Motion Design Lead

Nen Creative seeks a Motion Design Lead to steer the studio’s motion practice from Los Angeles, overseeing a dedicated team across launch videos, explainers, social content, and brand campaigns. The role emphasizes delivering high quality work while building scalable systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee motion design across a diverse client roster, including launch videos, commercials, product explainers, social content, and brand campaigns.
• Translate concepts into polished motion work from ideation to final delivery across 2D, UI motion, typography, compositing, and edit-driven animation.
• Define visual direction, pacing, transitions, and motion system frameworks for projects.
• Collaborate closely with producers, editors, designers, and directors to realize ideas.
• Review peers’ work and provide critique to uphold a high creative standard across projects.
• Guide and mentor the motion team through critique sessions, collaborative processes, and workflow support.
• Create scalable templates, systems, and processes to improve consistency and efficiency across projects.
• Balance speed and quality while managing multiple projects and deadlines.
• Elevate work through strong taste, attention to detail, and a commitment to refinement until the outcome feels exceptional.
• Contribute to improving the overall motion pipeline, organizational structure, and creative processes as the team scales.

Requirements

• Minimum seven years of experience in motion design, with ideal exposure to both product/UI motion and brand or marketing work.
• Proven history of leading or mentoring other motion designers.
• Strong reel demonstrating range across launch films, brand work, product motion, and social content.
• Expert proficiency in After Effects and Figma.
• Fluency in at least one 3D tool (Cinema 4D, Blender, Spline, or similar).
• Solid visual design fundamentals in typography, layout, color, composition, and timing.
• Well-formed opinions on easing, timing, and restraint, with the ability to defend them in collaborative environments.
• Comfortable performing as both individual contributor and leader; capable of delivering the most challenging sequence solo and unblocking teammates within the same week.
• Experience in studio, agency, or fast-moving startup contexts.
• Self-directed and remote-ready; capable of running critiques on Zoom, providing clear written feedback in Figma, and aligning a team across time zones.
• Calm, organized, and dependable under pressure.

Technologies

• After Effects
• Figma
• Cinema 4D
• Blender
• Spline

Benefits

• Be part of a small, fast-growing creative studio trusted by world-class startups and investors.
• Collaborate directly with partners and creative leadership on ambitious, high-impact projects.
• Define and scale the motion practice as the team expands.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k); PTO; and company holidays.

About Nen Creative

Nen Creative partners with tech startups to launch bold ideas into the world, creating the brands, products, and stories that fuel growth.

Since 2022, we have collaborated with notable founders and institutions, including Amazon, Pear VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Mercor, Context Inc, Netic, Listen Labs, Tech Week, Mantis VC, Spur, Flora, and more.

We are growing rapidly and are seeking talented people to join our team.