Motion Designer - AI Specialist

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)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

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