Sierra

Sierra

Motion Designer

San Francisco, CA · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 26 days ago
FigmaAfter EffectsMotion DesignSalesforcePremiere ProCinema 4DAR/VRLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • Our co-founders are Bret Taylor https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettaylor/ and Clay Bavor https://www.linkedin.com/in/claybavor/.
  • Bret currently serves as Board Chair of OpenAI.
  • Bret was also one of Google's earliest product managers and co-creator of Google Maps.

Responsibilities

  • Create high-quality motion design work across marketing campaigns, product launches, customer stories, events, social content, and brand initiatives.
  • Develop motion systems, principles, and animation frameworks that create consistency and recognition across the Sierra brand.
  • Build scalable motion templates, guidelines, and documentation that
  • empower teams to create on-brand work efficiently.
  • Partner closely with brand design, marketing, product, and leadership teams to elevate storytelling through animation and motion.
  • Mentor teammates and provide guidance on motion design craft, workflows,
  • As a core member of Sierra's design team, you will help shape the culture,
  • Motion Craft Excellence: Deep expertise in animation principles, timing, visual storytelling, typography, and motion systems. Ability to create work that is both visually compelling and strategically effective.
  • Systems Thinking: Experience building motion design frameworks, reusable assets, and scalable standards that enable consistency across teams and channels.
  • Great Collaboration: Strong ability to communicate creative ideas and partner effectively with designers, marketers, product teams, engineers, executives, and external collaborators.

Requirements

  • Deep expertise in animation principles, timing, visual storytelling, typography, and motion systems.

Nice to have

  • 8+ years of motion design experience with a portfolio that demonstrates exceptional craft, strong storytelling, and the ability to build scalable design systems.
  • Experience supporting high-growth technology, SaaS, AI, B2B, or consumer brands is preferred.
  • Expert knowledge of After Effects, Premiere, Figma, and Adobe Creative Suite.
  • Experience with Cinema 4D, Rive, Lottie, AI-powered creative tools, or emerging motion workflows is a plus.
  • Proven Experience: 8+ years of motion design experience with a portfolio that demonstrates exceptional craft, strong storytelling, and the ability to build scalable design systems.
  • Creative Proficiency: Expert knowledge of After Effects, Premiere, Figma, and Adobe Creative Suite.

Compensation

  • These benefits are further detailed in Sierra's policies, may vary by region, and are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefits plans.

Benefits

  • We want our benefits to reflect our values and offer the following to full-time employees:
  • Flexible (unlimited) paid time off
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
  • Life insurance and disability benefits
  • Retirement plan dependent on country of employment
  • Parental leave
  • Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
  • Discretionary benefit stipend giving people the ability to spend where it matters most
  • These benefits are further detailed in Sierra's policies, may vary by region, and are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefits plans.
  • Eligible full-time employees can participate in Sierra's equity plans subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies.
  • Bring creative, from-the-ground-up thinking to brand campaigns and launches, exploring new ways to communicate Sierra's vision and technology.

Company info

  • At Sierra, we're creating a platform to help businesses build better, more human customer experiences with AI. We are primarily an in-person company based in San Francisco, with growing offices in Atlanta, New York, London, Paris, Madrid, Munich, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney.
  • We are guided by a set of values that are at the core of our actions and define our culture: Trust, Customer Obsession, Craftsmanship, Intensity, and Family. These values are the foundation of our work, and we are committed to upholding them in everything we do.
  • Our co-founders are Bret Taylor https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettaylor/ and Clay Bavor https://www.linkedin.com/in/claybavor/. Bret currently serves as Board Chair of OpenAI. Previously, he was co-CEO of Salesforce (which had acquired the company he founded, Quip) and CTO of Facebook. Bret was also one of Google's earliest product managers and co-creator of Google Maps. Before founding Sierra, Clay spent 18 years at Google, where he most recently led Google Labs. Earlier, he started and led Google's AR/VR effort, Project Starline, and Google Lens. Before that, Clay led the product and design teams for Google Workspace.
  • We're looking for a Motion Designer to join Sierra's Creative Studio and help define how our brand comes to life through movement. This role is ideal for someone who combines exceptional craft with systems thinking-someone who can create standout motion work while establishing the patterns, principles, and frameworks that make Sierra recognizable across every touchpoint.
  • At Sierra, we're creating a platform to help businesses build better, more human customer experiences with AI.
  • We are primarily an in-person company based in San Francisco, with growing offices in Atlanta, New York, London, Paris, Madrid, Munich, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney.
  • We are guided by a set of values that are at the core of our actions and define our culture: Trust, Customer Obsession, Craftsmanship, Intensity, and Family.
  • These values are the foundation of our work, and we are committed to upholding them in everything we do.
  • Previously, he was co-CEO of Salesforce (which had acquired the company he founded, Quip) and CTO of Facebook.
  • Before founding Sierra, Clay spent 18 years at Google, where he most recently led Google Labs.
  • Earlier, he started and led Google's AR/VR effort, Project Starline, and Google Lens.

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