Lead Motion Designer

Role

We’re looking for a Senior Motion Designer to join the creative team at Whatnot. Our small but mighty team builds the Whatnot brand and delivers best-in-class creative across campaigns, launches, and live moments, both on-platform and off.

Responsibilities

• Concept and execute high-quality 2D and 3D motion graphics for campaigns, events, product launches, and brand activations, owning projects end-to-end from initial concept to final delivery.
• Animate 3D models and scenes with strong timing, pacing, camera work, and storytelling.
• Contribute to visual direction, layout thinking, and design exploration, ensuring motion is a driving force in how our brand shows up across digital and physical touchpoints.
• Collaborate closely with marketing, product, and comms teams to develop and execute motion work that supports campaign strategies and business objectives.
• Help evolve Whatnot’s motion language through experimentation and exploration, staying ahead of trends, emerging tools, and creative best practices to keep our motion work fresh, effective, and culturally resonant.
• Deliver polished, production-ready work under tight timelines while maintaining a high standard of craft.

Requirements

• 5–8+ years of experience in motion design, with a strong portfolio demonstrating refined, high-quality work across 2D and 3D.
• Expert-level proficiency in Adobe After Effects.
• Strong working knowledge of Cinema 4D/Redshift.
• The ability to produce refined, detail-oriented work under tight timelines.
• Confidence collaborating closely with designers, marketers, and creative leads to bring ideas to life.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Nice to have: Experience with Rive, background in a high-growth startup or creative studio environment.

Benefits

• Generous Holiday and Time off Policy
• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
• Work From Home Support
• Home office setup allowance
• Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
• Care benefits
• Monthly allowance for wellness
• Annual allowance towards Childcare
• Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
• Retail; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
• Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
• All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product.
• EEO