HelloKindred is hiring a Motion Designer

The Opportunity We’re looking for a Mid-Level Motion Designer to join our creative studio. This is a motion-first role with strong video editing capability—ideal for someone who loves animation craft but can also assemble polished, narrative-driven edits when needed. You’ll work as a shared creative resource across multiple client accounts, collaborating closely with project managers and design leads to deliver high-quality motion and video work. You’ll contribute to brand campaigns, explainers, social content, presentation assets, and mixed-media projects across global teams. What You’ll Be Doing You’ll collaborate with designers, writers, creative leads, and account teams to create high-impact motion and video assets. On any given day, you may: - Turn static designs, scripts, and concepts into clean, intentional motion graphics in After Effects. - Animate typography, icons, brand elements, UI flows, and short-form explainers. - Build storyboards, style frames, animatics, and motion variations for multi-market use. - Edit videos in Premiere Pro: interviews, testimonials, b-roll sequences, social cutdowns, product clips. - Ensure pacing, rhythm, typography, and transitions feel refined and on-brand. - Prepare assets for multiple formats and platforms (16:9, 9:16, 1:1, web, social). - Maintain consistent file structures, versioning, and clean project organization. - Partner with multiple internal teams and project managers, managing your workload across varied brands and timelines while maintaining quality. - Provide creative input and challenge briefs when a better motion approach exist The Process - Portfolio review - Motion & editing assessment - Final conversation with the team