Job Description

Shopify’s Merchant Services Marketing team is seeking a 2D/3D Senior Motion Designer- Animator focused on motion design, video production, digital asset development, editing and interactive storytelling. The ideal candidate will be responsible for strategic ideation and creative vision for our product launches in collaboration with creative teams across our department.

We are specifically looking for someone who can simplify complex product ideas into easily digestible and memorable marketing executions. Someone capable of animating product UI in a compelling way. Someone who is not afraid to roll up their sleeves to craft something amazing and has experience with UI/UX design, digital sculpting, texturing, lighting and 3D prototyping.

The Merchant Services Marketing team is responsible for bringing products to market and growing them, including the messaging, positioning and creative output for products. Our product portfolio includes Money, Marketplaces, Shipping, Transactions and Retail among others. 

You will be responsible for developing ideas, building campaigns, and creating moving and measurably impactful digital and video projects that emphasize Shopify’s product mission. You have intermediate to advanced motion, animation, editing, and production skills as well as a deep understanding of storytelling. You are capable of taking an idea and building it out to a fully fleshed-out audiovisual story, using your knowledge of animatics, creative and art direction, motion design, animation, editing, and production. You are eager to strategize and bring the most compelling and best possible content to new, and existing audiences across many platforms.

You would be responsible for generating new visuals for various commercial spots (Balance launch video), product launches (Shopify x Spotify), and product explainers (like our Fraud Protect work). We’re looking for a passionate, positive, creative self-starter, who can produce quality content packages end-to-end in a collaborative team environment, but with minimal direct oversight. 

Requirements:

• Expert knowledge in animation and motion graphics and secondary knowledge in filmmaking, design, post-production process, storytelling
• Experience generating powerful, credible original video content. Producing, designing, animating, and editing video
• Advanced proficiency in After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, Cinema 4D, and Blender
• Strong understanding of 2D and 3D design and motion
• Strong storytelling and storyboarding skills
• You live at the intersection of marketing and user experience, and understand how to take people on a complete journey, end to end
• Good understanding of typography and composition. Capable of producing assets rapidly if necessary
• Ability to keep pace and adapt to the latest technology and social media best practices while constantly learning and improving
• The ability to adapt in a rapidly changing environment, always thriving on change
• Exceptional ability to collaborate on motion design projects and integrate feedback
• Experience working on set and with a video production crew a benefit

Qualifications

• Provide advanced creative and visual storytelling from conceptualization through editing and delivery
• Responsible for creating and editing animated marketing and advertising materials incorporating product UI
• Ability to work with developers to combine animation with code
• Directing and adding compelling motion and animation into interactive projects in addition to creating animatics, motion guides and case studies
• Create motion elements from a designer's initial design layout, or ability to conduct initial design
• Generate stories, ideas, campaigns and thoughts and create compelling visual experiences
• Create and maintain motion graphics-specific templates, instructions, documentation, and best practices
• Maintain best-in-class video production practices and setups
• Oversee productions from start to finish, beginning with initial concept and ending with final video deliverables
• Develop scripts, treatments, and storyboards 
• Actively stay on top of marketing trends, goals and performance indicators 
• Capable of handling some high-level budget management including POs, contracts, expenses and tracking

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Our belief is that a strong commitment to diversity & inclusion enables us to truly make commerce better for everyone. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities. Please take a look at our Sustainability Reports to learn more about Shopify’s commitments to our communities, and our planet.

At Shopify, we understand that experience comes in many forms. We’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team - so if your experience is this close to what we’re looking for, please consider applying.