Senior Motion Designer (AI)

Location: San Francisco, CA or New York, NY

Company

SpaceXSI is building a Super Intelligence stack spanning compute, Grok models, and applications including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X.

What you will do

• Define and document the brand motion language, including timing, easing, transitions, logo animation, motion typography, and graphic behaviors.
• Build repeatable, AI-assisted templates, tools, generators, and workflows for marketing and product teams.
• Concept and produce motion for launch films, product videos, social, paid, web, and out-of-home campaigns from storyboards through final delivery.
• Partner with product designers and engineers to integrate motion into interactions, transitions, onboarding, and launch moments.
• Direct agencies, animators, and freelancers, and collaborate with marketing, product, engineering, and leadership.
• Move quickly across projects while improving both creative output and production processes.

Requirements

• 6+ years of motion design experience in-house, at an agency, or at a studio.
• Fluency in After Effects, Cinema 4D or Blender, Figma, and Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Experience with AI coding tools, especially Cursor, including building tools, scripts, prototypes, and simple web pages.
• Hands-on experience using AI video and image generation tools in real production workflows.
• A reel and portfolio showing motion system work and shipped campaigns.
• Strong instincts for timing, rhythm, motion typography, storytelling, and animation workflows from conceptualization and storyboarding through execution.
• A systems mindset, strong design judgment, and the ability to explain design decisions to designers, marketers, and leadership.
• Self-directed, fast, and comfortable with variety and ambiguity.

Nice to have

• Experience building or relaunching a motion identity at a fast-growing technology company.
• Experience with real-time or code-based motion such as Rive, Lottie, or WebGL.
• 3D modeling, lighting, and rendering skills.
• Sound design sensibility and experience working with audio partners.
• Experience leading agencies on large, multi-channel campaigns.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on ownership from initial concept through final delivery.
• Work across brand, product, marketing, engineering, and leadership teams.
• Fast-moving environment with significant ambiguity and a high quality bar.

Hiring process

• Submit an application for the role with a reel and portfolio demonstrating motion system work and shipped campaigns.