monad.foundation - Motion Designer [Contract-to-Perm]

Remote - ET (Eastern)2mo ago

Remote NA Cryptocurrency Nonprofit Motion Designer JavaScript Python Product Marketing Lottie Figma

Requirements

• Proven motion design experience for brand, product, or marketing, with a strong portfolio demonstrating storytelling, timing, and design craft. • Strong foundation in After Effects, Lottie and handoff specifications with interest or experience in Figma, Rive, and AI tooling. • Solid grasp of typography, layout, color, and animation principles. • Comfortable collaborating with designers, art directors, and cross-functional teams. • Experience building or maintaining motion libraries and reusable assets. • Organized, adaptable, and curious about new tools and workflows. • Thoughtful about accessibility and how motion can enhance clarity and user experience. • Able to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment. • Located in or able to generally adhere to EST time zone work hours (remote). • Crypto-native: understands crypto culture and main characters. • Familiarity with prototyping tools (Principle, Framer, Invision) • Knowledge of additional tools: Blender, Cinema 4D, Unreal Engine, Figma, or Rive. • Experience with sound design, storyboarding, or animatics. • Scripting skills (e.g. JavaScript for AE, Python for Blender). • PORTFOLIO EXPECTATIONS • Candidates should provide a portfolio that demonstrates: • Strong examples of 2D and 3D animation that demonstrate storytelling, pacing, and design craft. • Work showing how you think—storyboards, motion studies, or early explorations. • Logo, title, and transition animations that show brand motion understanding. • Examples of video editing and sequence assembly showing pacing, rhythm, and narrative flow. • Educational or technical content presented in a clear, engaging way. • Creative projects that showcase design fundamentals (typography, layout, color). • Bonus: work relevant to crypto/web3 culture, livestream/podcast design, or interactive UI animation.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality motion and animation assets for campaigns, educational explainers, product demos, livestreams, and social media content. • Develop animated logos, transitions, and brand motion that reinforce Monad’s visual identity. • Design and animate event collateral, including graphics for conferences, hackathons, and community activations. • Translate static design systems into polished, expressive animation with strong attention to timing, rhythm, and composition. • Collaborate with the Design and Content Teams to ensure all motion aligns with Monad’s brand and creative direction. • Contribute during early concept and storyboarding phases to help shape how ideas move. • Build and maintain motion libraries and reusable assets for consistency and scalability. • Stay current on trends and techniques in animation, design, and technology to bring fresh thinking to the team. • EXAMPLE DELIVERABLES / DAY-TO-DAY WORK • Animate educational explainers for Monad and Pipeline channels. • Design livestream graphics and dynamic lower-thirds for shows like Monad in the Morning. • Build animated visual identities for events: conferences, hackathons, or online campaigns. • Develop short, platform-native motion clips for X, TikTok, and Instagram. • Collaborate with ecosystem teams to produce animated UI product demos. • Apply AI-assisted tools to speed up workflows and unlock new creative directions.

Benefits

• Challenging problems. You’ll tackle deeply complex and technically demanding problems, with autonomy and impact. • Endless Opportunity for Impact. The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) standard is ubiquitous, but existing EVM-compatible chains are slow and bandwidth-constrained. Monad’s core innovations offer developers and founders the best of both worlds (portability and performance) and are a game-changer to power global on-chain finance. • The right team. You’ll be part of a world class team, who are exceptional and highly-motivated. • Culture. We’re a lean team working together to achieve very ambitious goals. We are united in our culture of collaboration, low ego, and high-quality output. • Strong Ecosystem. The broader Monad ecosystem has attracted support from leading investors, builders and long-term contributors.