Motion Designer Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Motion designer roles are regularly sponsored under the H-1B visa as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree in motion graphics, animation, or a related field. Employers in advertising, entertainment, and tech actively sponsor qualified candidates, and the E-3 visa offers Australian nationals a faster, lottery-free path. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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CLEAR is building THE secure identity company of the future. Our mission is to make experiences safer and easier—physically and digitally. With more than 38 million Members and a growing network of partners across the world, CLEAR's secure identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or throughout your everyday life, CLEAR unlocks the magic of frictionless experiences. We are looking for a strong Motion Designer to join our Brand Creative team to bring stories to life through videos, dynamic motion graphics, and animations that will enhance the brand and drive impact across marketing channels. Your work will span brand campaigns, organic social, and internal content, helping CLEAR communicate with clarity across every channel. Join our team if you're a creative storyteller excited to craft brand-building videos and content. At CLEAR, you'll tackle substantial challenges in the travel and digital identity domain, contributing to our vision and transforming our technology into an experience that feels like everyday magic.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What you'll do:
- Edit and produce video content that aligns with CLEAR’s brand guidelines for Brand, Social, and Product campaigns
- Design and animate graphics, text, and transitions for digital and social content
- Create platform-specific assets and templates, adapting deliverables to fit formats and trends across Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and LinkedIn
- Create animations, interactions, and motion for Product interaction (in-airport hardware, mobile app, web and desktop applications)
- Partner with designers, Product Managers, and Marketers to develop concepts and execute ideas that are optimized for performance and engagement
- Ability to shoot video and social-first content and understand framing, lighting, and composition
- Stay fluent in emerging motion, AI, and editing. Explore ways to integrate new and emerging tools for efficiency and creative experimentation
- Create templates and build motion design systems that scale across surfaces
MEASURE OF SUCCESS
How you'll measure success:
- Consistently deliver high-quality videos and animations to create more premium experiences that uphold CLEAR’s brand guidelines and meet project deadlines
- Execute against Product and Marketing strategies to help drive Member growth
- Support brand and campaign launches with best-in-class video content that contributes to overall campaign performance goals
- Drive measurable growth on paid marketing channels and increase engagement across social platforms, resulting in higher conversion and retention rates
- Leverage AI and automation tools for creative experimentation and reduce turnaround time, while maintaining a high level of craft and quality.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
What you're great at:
- 3–5 years of professional experience in motion design, video editing, or content creation, ideally in an in-house brand or agency
- Portfolio showcasing a range of work across editing, motion graphics, and design
- Strong proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Figma
- Nice-to-have: Knowledge of Cinema4D, Blender, or other 3D tools
- Working knowledge of AI and GenAI tools for concept development, and image/video creation
- Experience designing and animating for social-first content and adapting creative across formats
- Understanding of shooting principles (composition, lighting, camera movement) with an eye for detail and craft
- Ability to storyboard or concept visuals to communicate ideas clearly
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects at once and execute in a fast-paced environment
HOW YOU'LL BE REWARDED
At CLEAR we help YOU move forward - because when you’re at your best, we’re at our best. You’ll work with talented team members who are motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. Our hybrid work environment provides flexibility. In our offices, you’ll enjoy benefits like meals and snacks. We invest in your well-being and learning & development with our stipend and reimbursement programs. We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
The base salary range for this role is $110,000-$140,000, depending on levels of skills and experience. The base salary range represents the low and high end of CLEAR’s salary range for this position. Salaries will vary depending on various factors which include, but are not limited to location, education, skills, experience and performance. The range listed is just one component of CLEAR’s total compensation package for employees and other rewards may include annual bonuses, commission, Restricted Stock Units.
CLEAR provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or protected needs. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include, but are not limited to, time off, extra breaks, making a change to the application process or work procedures, policy exceptions, providing documents in an alternative format, live captioning or using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.
We are committed to a transparent and secure hiring process. All communications related to this role will come directly from a CLEAR employee through valid CLEAR channels (e.g., a valid @clearme.com email address or verified CLEAR LinkedIn profile). We encourage candidates to remain alert to job scams and to report any suspicious activity.
