[Hiring] Product Motion Designer @Outlier

Role Description

We’re looking for a Product Motion Designer to bring Outlier’s products to life through motion. Outlier is constantly shipping new features, data experiences, and ways for sports bettors to interact with the game. You’ll transform those experiences — often starting with Figma files and the product itself — into polished motion content that makes our products easy to understand and exciting to use.

• Create everything from animated product videos for major launches to short-form feature content, UI animations, GIFs, and App Store creative.
• Your work will help tell the story of our product across social, Discord, paid campaigns, lifecycle marketing, the App Store, and Outlier itself.
• You’ll work closely with Product Design and Product Marketing to understand what we’re building and determine the most compelling way to showcase it.
• This is a hands-on role for a designer who combines exceptional motion storytelling with strong product instincts and thrives in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional motion design and animation, particularly involving digital products, interfaces, or UI.
• Advanced proficiency with After Effects and strong working knowledge of Figma.
• Ability to take static product designs and independently determine how they should move, transition, and tell a story.
• Strong understanding of animation fundamentals, pacing, typography, composition, and visual hierarchy.
• Excellent instincts for turning software functionality into simple, compelling visual stories.
• Understanding of short-form consumer content and how motion creative needs to work across different platforms.
• Comfortable producing both highly polished launch creative and fast-turnaround motion assets.
• Strong product instincts and curiosity about how digital experiences work, not just how they look.
• Fast, resourceful, and comfortable working in a startup environment where priorities move quickly.
• Collaborative and comfortable working closely with Product Design, Product Marketing, Growth, and Social.
• Strong attention to detail and a high bar for craft.
• Genuine interest in sports and how sports fans consume content online.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly produce, ship, and test motion assets in a high-volume, iterative environment.

Requirements

• Transform Figma designs and in-product experiences into polished motion content.
• Create animated product videos for feature launches, product announcements, and ongoing feature education.
• Animate UI flows, interactions, charts, data visualizations, notifications, and other product elements.
• Turn complex product functionality into concise, visually compelling stories that clearly communicate value.
• Partner closely with Product Design and Product Marketing to understand new features and determine the best way to bring them to life.
• Create both high-polish hero assets for major launches and lightweight motion content for ongoing product releases.
• Develop reusable motion patterns and templates that help us tell product stories quickly and consistently.
• Turn product features and capabilities into short-form motion content for TikTok, Instagram, X, YouTube, Discord, and other consumer channels.
• Create GIFs and lightweight animations that demonstrate product features and experiences.
• Create motion assets for App Store feature placements, promotional moments, and other mobile marketing surfaces.
• Support product launches with a cohesive set of motion assets across channels.
• Adapt creative into different formats, lengths, and aspect ratios based on where it will live.
• Create product-focused motion assets for paid acquisition, lifecycle marketing, and other growth initiatives.
• Iterate on creative based on feedback, performance, and new opportunities.
• Help define how the Outlier product moves, from UI animation and transitions to typography and visual storytelling.
• Establish reusable motion components, templates, and workflows that increase the speed and consistency of our output.
• Maintain a high bar for animation, pacing, composition, typography, and polish.
• Explore new techniques and formats for showcasing Outlier’s products through motion.
• Stay current on product motion, social creative, sports media, and consumer technology and bring relevant ideas into our work.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity.
• 20 days PTO.
• 16 paid holidays + 1 skeleton week.
• BlueCross BlueShield medical insurance (100% employee coverage / 50% dependents).
• Principal vision & dental insurance (100% employee coverage / 50% dependents).
• Beam life insurance.
• Office & tech reimbursement — up to $3,000/year.
• Health & wellness reimbursement — up to $2,000/year.
• Cellular & internet reimbursement — up to $250/month.
• Continued education & conference attendance support.
• NFL + NBA streaming package reimbursement.