OpenAI’s Business Marketing team creates clear, brand-consistent storytelling for organizations adopting AI and turning it into real business value. As a Motion Designer in Business Marketing, you will bring complex technical ideas to life through hands-on motion craft, from early concepts to polished delivery across B2B channels.
What you’ll get
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
- Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave: up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents, plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
- Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays, plus multiple paid coordinated office closures for focus and recharge, and paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more as required by applicable state or local law)
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Daily meals in offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
- Relocation support for eligible employees
Role focus
This is a hands-on motion design position based in San Francisco, CA with a hybrid work model (3 days in the office per week). Motion helps define how OpenAI communicates with business and technical audiences across campaigns. You will work with designers, writers, producers, product marketers, and cross-functional partners to deliver motion that connects OpenAI’s products and research to customer needs and business outcomes, while staying clear, thoughtful, and consistent with the OpenAI brand.
Responsibilities
- Design and produce motion assets for B2B marketing and communications, including integrated campaigns, product launches, customer stories, films, events, social content, web experiences, and presentations
- Translate complex technical concepts and product capabilities into engaging motion for business leaders, technical decision-makers, developers, and enterprise buyers
- Develop visual narratives that link OpenAI’s technology to customer needs, organizational change, and meaningful business outcomes
- Collaborate with brand, product marketing, sales, communications, and other partners throughout the creative process, from concept to final delivery
- Contribute to and apply OpenAI’s motion design principles and systems consistently across B2B channels and touchpoints
- Build storyboards, motion studies, and prototypes to explore ideas and communicate creative direction
- Execute high-quality animations with attention to detail, pacing, typography, and consistency
- Adapt work for multiple audiences while maintaining brand standards and the integrity of the underlying technical story
- Partner with producers and project managers to scope work, manage timelines, and deliver on deadlines
- Participate in reviews and critiques by giving and incorporating clear, constructive feedback
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Animation, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 8+ years of experience in motion design, with a portfolio showing strong brand, campaign, or B2B marketing work
- Proficiency in industry-standard motion design and animation tools
- Strong fundamentals in storytelling, timing, composition, typography, and visual systems
- Experience translating complex products, technologies, or ideas into accessible creative work
- Experience creating motion across B2B marketing and communications touchpoints
- Ability to collaborate across creative and business disciplines and clearly communicate design decisions
- Comfort working with evolving briefs, technical subject matter, and multiple stakeholder perspectives
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment with a high bar for quality
Nice to have
- Experience creating work for enterprise technology, AI, developer, or B2B audiences
- Experience working on global brand, product marketing, or integrated B2B campaigns
- Familiarity with motion systems or design systems for global brands
- Experience partnering with product marketing, sales, product design, or engineering teams
- Experience developing customer stories, event content, executive presentations, or sales-enablement creative
- Exposure to emerging motion formats, including interactive, immersive, or real-time experiences
About the team
Business Marketing helps organizations understand and put OpenAI’s products to work. The creative team brings that story to life across campaigns, launches, and everyday marketing experiences, partnering closely with marketing to produce ambitious, thoughtful creative that connects with business audiences.