INTRODUCTION
CLEAR is building THE secure identity company of the future. Our mission is to make experiences safer and easier—physically and digitally. With more than 38 million Members and a growing network of partners across the world, CLEAR's secure identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or throughout your everyday life, CLEAR unlocks the magic of frictionless experiences. We are looking for a strong Motion Designer to join our Brand Creative team to bring stories to life through videos, dynamic motion graphics, and animations that will enhance the brand and drive impact across marketing channels. Your work will span brand campaigns, organic social, and internal content, helping CLEAR communicate with clarity across every channel. Join our team if you're a creative storyteller excited to craft brand-building videos and content. At CLEAR, you'll tackle substantial challenges in the travel and digital identity domain, contributing to our vision and transforming our technology into an experience that feels like everyday magic.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What you'll do:
- Edit and produce video content that aligns with CLEAR’s brand guidelines for Brand, Social, and Product campaigns
- Design and animate graphics, text, and transitions for digital and social content
- Create platform-specific assets and templates, adapting deliverables to fit formats and trends across Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and LinkedIn
- Create animations, interactions, and motion for Product interaction (in-airport hardware, mobile app, web and desktop applications)
- Partner with designers, Product Managers, and Marketers to develop concepts and execute ideas that are optimized for performance and engagement
- Ability to shoot video and social-first content and understand framing, lighting, and composition
- Stay fluent in emerging motion, AI, and editing. Explore ways to integrate new and emerging tools for efficiency and creative experimentation
- Create templates and build motion design systems that scale across surfaces
MEASURE OF SUCCESS
How you'll measure success:
- Consistently deliver high-quality videos and animations to create more premium experiences that uphold CLEAR’s brand guidelines and meet project deadlines
- Execute against Product and Marketing strategies to help drive Member growth
- Support brand and campaign launches with best-in-class video content that contributes to overall campaign performance goals
- Drive measurable growth on paid marketing channels and increase engagement across social platforms, resulting in higher conversion and retention rates
- Leverage AI and automation tools for creative experimentation and reduce turnaround time, while maintaining a high level of craft and quality.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
What you're great at:
- 3–5 years of professional experience in motion design, video editing, or content creation, ideally in an in-house brand or agency
- Portfolio showcasing a range of work across editing, motion graphics, and design
- Strong proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Figma
- Nice-to-have: Knowledge of Cinema4D, Blender, or other 3D tools
- Working knowledge of AI and GenAI tools for concept development, and image/video creation
- Experience designing and animating for social-first content and adapting creative across formats
- Understanding of shooting principles (composition, lighting, camera movement) with an eye for detail and craft
- Ability to storyboard or concept visuals to communicate ideas clearly
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects at once and execute in a fast-paced environment
HOW YOU'LL BE REWARDED
At CLEAR we help YOU move forward - because when you’re at your best, we’re at our best. You’ll work with talented team members who are motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. Our hybrid work environment provides flexibility. In our offices, you’ll enjoy benefits like meals and snacks. We invest in your well-being and learning & development with our stipend and reimbursement programs. We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
The base salary range for this role is $110,000-$140,000, depending on levels of skills and experience. The base salary range represents the low and high end of CLEAR’s salary range for this position. Salaries will vary depending on various factors which include, but are not limited to location, education, skills, experience and performance. The range listed is just one component of CLEAR’s total compensation package for employees and other rewards may include annual bonuses, commission, Restricted Stock Units.
CLEAR provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or protected needs. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include, but are not limited to, time off, extra breaks, making a change to the application process or work procedures, policy exceptions, providing documents in an alternative format, live captioning or using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.
We are committed to a transparent and secure hiring process. All communications related to this role will come directly from a CLEAR employee through valid CLEAR channels (e.g., a valid @clearme.com email address or verified CLEAR LinkedIn profile). We encourage candidates to remain alert to job scams and to report any suspicious activity.
How to Get Visa Sponsorship as a Motion Designer
Lead with your reel, not your resume
Sponsoring employers want proof of craft before anything else. A strong portfolio reel that shows broadcast, UI animation, or brand work signals you're worth the sponsorship investment before a recruiter reads a single line of your resume.
Target industries with consistent sponsorship history
Advertising agencies, streaming platforms, game studios, and large tech companies sponsor motion designers regularly. These employers have established immigration counsel and treat H-1B petitions as routine, which dramatically reduces friction in the hiring process.
Understand how your degree supports your petition
H-1B approval requires showing your degree directly relates to the role. A bachelor's in motion graphics, animation, visual communication, or graphic design strengthens your case. Degrees in unrelated fields require additional documentation to establish equivalency.
Highlight software proficiency as a specialty signal
Employers and immigration attorneys use your technical skill set to argue specialty occupation status. Deep expertise in After Effects, Cinema 4D, or Unreal Engine for real-time pipelines helps distinguish your role from a general graphic design position.
Australian nationals should explore the E-3 first
The E-3 visa has no lottery, no cap concerns, and renews indefinitely in two-year increments. For Australian motion designers, it's the most direct path to U.S. employment. Employers file an LCA and you apply at a consulate, often within weeks.
Negotiate sponsorship terms before accepting an offer
Clarify whether the employer covers filing fees, legal costs, and premium processing before signing. Studios and agencies experienced in sponsorship typically absorb these costs. If a company is hesitant to discuss it, that's a signal worth taking seriously.
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Does motion design qualify as a specialty occupation for the H-1B?
Yes, motion design qualifies as a specialty occupation when the role requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as motion graphics, animation, or visual communication. Roles that accept any degree regardless of field can face USCIS scrutiny, so job descriptions should specify the required discipline. Employers with experienced immigration counsel typically structure the LCA and petition to address this directly.
What degree do I need to get sponsored as a motion designer?
A bachelor's degree in motion graphics, animation, graphic design, visual communication, or a closely related field is the standard requirement. USCIS evaluates whether the degree is in a field directly related to the job duties. If your degree is in a different discipline, a credentials evaluation combined with demonstrated work experience may support your case, though approval is less straightforward.
Which types of employers are most likely to sponsor motion designers?
Streaming platforms, advertising agencies, game studios, and large tech companies are the most consistent sponsors for motion designer roles. These organizations have in-house or retained immigration counsel and treat sponsorship as standard. Smaller studios and boutique agencies may be willing but less experienced with the process, which can create delays. Migrate Mate lists motion designer roles from employers with verified sponsorship history, so you can focus applications where approval is a realistic outcome.
Can I get sponsored as a motion designer on a visa other than the H-1B?
Australian citizens can use the E-3 visa, which skips the lottery entirely and is processed at a U.S. consulate in Australia, often within a few weeks of receiving a certified LCA. Canadian and Mexican nationals may qualify under TN status if the role meets the relevant criteria. O-1A is another option for motion designers with exceptional recognition, such as major awards, credited broadcast work, or industry publications citing their contributions.
How competitive is H-1B sponsorship for motion designers compared to tech roles?
Motion design sponsorship is generally less common than software engineering sponsorship, but that cuts both ways. There are fewer competing applicants in the same niche, and studios that do sponsor tend to be selective and deliberate. The H-1B lottery still applies, so timing and employer experience with the process matter. Freelance or contract motion design work does not qualify for H-1B sponsorship. The role must be full-time with a qualifying employer.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Motion Designer jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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