Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
### Why this Role is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Motion design has become a core lever in SaaS go-to-market and product storytelling, particularly as buyers expect clearer, faster understanding of intangible software value. This Sr. Motion Designer role stands out because it sits across both marketing and product experiences, positioning motion as part of the end-to-end user journey rather than a campaign-only output. The Manila hub setup also signals a structured creative function with defined leadership and cross-functional partners.
For a SaaS career, the appeal is the breadth of surfaces and constraints: lifecycle channels (email, web, display), narrative work for campaigns, and UI-adjacent animations that can influence how users perceive usability and quality. Building fluency in translating product value propositions into short-form visual systems is highly portable across SaaS categories, especially for teams optimizing activation, conversion, and feature adoption through clearer communication.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Your role
Dialpad is looking for a Sr. Motion Designer to bring our brand to life through dynamic motion and animation across our marketing and product experiences. In this role, you’ll craft compelling animations that elevate storytelling and enhance engagement across multiple touchpoints, including campaigns, email, web, display, and product. You’ll collaborate closely with our Brand Design team, writers, and producers to deliver high-quality motion work that drives business impact.
As a Sr. Motion Designer, you'll leverage a deep understanding of motion principles, storytelling, and design while utilizing tools like After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator, and Figma to execute animations that resonate with our audience.
This position reports to our Creative Director and is based out of our Manila hub.
What you’ll do
- Work with designers to develop motion concepts and visual storytelling that align with marketing and product narratives.
- Work closely with designers to develop storyboards and animation prototypes to test and refine ideas.
- Translate complex business use cases and product value propositions into visually compelling animations.
- Create and refine 2D animations in a variety of styles and techniques.
- Edit live-action videos for use on social and web.
- Maintain brand consistency while exploring ways to evolve motion design within our brand system.
- Present and pitch creative ideas to stakeholders across teams.
- Manage project timelines, ensuring timely delivery of assets.
- Communicate effectively with project managers, producers, and creative leadership to align on vision and execution.
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment, handling multiple projects simultaneously while adapting to feedback.
Skills you’ll bring
- 8+ years of experience in motion design, animation, editing, or a related field.
- Strong portfolio showcasing motion work across digital platforms.
- Expertise in After Effects, Illustrator, and Figma (Cinema 4D or other 3D tools a plus).
- A strong understanding of animation principles, typography, and visual storytelling.
- Experience creating UI animations that enhance user experiences.
- Ability to synthesize business objectives into visually engaging motion content.
- Excellent time management and organization skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions effectively.
- A collaborative mindset, with a passion for teamwork and partnership across departments.
- Foster and maintain professional relationships with external vendors, partners, and freelancers.
- Actively promote and uphold Dialpad’s culture and values.
- Strong digital communication skills with an emphasis on visual and verbal clarity during remote interactions.
- Able to work US core hours (6am - 5pm Pacific Time) while 100% on-camera in a dedicated, technically enabled remote workspace that supports team meetings, client interactions and collaborative sessions.
- Excellent internet connectivity required.
