Mid-Level Motion Designer

Hiring — Mid-Level Motion Designer

Landscape is an integrated creative studio providing brand strategy, design systems, and campaign production
to clients pursuing intentional, sustainable, and influential change.

↳ Science & Technology
↳ Social & Environmental
↳ Arts & Culture

From the future of renewable energy, advanced agriculture, and nascent applications of technology to new mediums of cultural expression and experience — our diverse team works closely with inspiring clients every day.

Who are You?

A critical thinker and experienced motion designer. Your peers respect you, your team thrives on your consistent honesty, positivity, and insight.

This role is ideal for a designer who understands motion not simply as animation, but as a strategic and emotional layer within brand systems and experiences. You should be comfortable translating complex ideas into clear, resonant visual narratives across brand identities, campaigns, product experiences, social, and digital environments.

You are fluent in 2D motion systems, visual storytelling, and digital craft, with an eye toward emerging tools, interfaces, and culture. You’re constantly learning and evolving—you see your work as a reflection of yourself and don’t compromise on quality.

You are eager to lead projects autonomously as well as work alongside a multidisciplinary team.

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↳ Details

› Mid-level Motion Designer
› Contemporary, relevant, portfolio required (include link)
› Proven experience (likely 2-3+ years)
› Proficiency in After Effects, Figma, and adjacent tools
› 3D expertise a plus, desire to learn, mandatory
› Excited to utilize emerging generative tools
› Remote. Must be able to work in PST time zone +/- 1hr
› Full time, includes benefits

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↳ Apply

careers@thisislandscape.com — Please title your email: Mid-level Motion Designer

Due to the volume of applicants we receive for postings, we will not be able to respond to everyone. A sincere thanks for both your interest and time.

Xona Raises $170M in Series C Funding

Congrats to team Xona on their $170M Series C. We’re proud to partner with Xona as they build the next era of satellite navigation and the future of positioning from orbit.

Over the past several years, Pulsar has moved from theory to real capability in space, achieving world-firsts in regulatory approvals and cryptography, setting records as the most powerful navigation signals ever broadcast, and proving precision positioning can reach existing GPS devices.

Our $170M in Series C funding coincides with the beginning of scaled manufacturing at our new Burlingame facility to launch our entire constellation over the coming years.

Music at DOG x Club Moniker: Ryan, Ninka, JS

Music at DOG returns on May 8 for a special collaboration with local mainstay collective Club Moniker, known for bringing spacious, experimental sounds to the Bay Area, for an evening of deep listening. Music at DOG is an ongoing series of collaborations with Landscape and guest curators presenting electronic and computer music performed on a unique, immersive sound system selected for each show.

This edition unfolds through shifting textures, with a special DJ set from Motion Ward label head JS, and Ninka, fresh off of their recent cassette release on the fabled label, The Trilogy Tapes. Local duo Ryan will open the night. Sound provided by 343.

Food will be available for purchase, courtesy of Bar Turtle.

GET TICKETS HERE

7-8:30pm: Ryan

8:30-11pm: JS b2b Ninka

Address: 428 Waller Street, San Francisco, CA

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ABOUT MOTION WARD
Motion Ward is a Los Angeles-based experimental electronic label founded in 2015 by Jesse Sappell, releasing sought-after cassettes, 12″s, and LPs across a global roster of artists. Resistant to easy categorization, Motion Ward’s warm and hypnotic releases are united less by genre than by an intimacy that invites listeners to get close to the music.

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ABOUT DOG
DOG is a dynamic project space exploring emergent cultural themes through an ongoing series of in-person events. An experimental, physical complement to its parent, Landscape, a brand strategy and design studio in San Francisco, CA, the events make tangible the studio’s commitment to nurturing our collective social fabric and supporting new ideas, technologies, and opportunities for cultural expression.

ABOUT LANDSCAPE
Landscape is an integrated creative studio providing brand strategy, design systems, and campaign production to clients pursuing intentional, sustainable, and influential change across a range of sectors—science, technology, social, environmental, arts, and culture.

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ACCESSIBILITY
Please note there is one flight of stairs leading up to the entrance of the venue. There are accessible toilets. For any questions regarding access to our space, please reach out via dog@dogdogdog.xyz.

PRIVACY
We’re mindful of privacy rights and would like you to know that at some events, we intend to capture the event with photographs—at times, flash will be used. Some of these images will likely be shared with our community online, on social media and our website. If you wish for your image not to be used, please reach out to us at the event or via email.


Gravity Featured in Forbes

Our client Gravity was featured in Forbes on why the operational case for acting on energy and emissions data holds regardless of regulatory cycles. Worth a read.

To help accelerate traction, Landscape partnered with Gravity to create a bold visual system and digital experience that resonates with industrial operators positioning Gravity as the essential SaaS platform for reducing emissions and competing in a planet-positive economy.

Gantri Featured in Inc.

Congrats to Gantri and Ian Yang on the Inc. feature. Proud to partner with a team proving that 3D printing at scale isn’t just possible — it’s the future of thoughtful design.

To expand their customer base, Landscape partnered with Gantri to create a refreshed brand system connecting sustainable, 3D-printed lighting with modern wellness. The work—spanning content strategy, creative direction, and a graphic system across web, social, and campaigns—positioned Gantri as essential to thoughtful living, driving a 108% boost in product views, an 17% rise in orders, and year-over-year sales growth.  We’re excited to keep working with their team.

Read the article here.

The Kelsey Featured in New York Times

An Accessible Housing Model Built to Be Scaled

Disability-forward housing is getting the national spotlight it deserves — congrats to the team at The Kelsey for pushing this movement forward.

To showcase The Kelsey’s inclusive approach and forge stronger partnerships, Landscape partnered with CEO Micaela Connery to reimagine the organization’s brand and key touchpoints, positioning them as a leader in disability-forward housing.

Read the article here.