Creative Lead, Motion & Video

About the role

NinjaTrader Live is looking for a Creative Lead, Motion & Video with a specialty in video and motion graphics to shape and set the tone for the visual identity of NinjaTrader Live and all experiences across the livestream, every social clip, every lower-third, and every visual component we put in front of our audience. One day you're cutting a sizzle reel for the livestream. The next you're building out an impactful intro for a new segment launch. The day after, you're turning around a same-day social clip from a community meetup. This is a hands-on art direction role — you elevate the visual standard, direct a Senior Graphic Designer, and own the output end to end.

What you'll do

• Own the visual direction for NinjaTrader Live and all NT Live-adjacent creative — establishing a cohesive look and feel across broadcast, social, email, and experiential touchpoints
• Define and develop video and motion graphics systems (intros, outros, stingers, lower-thirds, sizzle reels, social clips) that elevate and unify the brand's dynamic identity
• Leverage AI creative tools as a core part of your workflow, not a novelty
• Direct and contribute to video editing across formats — livestream recaps, social cutdowns, ads, highlight reels, and promotional content
• Define creative standards for short-form video, ensuring strong hooks, pacing, and visual treatments optimized for engagement and retention
• Direct the Senior Graphic Designer, ensuring static and motion systems evolve cohesively and the creative bar stays high across every deliverable
• Provide clear, actionable feedback that supports the growth and output of your direct report while maintaining quality and consistency across all work
• Collaborate cross-functionally with producers, media, and social teams to translate business goals into compelling visual storytelling
• Own the creative process from concept through execution — balancing hands-on design work with strategic oversight
• Stay ahead on motion design, video, live streaming assets, and AI creative advancements
• Build the systems that make scale possible: own templates, style guides, and asset organization workflows that enable the team to produce more, faster, without losing consistency
• Own and delegate the creative schedule — managing multiple live and in-progress projects with competing deadlines and same-day turnarounds

What you'll need

• 5+ years of experience in motion graphics, video editing, or art direction roles
• Strong portfolio demonstrating motion design, video editing, and brand storytelling across multiple platforms
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop
• Experience developing and maintaining visual systems across multiple content channels
• Strong understanding of pacing, storytelling, and audience engagement in both long-form and short-form video and how delivery varies across channels
• Proven ability to produce high-quality video, static, and motion creative across multiple formats, markets, and languages at speed
• Ability to shape creative vision while remaining hands-on in execution
• Experience managing or directly overseeing at least one designer or creative contributor
• Familiarity with working in fast-paced environments with tight turnaround times, ideally in live or near-live production settings
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in content-driven environments
• Strong communication skills and ownership with the ability to align stakeholders around a shared creative vision
• Strong design fundamentals: typography, composition, hierarchy, color
• High attention to detail with strong organizational and project management skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines

Bonus points for

• Experience working with fast-paced live broadcast or streaming content
• Familiarity with trading, financial markets, or fintech products
• Experience partnering closely with designers across disciplines (static and motion)
• Knowledge of social media performance and content optimization strategies
• Deep hands-on experience with AI creative tools like Veo 3, Runway, Pika, Midjourney, Sora, ElevenLabs, Synthesia

Compensation

The salary range for this role is $90,000.00 - $140,000.00 USD, with an annual target bonus of 10% (based 50% on individual performance and 50% on company/team performance).

Benefits

• Generous PTO (accrues at a rate of 23 days per year)
• 7 paid holidays annually plus 5 conditional holidays annually
• 1 service day annually
• 401k with 3.5% company match
• Paid parental bonding leave
• Health, vision, and dental coverage
• Life and disability insurance covered 100% by NinjaTrader