ServiceNow

ServiceNow

Associate Creative Director, Motion Design

Santa Clara, CALIFORNIA, United States · Director · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$155k-$272kDetected 1 day ago
RedshiftFigmaAfter EffectsMotion DesignProject ManagementBrand StrategyCinema 4DLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationTime ManagementMentoringPublic Speaking

About the role

  • It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis.
  • Today, ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention.
  • The ServiceNow Brand Strategy and Creative team is a passionate group of creative thinkers responsible for shaping the future of the ServiceNow brand.

Responsibilities

  • Own motion design projects end-to-end, from brief through delivery, across major brand initiatives, campaigns, and tier-one events- driving them independently while keeping the creative director and leadership updated.
  • Design and animate directly, especially for key initiatives that require hands-on creative leadership.
  • Maintain and evolve our brand motion language, ensuring consistency and craft across events, market launches, and core brand touchpoints. Scale motion systems and workflows by contributing to standards, templates, toolkits, and best practices.
  • Manage multiple projects and programs in parallel, staying composed and effective under pressure and tight deadlines.
  • Direct, mentor, and provide clear, effective direction and feedback to motion designers, freelancers, and agency partners, raising the bar across all motion output.
  • Partner cross-functionally with brand, marketing, product, and creative teams to align motion work with broader storytelling and business goals.
  • A portfolio that demonstrates strong design and typography fundamentals, a range of styles, and a diversity of project types.
  • Mastery of motion and design principles, timing, keyframes, and visual systems, with fluency in speed and value curves.
  • Proven ability to run multiple projects and programs in parallel, prioritize effectively, and deliver under pressure and tight deadlines. Strong time management and composure across competing priorities.
  • Demonstrated people management experience, coaching and developing team members and directing contractors and external agencies.

Requirements

  • You are a strategic thinker and bring a point of view to your work providing clear, effective direction to artists and agencies.
  • 10+ years of experience in motion design and creative direction, including prior leadership running workstreams and directing others.
  • A strong creative point of view, with the ability to field and reconcile leadership feedback and provide clear direction to others.

Compensation

  • Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure.

Benefits

  • Bring a strong creative point of view to every workstream, helping to define the vision, and setting the standard for executional excellence.
  • Communicate effectively across creative peers, project management, strategy, senior leadership, and business partners, aligning stakeholders around a creative vision and knowing when to ask the right questions.
  • Able to align stakeholders around a creative vision and ask smart questions that move work forward.
  • We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs.
  • Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location.

Company info

  • For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $155,400 - $272,000, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits.

Equal opportunity

  • ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer.
  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.
  • In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.
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