Sr Motion Designer

Job ID 10108569 Location Glendale, California, United States / San Francisco, California, United States / New York, New York, United States Business Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology Date posted Jan. 08, 2025

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Job Summary:

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN (DE&E) Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

The DE&E Technology Design team thinks beyond what is possible today. They discover, disrupt, and chart a course to where our fans and consumers will be next. Design brings the Disney magic to life by building digital customer experiences via the entire portfolio of both consumer-facing products and internal products and tooling. This includes Sports, Entertainment, News, Streaming and Enterprise Products and Experiences.

Motion Designers within DE&E Technology are tasked with realizing the full articulation of our brands’ personalities and the end-to-end user experience of our fans. The Motion Team crafts prototypes and previsualizations of our product features and user flows; builds large scale and micro animations; translates static designs into dynamic deliverables for our developers; and cultivates new and innovative ways to bring emotion and delight to the Disney and ESPN products.

As a Motion Design Senior Designer you are expected to be a subject expert in the Motion field and able manage stakeholder expectations with all things related to interactive design. You are able to self manage yourself in meeting commitments and in advocating for support when needed. You are responsible for making and maintaining strong and productive relationships across functions. You will be instrumental in helping to crafting best practices for the Motion team and ensuring that those workflows and principles are enforced. You are expected to drive projects from start to finish and clearly delegate tasks to fellow designers in order to execute on your commitments. This role has a focus on Sports and the ESPN ecosystem.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for completing projects from start to finish with little to no direction.
You will be a point of contact to coordinate requirements with stakeholders.
You will help create motion studies, animations, in-app experiences, promotional material, vision presentations, and other motion work to contribute to all products in our portfolio.
You will be required to consider accessibility and meet the requirements to deliver inclusive design.
You will work with design team members to produce rapid motion concepts, and user flows.
You will collaborate with a diverse set of stakeholders and synthesize their needs into your deliverables.
You will work closely with designers from other teams; communicating clearly on your needs and managing expectations.
You will be responsible for presenting design work to partners and stakeholders at both small and large scale.
You will be responsible for mentoring fellow motion designers and growing their skillsets.
You must be the reliable source for all things Motion in our organization.

Basic Qualifications:

5+ years of relevant experience in Design or related experience.
Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or technical degree preferred.
You have expert experience delivering animations and motion graphics work across many different endpoints.
You have an expert understanding of user-centered design principles and best practices.
You are a self-motivated, problem solver with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
You can communicate clearly with product designers and developers.
You are hungry for innovation, and eager to challenge the status quo.
You have a strong interest in and aptitude for learning new technologies and design skills.
You have a strong work ethic, are reliable, adaptable, and work well with others.
You have the ability to design within brand guides and contribute to design language.
You understand how to design and deliver consistently at scale.
You have expert knowledge of design tools such as Figma, After Effect, Premiere Pro, Cinema 4D, and Rive.
You are experienced in delivering all video formats, animated GIFs, Lottie, and .riv files.
You have intimate knowledge of basic engineering constraints and can offer solutions to improve efficiency and quality to our products.

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $126,400.00 to $169,500.00 per year and in San Francisco, CA is $138,500 to $185,600 per year and in New York, NY is $132,500 to $177,600 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

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About Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology (DE&E Technology) provides the technological backbone and product development for Disney’s two media business units, while helping to keep the company at the vanguard of innovation – enabling the Company to continuously leverage technology to enhance storytelling and creativity, while delivering scalability, flexibility, and efficiency for its businesses.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology.

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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