Persona is hiring : Motion Designer in San Francisco

Overview What you’ll do at Persona?

At Persona, motion design transforms the complex world of Identity into clear, engaging experiences across our website, product videos, tradeshow screens, interactive ads, and inside our products. As our brand evolves, motion will be a cornerstone of our design language. Working with the Brand Studio team, you’ll help define that system and bring it to life across product animations, long-form videos, tradeshow graphics, advertising, our website, apps and beyond. This role requires a high level of collaboration and the ability to manage multiple projects of different scopes at once. It is a perfect opportunity to think about motion as a system from the ground up, creating real impact in shaping the brand.

Responsibilities

Help define Persona’s motion vision across all surfaces, building clear guidelines for internal teams and external partners

Partner with the design team to concept, animate, and deliver projects ranging from large-scale programs to quick prototypes

Elevate design standards within the brand team and influence how brand is expressed both internally and externally

Foster a culture of craft, feedback, and collaboration across the team

Deepen your understanding of Persona’s brand and play a key role in its evolution

Qualifications

A strong motion portfolio that clearly demonstrates concept, strong design fundamentals and an understanding of audiences and their motivations.

5+ years of motion-focused experience (agency or in-house a plus)

Passion for building and evolving cohesive visual systems, with an eye for detail

A proactive, collaborative mindset—able to self-start projects and keep the team in the loop

Comfortable in fast-paced environments, juggling multiple projects and timelines

Excellent communication and presentation skills, with confidence speaking to all aspects of your work

Fluent in creating production-ready files with industry standard tools such as After Effects, Cinema4D, Blender, Lottie and Figma. Experience with code-based motion languages such as WebGL is a plus. As a note, the design team works primarily with Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, Notion.

Compensation & Benefits

This salary range is the estimated base salary range. Base salaries are just one component of the total compensation package and are determined by a number of factors such as years of experience, expertise, qualifications and more. In addition to base salary, we offer competitive equity packages that play a big part in recognizing you for the huge impact you will have on helping us achieve our mission. Please note, the salary range is a guideline that is subject to change without notice.

Benefits And Perks

Persona offers a wide range of thoughtful and inclusive benefits for this role, including medical, dental, and vision, 3% 401(k) contribution, unlimited PTO, quarterly mental health days, family planning benefits, professional development stipends, wellness benefits, unlimited paid time off, among others. While we believe competitive compensation and benefits are a critical aspect of you deciding to join us, we do hope you consider why our core values and culture are right for you.

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging

At Persona, we strive to put diversity and inclusion at the forefront of everything we do, reflecting our core values. Our DEIB Employee Resource Group seeks to build a diverse and inclusive team that fosters an environment where each Personerd feels empowered to bring their unique differences to work and achieve their full innovative potential. Our hope is that by fostering such an environment, we strengthen our business and relationships by putting people first. We strive to promote a culture that celebrates diversity and inclusiveness regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, family status, religion, ethnicity, national origin, physical disability, veteran status, or age.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Design, Art / Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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