Senior Motion Designer (Remote - West Coast Canada & US)

This position can be:

• Hybrid from our Vancouver, BC office
• Hybrid from our Foster City, CA office
• Remote from select Canadian/US locations (British Colombia, California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and parts of Nevada)

Position Summary

As a Senior Motion Designer at Tipalti, you’ll be a lead creator in visual development across our in-house team, working directly with the Creative Director and team of designers and writers. You’ll shape new and refreshing approaches for Tipalti’s evolving brand — crafting visuals and narratives which are approachable, memorable, modern, and fun. You’ll devise strategic approaches to crafting visual narratives and world-class motion graphics, and you’ll fulfill marketing goals while raising the bar for Tipalti to engage various audiences.

• lead motion and visual approaches for programs and initiatives across brand marketing, growth marketing, and product marketing
• combine deep motion graphics experience with imagination — to convert abstract marketing briefs into creative visual stories
• pivot to engage different audiences (e.g. enterprise consumers, or business partners)
• execute sophisticated visuals across a variety of mediums & deliverables

Why join Tipalti?

Tipalti is the AI-powered platform for finance automation, elevating how finance teams operate in the global economy. We empower our customers to scale faster and smarter by removing the complexities of doing global business and accelerating their finance operations efficiency. Our platform provides a comprehensive suite of finance automation solutions designed for mid-market businesses across accounts payable, global payouts, procurement, employee expenses, corporate cards, supplier management, tax compliance, and treasury. Tipalti partners with leading financial institutions such as Citi, Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan, and Visa, enabling over 5,000 global companies to efficiently and securely pay millions of suppliers and payees across 200+ countries and territories, in 120 currencies.

At Tipalti, we pride ourselves on our collaborative culture, the quality of our product and the capabilities of our people. Tipaltians are passionate about the work they do, and keen to get the job done. Tipalti offers competitive benefits, a flexible workplace, career coaching, and an environment where diverse individuals can thrive and make an impact. Our culture ensures everyone checks their egos at the door and stands ready to reach for success together. 

Founded in Israel in 2010, Tipalti is a global business headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area (Foster City) with offices in Tel Aviv, Plano, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Amsterdam, Tbilisi and Medellin.

In this role, you will be responsible for

• Lead creative execution across end-to-end graphic design deliverables from concept phase to final production, across all marketing assets: motion graphics, digital ads, webinars, email graphics, animated short videos, web pages, social media posts
• Leverage sophisticated, polished, professional motion design to amplify marketing messaging into compelling and engaging designs which answer those messaging goals
• Lead the development of visual approaches which can scale: templates, tools, and guidance: elevating the quality of work produced by an internal design team while enabling our cross-functional partners to self-serve at their own fast and unpredictable pace
• Directly support the Creative Director, and cross-functional leaders and partners, to continually update design roadmaps which can fulfill marketing communication objectives
• Leverage your deep experience at industry leading, imaginative and iterative visual storytelling to generate thoughtful ideas, compelling narratives, and scalable concepts
• Lead the production of refined, professional, best-in-class branded visuals that are unique, cohesive, and beautiful — for use in assets across multiple mediums and channels (digital, web banners, social media posts, email marketing, animation, landing pages)
• Execute the highest quality of design throughout all phases of the process: sketching, refining working design prototypes, and final production
• Lead creative brainstorms and critiques with a genuine interest in finding the best solution for engaging new and existing audiences
• Take ownership to ensure that every brief meets business goals and creative standards
• Manage collaboration with cross-functional departments (Creative, Marketing, Product)
• Leverage your deep deep experience to define, establish, and explain design standards, theory, and approaches
• Provide insights to the latest standards and trends in the animation and design fields

About you

• Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design or Advertising with relevant formal training
• At least 5-8 years of working experience on a professional creative team. (An in-house B2B SaaS environment is preferable.)
• Firsthand experience producing digital assets, both static and animated (e.g. motion graphics, animation, landing pages, web banners, social media posts, email marketing)
• Excellent grasp of Motion Graphics, Typography, and basic Design Theory (hierarchy, rhythm, negative space, scale, balance, conversion performance theory, color theory)
• Relevant knowledge of both classic and contemporary trends in typography, photography, illustration, motion graphics, video
• Strong background with metrics-driven creative (i.e. performance marketing, paid social, digital banners, direct response advertising design)
• Online portfolio demonstrating a solutions-based approach to innovative and inspired ideas and design with several examples of firsthand digital assets
• Advanced knowledge of motion design and relevant software (Figma, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects)
• Strong pre-visualization skills (e.g. wireframes, motion theory) and skills executing in digital mediums (web, video, occasional motion graphics)
• Understanding of current best practices in digital design, loose awareness of standards like CSS, Javascript, HTML, and front-end development, and familiarity and comfort working within UX constraints
• Mix of experience in both agency and in-house contexts is a plus
• Digital marketing background a plus (e.g. performance metrics and digital platforms)
• Startup experience a plus: fluid, faced-paced environment with same day multi-tasks
• Easy and positive collaborator across departments, contractors, and agencies
• Flexible but pragmatic, detail-oriented when necessary
• Mentor and inspire junior creatives

Our benefits package includes:

• Competitive salary and stock options
• Matching 401K
• Extended benefits, Employee Assistance Program, life insurance, AD&D, LTD
• 15 days of PTO
• Subsidized lunch on office days 
• Fresh fruit, snacks & drinks in office
• Dog friendly office on Thursdays
• Phone/internet allowance 
• Regular company-wide social events
• Multiple ERG groups celebrating our diversity and creating an inclusive culture 

If you are located in the Bay Area, California: Anticipated base pay rate for this position is $113,850-$126,500 USD. Variable (commission or bonus) pay rate will be paid in addition to base salary noted above.

If you are located in the British Columbia, Canada : Anticipated base pay rate for this position is $103,000-$115,000 CAD. Variable (commission or bonus) pay rate will be paid in addition to base salary noted above.

If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed, we still encourage you to apply. We are open to discussing compensation and role scope with candidates whose experience and skills may warrant a different level of seniority.