Motion Designer Jobs in New York
Motion Designer jobs in New York are among the most active in the country, concentrated in advertising, media and entertainment, publishing, and tech, with openings at every level from junior animator to senior motion lead. The heaviest hiring is in New York City, with additional demand in Brooklyn and Jersey City across the river. Established employers with a consistent presence include NBCUniversal, Viacom CBS, and Grey Group. The most in-demand specialties are broadcast graphics, title sequence design, and social-first motion content. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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About Anthropic
Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
About The Role
The Creative Studio is Anthropic’s in-house creative team responsible for the brand expression across Anthropic and Claude. We care about craft, making things by hand and using AI when it makes sense. The team is growing, and we’re looking for people who do excellent work to join us. The stakes are real, and there’s room to shape what all this becomes. Anthropic is looking for a Motion Designer to help define and evolve our brand expression through movement and animation. This role is built for someone who can create outstanding motion work while developing the foundational approaches that make our brand instantly recognizable through thoughtful animation. Brand Design is a horizontal function that touches every part of how Anthropic and Claude come to life visually, from company identity to product brand and everything in between across mediums. The team introduces what's new and what's next, creating breakthrough creative work that sets the quality bar and then building the systems that let those ideas scale. Reporting to the Head of Brand Design, you'll join a growing motion practice alongside our illustration and brand design leads, partnering closely with designers, external creative partners, and cross-functional teams across the company. The range of problems you'll work on is unusually broad, and the impact of your work reaches far beyond any single team.
Responsibilities
- Create motion work that sets the quality bar and inspires others, including but not limited to product launches, marketing campaigns, and research releases
- Help shape and evolve our motion design strategy, developing foundational patterns that make our brand recognizable through animation
- Build and document frameworks and standards that help teams implement motion across the organization
- Guide and mentor others in motion design principles and practices, helping them develop brand expertise
- Partner with teams across the company to elevate motion design in their projects while maintaining quality
- Take ownership of emerging motion needs across product, events, and campaigns as the practice grows
You May Be a Good Fit If You
- Have 6+ years of motion design experience with an outstanding portfolio showing both craft and systematic thinking
- Create high-quality motion work while building repeatable patterns that others can learn from
- Can develop motion design systems and teach others to help scale our brand expression
- Bridge individual execution with strategic thinking about how motion supports our brand
- Thrive in collaboration with teams across the company, including product, engineering, research, and marketing
- Stay current with motion design tools and can recommend the right ones for different needs
- Balance creative exploration with practical constraints in a fast-paced environment
- Are energized by the prospect of helping build a motion practice and growing your scope of ownership over time
Deadline to apply: None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.
Annual Salary
$260,000—$305,000 USD
Logistics
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.
Your safety matters to us.
To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.
How We're Different
We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills. The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.
Come work with us!
Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.
Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.
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Motion Designer Job Market in New York
A snapshot from current New York openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Notion2

- Anthropic1

- Brex1

- David Yurman Enterprises1

- Fireblocks1

Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software5
- Banking & Financial Services1
- Marketing & Advertising1
- Medical Devices1
- Retail1
What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in motion designer jobs across New York.
- Proficient in Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Cinema 4D
- Portfolio demonstrating motion work across broadcast, digital, or brand campaigns
- Bachelor's degree in motion design, animation, graphic design, or related field
- Experience with design tools including Illustrator, Photoshop, and Figma
- Ability to concept and execute motion assets independently within tight deadlines
- Strong understanding of typography, composition, and visual storytelling principles
Motion Designer Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a motion designer in New York?
Motion design has no state-issued license in New York, so the path is portfolio-driven. Most employers expect a degree in motion design, animation, or graphic design from programs like those at the School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, or NYU Tisch. Building a reel that shows broadcast, digital, and brand work is essential. Internships at New York production studios or ad agencies are the most direct route to a first full-time role.
How much do motion designers make in New York?
Motion designers in New York earn a median of about $96,770 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $60,190 for the lowest 10% to over $176,190 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire motion designers in New York?
Employers hiring motion designers in New York right now include Notion, Anthropic, and Brex, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. New York's dense concentration of advertising agencies, media networks, and streaming platforms means demand is spread across a wide range of company types and sizes.
Which New York cities have the most motion designer jobs?
The cities with the most motion designer openings in New York are New York and Victor. New York City dominates because it is home to the country's largest advertising agencies, broadcast networks, and media conglomerates, while Brooklyn's growing creative and production studio scene and proximity to Manhattan also generate consistent demand.
Are there remote motion designer jobs in New York?
Yes, and more than most fields. Motion design is largely screen-based work, making it well-suited to remote arrangements. About 36% of motion designer openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of June 2026. The roles most commonly offered remotely are freelance and contract positions at digital agencies and media brands, while in-house broadcast and production roles tend to require on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a motion designer in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is an internship at a New York advertising agency or post-production studio, which frequently converts to full-time roles. Large media employers like NBCUniversal and Condé Nast run structured intern and junior designer programs. Candidates who can demonstrate motion work through a personal reel, student projects, or freelance social content have a clear edge. Adjacent roles in graphic design or video editing at New York creative studios are also common stepping stones.
Where can I find and apply to motion designer jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to motion designer jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current New York openings. Find roles that fit your experience and specialty and apply directly.
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