Contract: Motion & Graphic Designer

Upwork ($UPWK) is the world’s work marketplace. We serve everyone from one-person startups to over 30% of the Fortune 100 with a powerful, trust-driven platform that enables companies and talent to work together in new ways that unlock their potential. Last year, more than $3.8 billion of work was done through Upwork by skilled professionals who are gaining more control by finding work they are passionate about and innovating their careers. This is an engagement through Upwork’s Hybrid Workforce Solutions (HWS) Team. Our Hybrid Workforce Solutions Team is a global group of professionals that support Upwork’s business. Our HWS team members are located all over the world. We are looking for a multidisciplinary Motion & Graphic Designer to lead the development of high-impact creative for Growth and Paid Acquisition channels. This role combines hands-on motion and graphic design work with the orchestration of AI-powered systems to accelerate creative development and experimentation. The ideal candidate is a strong visual storyteller with experience designing for performance marketing, an interest in emerging AI tools, and a passion for building scalable design systems. You'll work across paid media, social, and full-funnel campaigns to develop modular, high-performing creative that drives measurable growth. Work/Project Scope: • Concept, design, and scale motion and static creative across paid media, social channels, and lifecycle marketing. • Develop short-form videos, motion graphics, animations, interactive assets, and static designs optimized for paid social, display, and experimentation frameworks. • Integrate AI tools (e.g., generative video, image, audio, and editing) into the creative workflow to improve speed and throughput. • Build scalable templates, modular design systems, and automated creative pipelines. • Collaborate with marketing, lifecycle, product, and creative teams to translate insights into compelling visual storytelling. Test, iterate, and optimize creatives based on performance data and experimentation results. • Maintain strong attention to craft and quality while embracing speed and innovation in creative production. • Support and enforce established motion workflows and production processes. Must Haves (Required Skills): • 4–6+ years of experience in motion design, graphic design, or visual storytelling (agency or in-house). Strong portfolio demonstrating motion, animation, and static visual design across growth and brand channels. • Experience with performance-driven creative, including paid social, YouTube, display, and lifecycle marketing. • Hands-on experience with AI creative tools and enthusiasm for building new workflows and systems. • Ability to create and maintain scalable design frameworks (templates, libraries, automation pipelines). • Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Google Suite, After Effects, Premiere Pro, and relevant plugins. • Familiarity with AI and automation platforms such as OpenAI, N8N, and Gemini. • Excellent collaboration, communication, and time management skills. • Strong understanding of current trends in motion design and creative technology. Upwork is proudly committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. We never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Additionally, a criminal background check may be run on a candidate after a conditional offer to perform your services for Upwork is made. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with applicable law, including the California Fair Chance Act and local Fair Chance ordinances. Please note that a criminal background check may be required once a conditional job offer is made. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with applicable law, including the California Fair Chance Act and local Fair Chance ordinances. The Company is committed to conducting an individualized assessment and giving all individuals a fair opportunity to provide relevant information or context before making any final employment decision. To learn more about how Upwork processes and protects your personal information as part of the application process, please review our Global Job Applicant Privacy Notice Apply tot his job