Nen Creative - Freelance Motion Designer

Motion Graphic Designer is needed in San Francisco, United States.

Client: Nen Creative

Location: San Francisco, CA

Contract: Contract

Job Description

Nen Creative partners with tech startups to launch bold ideas into the world, creating the brands, products, and stories that fuel their growth. We’re looking for a freelance Motion Designer to help bring our clients’ biggest ideas to life in motion. This is a project-based engagement — fully remote, with the flexibility to scale hours up or down as project needs shift. You’ll work on launch videos, commercials, product explainers, social content, and brand campaigns for our roster of tech clients. The work spans 2D, UI, typography, compositing, and edit-driven animation.

You will partner closely with our creative team, including producers, editors, and designers, taking direction and contributing your own ideas. You’ll own your work from concept through final delivery, iterating on feedback, and ensuring quality in a fast-paced studio setting.

What You’ll Do

• Design and animate motion work across launch videos, commercials, product explainers, social content, and brand campaigns.
• Create work from concept through final delivery across 2D, UI, typography, compositing, and edit-driven animation.
• Translate creative direction and storyboards into compelling motion that hits the intended tone, pacing, and feel.
• Work closely with producers, editors, designers, and directors to bring ideas to life.
• Iterate quickly on feedback from creative leads and clients without losing the craft.
• Balance speed and quality while working across multiple projects and deadlines.
• Push work beyond the obvious, demonstrating strong taste and attention to detail.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years of experience as a motion designer, ideally in a studio, agency, or in-house creative team.
• A strong reel that demonstrates range across product and UI motion, brand work, and edit-driven animation.
• Expert in After Effects; comfortable in Figma and DaVinci Resolve.
• Strong visual design fundamentals — type, layout, color, composition, timing.
• Real point of view on motion — easing, transitions, restraint — with the ability to articulate your design decisions.
• Comfortable taking feedback and iterating quickly without losing momentum.
• Experience in studio, agency, or fast-moving startup environments.