Motion Designer - AI Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Senior Motion Designer & Creative Technologist (AI Evaluation)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$120/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Guide research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in motion design, kinetic typography, animated overlays, and code-driven video.
• Design challenging, real-world motion design tasks and produce reference deliverables in editable source formats, such as After Effects projects and code-based animations with tools like Remotion , Canvas , SVG , or Three.js .
• Evaluate AI-generated motion graphics and video, providing clear, written feedback on timing, easing, typographic hierarchy, safe areas, tracking, and sync.
• Develop guidelines, rubrics, and quality checks for motion design, including scripted technical checks on rendered output.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data .

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 5+ years of shipped motion design work for agencies, motion studios, post houses, broadcast design teams, or in-house brand teams.
• Expert After Effects skills including expressions, kinetic typography, 2.5D parallax, and tracked composites, with Cinema 4D or Blender for 3D elements.
• Shipped code-driven motion in at least one of Remotion , HTML5 Canvas , SVG animation , Three.js , WebGL , GSAP , p5.js , TouchDesigner , Houdini , or FFmpeg -scripted rendering.
• Working JavaScript , TypeScript , or Python skills to write and debug render and animation code.
• Fluency with editable source files and delivery formats: .aep, .mogrt, .c4d, .blend, Lottie .json, .riv, SVG , Git repositories, ProRes , and H.264 masters.
• Command-line FFmpeg for encoding, concatenation, overlays, frame extraction, and probing duration, frame rate, and audio.
• Hands-on use of generative video and image tools in professional work, such as Runway , Kling , Luma , Midjourney , or ComfyUI .
• A public portfolio or reel of shipped work, plus a public code sample that renders or animates video.
• Ability to engage reliably for at least 40 hours/week during weekdays.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain creative decisions clearly.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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