Motion Designer

Web Design Awards runs an editorially curated awards program for the web's best design work, with submissions judged year-round by a named jury of working designers against a published rubric. We're hiring a Motion Designer to help bring our brand, editorial features, and award assets to life through motion — think animated badges, teardown videos, social content, and site interactions that support how we present winning work to the designers, agencies, and buyers who read us.

What you'll do

• Design and animate motion graphics for digital badges, certificates, and award page elements
• Produce short-form video content (teardowns, winner spotlights, social clips) from concept through final export
• Create motion assets for web and social that align with brand visual identity
• Collaborate with designers and content/editorial team members to storyboard and animate feature content
• Optimize motion assets for performance across web and mobile
• Maintain and evolve a consistent motion language across all touchpoints

What we're looking for

• A portfolio demonstrating strong motion design work across digital and/or social formats
• Proficiency in After Effects and/or similar motion/animation tools
• Solid understanding of animation principles, timing, and visual storytelling
• Experience producing motion assets optimized for web performance (file size, load time)
• Ability to take feedback from design and editorial stakeholders and iterate quickly
• Comfort working independently and managing multiple projects with overlapping deadlines

Nice to have

• Experience animating for brand or award/certification-style assets
• Basic video editing skills for short-form social content
• Familiarity with Lottie or other web-native animation formats