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From the employer's careers site First seen 11 Nov 2026

Motion Designer

Cursor On-site senior full-time

Salary

$172,000 - $250,000 USD per year

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Description

We are looking for a skilled Motion Designer to join our team.

You will define and document the brand's motion language, including timing, easing, transitions, logo animation, typography in motion, and graphic behaviors.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain the brand's motion system, ensuring consistent application across all teams
  • Create repeatable, AI-assisted templates, tools, and generators for marketing, product, and other teams to produce on-brand motion
  • Concept and produce motion end-to-end, from storyboards to final delivery, for various campaigns and products
  • Collaborate with product designers and engineers to integrate brand motion into product surfaces
  • Provide creative direction to agencies, animators, and freelancers
  • Partner with cross-functional teams, including marketing, product, engineering, and leadership

Requirements:

  • Minimum 6 years of motion design experience
  • Professional experience with After Effects and at least one 3D tool (Cinema 4D or Blender)
  • A reel of shipped motion design work

Preferred Skills and Experience:

  • Fluency in AI coding tools, especially Cursor
  • Experience with AI video and image generation tools
  • A reel and portfolio showcasing motion system work and shipped campaigns
  • Strong instincts for timing, rhythm, typography in motion, and storytelling
  • Systems mindset, with the ability to turn one-off tasks into reusable processes
  • Conviction in design decisions and the ability to explain their importance
  • Fluency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Self-directed, fast, and energized by variety and ambiguity

Compensation and Benefits:

  • Annual salary: $172,000 - $250,000 USD
  • Equity
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Various discounts and perks

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Skills

Required

  • After Effects
  • Cinema 4D
  • Blender
  • motion design

Nice to have

  • Cursor
  • AI video and image generation tools
  • Figma
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Rive
  • Lottie
  • WebGL

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://cursor.com/careers/sr-motion-designer

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