Senior Motion Designer

New York City

Squarespace is powered by design. We offer a uniquely entrepreneurial, yet supportive culture, where ideas can come from anywhere and execution is everything. Our team is seeking a Senior Motion Designer to bring our products and brand to life through animations, prototypes, and videos. You possess strong conceptual design skills as well as the ability to tell compelling stories through motion.

You demonstrate respect for the details, a passion for the power of design, and a thorough understanding of how one affects the other. You’re constantly learning and mastering new tools as a means to realize your creative vision. You have knowledge in a wide array of technologies, techniques, and applications, with an expertise in one or two specialties. While you spend most of your time working in motion, your passion for design drives you to create polished final products from a rough initial direction.

This role reports to the Senior Design Manager in our New York office.

You'll Get To…

  • Create proofs of concept that enhance digital experiences and help tell stories.
  • Create animations and videos for a range of front-site projects (Squarespace.com), internal initiatives and brand campaign work, including campaign microsites and social. 
  • Collaborate with designers and writers to craft stories through motion.
  • Collaborate with designers and other engineers to incorporate animations and prototypes into production.
  • Ability to foresee design and motion trends to keep Squarespace at the forefront of design for web.

Who We're Looking For

  • Portfolio of shipped work that shows motion as part of UI and UX experience.
  • You are an expert in Adobe Creative Suite, C4D and Redshift as well as working knowledge of Figma. 
  • Expansive knowledge of workflow with an ability to assess projects and provide accurate work timeline and expectations
  • Have a passion for telling stories including storyboarding, editing footage, and motion graphics/animation.
  • Are equally comfortable working autonomously and in collaborative cross-discipline teams.
  • Ability to take creative direction and respond to feedback in a timely manner while being respectful of project deadlines.
  • Have an eye for detailed design and can execute against a variety of aesthetics and styles.

Benefits & Perks

  • A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums 
  • Fertility and adoption benefits
  • Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
  • Headspace mindfulness app subscription
  • Global Employee Assistance Program
  • Retirement benefits with employer match
  • Flexible paid time off
  • 20 weeks for parental leave and up to 12 weeks to care for an ill family member
  • Pretax commuter benefit
  • Education reimbursement
  • Employee donation match to community organizations
  • 6 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
  • Dog-friendly workplace
  • Free lunch and snacks
  • Private rooftop
  • Hack week twice per year

Cash Compensation Range: $105,500- $170,200 USD

The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills, experience, and location, among other factors.

In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and, where applicable for eligible roles, may include on-target commissions or overtime pay), Squarespace employees are eligible to receive an incentive award as part of their total compensation.

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,500 is headquartered in bustling New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Aveiro, Portugal, and coworking spaces in the UK, Netherlands, and Australia. For more information about our company culture, visit https://www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Our Commitment

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers, but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

#LI-Hybrid #LI-JP1

Thank you in advance for providing the following details about your work history from your resume! This helps us ensure that your candidate information is accurate and consistent during the hiring process.

 

Squarespace will never solicit your personal banking information or ask you to transfer money in connection with a job offer or interview. We also will not reach out to you via phone or SMS without your permission or knowledge.

Apply for this job

*

indicates a required field

Resume/CV*

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Cover Letter

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...

 

For purposes of this question ‘sponsorship to legally work for SQSP in the US’ means the current or future need for any nonimmigrant visa petition or application, including for an H-1B, O-1, E-3, TN, etc., as well as any I-140 portability or Adjustment of Status portability for long-delayed adjustment of status applications that have been pending for 180 days or longer. Please ask us if you are uncertain whether you may need immigration sponsorship or desire clarification.

Have you previously been employed by or worked directly for Squarespace in any capacity? Please choose all that apply. Answering YES means you have worked at Squarespace before. This does not include owning a site. *
Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...

When you apply to a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected by Squarespace, Inc. and its group companies (collectively, “Squarespace”).

Your personal data will be processed subject to Squarespace’s Candidate Privacy Statement.

US Voluntary Completion: Self-Identification

Squarespace is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is deeply committed to providing a fair and equitable experience for all candidates, employees and customers. Our Diversity & Inclusion efforts focus on uplifting the experiences and perspectives of underrepresented groups and enabling everyone to do work that draws out the best in all of us. 

You are invited to voluntarily self-identify your gender and race/ethnicity below.  Your answers will not affect your opportunity for employment, or terms or conditions of employment. Any information you provide will be treated confidentially and this form, which will be used for EEO-1 reporting purposes, will be kept separate from all other personnel records, only accessible by authorized personnel (including, e.g., select members of the People Team). 

Please click here to read our full Candidate Privacy Statement.

Please click here to learn more about diversity and inclusion at Squarespace. 

Race/Ethnicity definitions as provided by the EEOC

Please note that if you choose not to self-identify your race/ethnicity at this time, the federal government requires us to determine this information by visual survey and/or other available information based on the following definitions: 

  • Asian: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
  • Black or African American: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
  • Hispanic or Latino: A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.
  • Native American or Alaska Native: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment.
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
  • White: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.
  • Two or More Races: All persons who identify with more than one of the five races listed above (White, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Asian, Native American or Alaska Native). For the purposes of this group, identifying as Hispanic or Latino and only one of the listed 5 race groups does NOT qualify.
Select...
Select...