About Ramp
Ramp is a financial operations platform designed to save businesses time and money. Combining corporate cards with expense management, bill payments, vendor management, accounting automation, and more, Ramp's all-in-one solution frees finance teams to do the best work of their lives. More than 25,000 companies, from family-owned farms to e-commerce giants to space startups, have saved $1B and 10M hours with Ramp. Founded in 2019, Ramp powers the fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment platform in America, and enables over 35 billion dollars in purchases each year.Ramp's investors include Sequoia, Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, Greylock, Stripe, Goldman Sachs, Coatue, and Redpoint, as well as over 100 angel investors who were founders or executives of leading companies.
The Ramp team comprises talented leaders from leading financial services and fintech companies—Stripe, Affirm, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Capital One—as well as technology companies such as Meta, Uber, Netflix, Twitter, Dropbox, and Instacart.Ramp has been named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list and LinkedIn's Top U.S. Startups for over 3 years, as well as the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, and TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential Companies.
About the Role
As a Motion Designer on our Brand Studio team, your contributions will be key in helping us distinguish and define Ramp as the brand leader in our category. The Brand Studio team is a multidisciplinary team responsible for design, imagery, video, writing, and operations. We work on high-impact and foundational projects across the company, from shaping our brand voice and tone to establishing the design systems that underpin our website, brand advertising, sales, and marketing materials.The ideal candidate is deeply interested in motion and design systems and has experience working on various marketing executions.
You'll be responsible for scaling the execution of a motion design style that will ripple across brand touch points like marketing campaigns, social media, and web-based UI. You’ll work alongside the brand leadership and designers and collaborate closely with cross-functional partners.
Please note that this Motion Designer role will require you to be comfortable with working in-person at our NYC HQ (located near Madison Square Park) at least 2 days/week
What You’ll Do
Lead the creative development of Ramp's motion design, including setting motion styles & behaviors, storyboarding, and building motion toolkits
Create high-quality 2D motion graphics and animations for marketing materials living on the website, social, events, and any other brand surfaces
Help establish systems to streamline day-to-day animation needs and maintain brand consistency
Work with emerging motion software to help scale motion outside of After Effects
Work closely with Creative Directors, Brand Designers, Project Managers, and Producers to see a project from start to finish
Develop motion tests and prototypes to demonstrate animation concepts and gather stakeholder feedback
Occasionally work with external agencies and freelancers to ensure brand consistency in motion design
Participate in design reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers
Collaborate with UX/UI designers to conceptualize and implement animation solutions that enhance user interactions and improve usability
Work with developers to ensure animations are implemented correctly and performed optimally across different devices and browsers
What You Need
5+ years of experience in motion design, producing high-end creative work for the tech/entertainment industry, production companies, or advertising agencies
Strong portfolio showcasing your motion design work
Proficiency in motion design software such as Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Premiere Pro, Adobe Animate, Photoshop, Illustrator), Cinema 4D/Blender (plus), and Figma
A refined grasp of design fundamentals: typography, color, and layout
Understanding emerging motion and prototyping tools like Jitter and Capsule, which help with faster workflows
Ability to meticulously deliver pixel-perfect work to production
Systems-level thinking and ability to execute high-quality work consistently
Be a strong communicator, collaborator, and advocate for the brand and its impact
Experience in working collaboratively with copywriters, marketers, and producers
Nice-to-Haves
A proactive approach to problem-solving and design challenges
Experience with 3D animation
Eagerness to grow, learn, and develop your craft
Ability to maintain a high bar for craft and elevate the work of others
Be a self-starter, proactive problem solver—always looking to level up the work
Capable of receiving and giving constructive criticism
Ability to navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment and good at prioritization
Kind, curious, generous, low ego, and a great sense of humor
Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)
100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
Partially covered for your dependents
One Medical annual membership
401k (including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp)
Flexible PTO
Fertility HRA (up to $5,000 per year)
WFH stipend to support your home office needs
Wellness stipend
Parental Leave
Relocation support for NY
Pet insurance
Other notices
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.Compensation Range: $123.3K - $145K
