Staff Motion Designer - 3D

Mercury
San Francisco, New York
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Mentoring","Collaboration"]

Own motion design at Mercury across launch films, product videos, and UI interactions. Lead 3D worldbuilding and motion concepts with advanced craft in tools like Cinema 4D, Houdini/Blender, and After Effects. Define Mercury’s motion design system (typography, pacing, transitions, interaction, sound), evaluate and apply AI-assisted workflows, and collaborate cross-functionally while personally setting the bar through high-level 3D/motion work and critique.

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Staff Motion Designer - 3D

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Job Summary

Own motion design at Mercury across launch films, product videos, and UI interactions. Lead 3D worldbuilding and motion concepts with advanced craft in tools like Cinema 4D, Houdini/Blender, and After Effects. Define Mercury’s motion design system (typography, pacing, transitions, interaction, sound), evaluate and apply AI-assisted workflows, and collaborate cross-functionally while personally setting the bar through high-level 3D/motion work and critique.
Location: San Francisco, New York
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead motion concepts for major product launches, campaigns, and brand moments using strong 3D capability across product visualization and brand worlds.
  • •Build 3D worlds, materials, and textures to create a distinct, recognizable feel for Mercury’s biggest launches and brand moments.
  • •Lead product storytelling through title design, typography, transitions, diagrams, and UI motion, turning complex products into compelling visual stories.
  • •Define and build Mercury’s motion design system, including principles for typography, pacing, transitions, product UI, sound, and interaction, plus reusable templates.
  • •Explore and implement AI tooling for motion and 3D workflows (pre-vis, iteration, asset generation), evaluate new tools, and partner cross-functionally from concept through delivery.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of professional motion design experience with a portfolio showing mastery of both 3D and 2D and strong conceptual thinking.
  • •Advanced proficiency in Cinema 4D, Houdini, Blender, or similar 3D tools, including materials, texturing, lighting, and world-building.
  • •Advanced proficiency in After Effects (or similar 2D motion tools) with deep command of timing, easing, composition, and finishing detail.
  • •Experience building and documenting motion systems or brand guidelines, not just one-off deliverables.
  • •A track record of art-directing or mentoring designers, animators, or studios, plus comfort balancing high-craft moments with faster product/UI and social work.
Experience:10+ years
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipMentoringCollaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Cinema 4DHoudiniBlenderAfter EffectsVEXPythonAI

Company Brief

Mercury
Provides banking and financial infrastructure for startups and small businesses, offering business checking accounts, payments, debit cards, venture debt integrations, and treasury services via a developer-friendly platform.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2017
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