Motion Designer, Core Brand

Details

Anthropic is building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. The Creative Studio is Anthropic’s in-house creative team responsible for brand expression across Anthropic and Claude. The team values craft, thoughtful use of AI, and building systems that scale high-quality creative work.

About the role

You will help define and evolve Anthropic’s brand expression through movement and animation. This role is focused on producing outstanding motion work while developing foundational approaches and systems that make the brand instantly recognizable. You will report to the Head of Brand Design and join a growing motion practice, partnering with brand and product designers, external creative partners, and cross-functional teams across the company.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality motion work for product launches, marketing campaigns, research releases, events, and other brand moments
• Shape and evolve motion design strategy and develop foundational motion patterns that make the brand recognizable
• Build and document frameworks, standards, and systems to help teams implement motion across the organization
• Guide and mentor others in motion design principles and practices
• Partner with teams across product, engineering, research, and marketing to elevate motion design while maintaining quality
• Own emerging motion needs across product, events, and campaigns as the practice grows

Requirements

• 6+ years of motion design experience with an outstanding portfolio demonstrating craft and systematic thinking
• Proven ability to create high-quality motion work and build repeatable patterns others can learn from
• Experience developing motion design systems and teaching others to scale brand expression
• Ability to bridge execution with strategic thinking about how motion supports brand
• Comfortable collaborating with product, engineering, research, and marketing teams
• Keeps current with motion design tools and can recommend appropriate tools for different needs
• Ability to balance creative exploration with practical constraints in a fast-paced environment
• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Compensation

Annual Salary: $260,000 - $305,000 USD

Logistics

• Location: Remote-friendly within the United States; offices in San Francisco, CA and New York City, NY
• Location-based hybrid policy: staff are expected to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time (some roles may require more)
• Visa sponsorship: Anthropic states they do sponsor visas and retain an immigration lawyer to assist (subject to role and candidate)
• Applications reviewed on a rolling basis

Benefits

Anthropic states they offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office space for collaboration.