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Salary: USD 84,000 - 115,000 / annual
Okta, a leading independent identity provider for the enterprise, is seeking a Motion Designer to join its Brand & Creative team. This role sits at the intersection of systems architecture and bespoke creative execution, balancing the rigor of a central motion design system with the versatility to craft show-stopping motion for critical brand moments.
You will occupy two complementary mindsets: as a Systems Architect, you'll build, maintain, and codify scalable motion infrastructure—modular After Effects templates, MOGRTs, centralized toolkits, and expression-driven assets that keep the visual identity unified and empower the broader creative team to move fast. As a Bespoke Maker, you'll develop dynamic, impact-focused creative solutions that break through the noise, whether designing immersive LED screen loops for flagship events like Oktane, animating punchy social storytelling, elevating high-stakes brand campaigns, or breathing kinetic life into brand films.
Key responsibilities include:
- Seamlessly oscillate between scaling the central motion design system and executing custom, high-visibility animation across campaigns, events, digital, and video
- Champion Okta's motion guidelines and infrastructure by designing, documenting, and maintaining modular After Effects project templates, Essential Graphics (MOGRTs), and reusable motion libraries
- Concept and execute bespoke motion packages for owned flagship events (Oktane) and major industry activations (AWS re:Invent, RSAC, NRF, etc.), crafting immersive keynote walk-in loops, speaker intros, and environmental stage graphics
- Partner with Senior Motion Designer and Creative Leads to translate campaign briefs into expressive motion graphics, kinetic typography, and animated concepts
- Bring fresh energy and visual wit to social channels (LinkedIn, YouTube, X) and digital touchpoints, translating complex enterprise security and AI narratives into captivating content
- Collaborate on title sequences, kinetic type treatments, UI animations, and motion graphic overlays for customer case studies, product sizzles, and brand films
- Experiment and explore new kinetic expressions for the Okta visual identity across 2D and 3D spaces
- Own motion assets from initial styleframes and storyboarding through final animation, audio sync, rendering, compression, and delivery across broadcast, web, social, and non-standard event display formats
You will work alongside a collaborative, craft-first team of art directors, designers, and storytellers who celebrate bold creative swings and visual excellence. Your creative output will be seen by hundreds of thousands of people across global keynote screens, high-profile campaigns, and multi-channel digital touchpoints.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 3+ years of dedicated motion design experience in-house at a fast-paced tech company, creative branding agency, or motion studio, demonstrating equal strength in system building and bespoke creative execution
- Demonstrated ability to balance disciplined, organized systems thinking (templates, toolkits, brand consistency) with the agility and creative fire needed to craft inventive, one-of-a-kind motion moments
- Expert-level proficiency in Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, and the core Adobe Creative Cloud suite (Illustrator, Photoshop)
- Sound, intuitive command of motion fundamentals: kinetic typography, spatial staging, easing curves, rhythm, and visual hierarchy
- Hands-on experience developing modular After Effects templates, Essential Graphics/MOGRTs, and standardized project setups that enable team-wide scalability
- Standout reel and portfolio showcasing balanced breadth of work—from large-scale event stage animations and campaign hero pieces to social content and structured motion toolkits
- Solid command of digital video formats, aspect ratios, framerates, codecs, and render optimization across mobile, desktop, and large-format physical screen arrays
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with comfort advocating for motion rationale, adapting to feedback, and thriving in an iterative, fast-moving creative environment
BONUS QUALIFICATIONS:
- Working knowledge of 3D motion design and rendering tools (Cinema 4D, Blender, Redshift, Octane)
- Familiarity with writing After Effects expressions to build smarter, automated, dynamic MOGRTs and templates
- Practical experience creating motion graphics for custom LED resolutions, spatial light mapping, or experiential digital signage
- Experience managing motion assets across multi-brand ecosystems or localizing toolkits for global marketing teams
