animation templates that bring efficiency and consistency to the team
- Stay ahead of trends in video storytelling, social content formats (TikTok, Reels, Shorts), and platform-specific creative best practices
- Manage your own post-production workflow across multiple projects simultaneously
Benefits
- medical insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution
- 401(k) retirement plan with matching
- employee stock purchase program
- life insurance
- AD&D
- short-term disability insurance
- long-term disability insurance
- generous paid time off
- company holidays
- parental leave
- identity theft protection
- pet insurance
- pre-paid legal insurance
- back-up child and eldercare days
- product discounts
- referral bonus program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
