Senior Motion Designer
About The Position
At Compass, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. Founded in 2012, we’re revolutionizing the real estate industry with our end-to-end platform that empowers residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to seller and buyer clients. The Creative Studio is responsible for creating design, brand identities, and marketing campaigns that support our agents and elevate Compass and its affiliate brands. We partner across the business to bring strategic initiatives to life with the highest level of creative excellence. We are seeking a Senior Motion Designer with exceptional craft, sharp typography, and systematic brand thinking. Partnering with Creative Directors, Producers, and Marketing leads, you’ll translate static identities into fluid motion: storyboarding marketing campaigns, animating high-impact product launches, and building scalable motion systems that elevate our brand across every touchpoint.
Requirements
- 4–5+ years in motion design with a portfolio spanning brand campaigns, sizzle reels, and product launches.
- Proven ability to build clean files, dynamic templates, and scalable motion systems.
- Advanced proficiency in After Effects (animation, compositing, templates), Premiere Pro (editing), and Figma (UI/UX manipulation).
- Exceptional editorial pacing, composition, typography, and visual brand execution.
- Ability to pitch motion concepts clearly and collaborate effectively with non-technical partners and clients.
- Thrives in fast-paced environments: managing multiple active briefs and delivering polished work under tight deadlines.
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on experience with GenAI tools (e.g., Midjourney, Flora, Higgsfield) for concepting and asset creation is a major plus.
Responsibilities
- Bring Marketing Campaigns to Life: Spearhead motion design and execution for high-impact brand campaigns, regional brokerage promotions, and national marketing initiatives. You will own projects from concept, storyboarding, and style frames through to final animation, rendering, and compositing.
- Build Tools to Empower Our Agents & Internal Teams: Build scalable motion systems, dynamic video templates, and customizable social assets that empower agents and our brokerages to market themselves and their listings with premium polish.
- Bring Product Launches to Life: Partner with Creative Director, Producers and product teams to translate new feature releases and software tools into engaging, story-driven product launch videos and animations that clearly communicate value to our network.
- Elevate Brand & Motion Systems: Maintain visual excellence across all moving assets, pushing the boundaries of typography, timing, transitions, and animation to keep the Compass aesthetic ahead of the industry.
- Thrive in a Fast-Paced Studio: Excel in a high-volume, collaborative environment where stunning aesthetics, brand consistency, and rapid execution go hand in hand.
Benefits
- Bonuses and restricted stock units (RSUs) may be provided as part of the total package.
- Eligible cash, equity, or commission participation.
- Paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, and dedicated recharge leave.
- Comprehensive medical, tele-health, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k) plan; FSAs; life & disability insurance.
- Maven (new parent support), Carrot (fertility benefits), and UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network).
- Commuter program, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and pet insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
