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About the role

ABOUT US Sierra is the leading platform for customer-facing AI agents, working with many of the world's biggest brands — including The GAP, Rocket Mortgage, SoFi, Sutter Health, and SoftBank — to transform how they serve customers and grow their businesses. We are primarily an in-person company based in San Francisco, with growing offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. We are guided by a set of values that are at the core of our actions and define our culture: Trust, Customer Obsession, Craftsmanship, Intensity, and a commitment to balancing Family along the way. These values are the foundation of our work, and we are committed to upholding them in everything we do. Our co-founders are Bret Taylor https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettaylor/ and Clay Bavor https://www.linkedin.com/in/claybavor/. Bret currently serves as Board Chair of OpenAI. Previously, he was co-CEO of Salesforce (which had acquired the company he founded, Quip) and CTO of Facebook. Bret was also one of Google's earliest product managers and co-creator of Google Maps. Before founding Sierra, Clay spent 18 years at Google, where he most recently led Google Labs. Earlier, he started and led Google’s AR/VR effort, Project Starline, and Google Lens. Before that, Clay led the product and design teams for Google Workspace. We’re looking for a Motion Designer to join Sierra’s Creative Studio and help define how our brand comes to life through movement. This role is ideal for someone who combines exceptional craft with systems thinking—someone who can create standout motion work while establishing the patterns, principles, and frameworks that make Sierra recognizable across every touchpoint. As a member of Sierra’s design team, you’ll partner closely with brand designers, marketers, product teams, and external creative partners to bring stories, products, and experiences to life through animation. You’ll work across product launches, marketing campaigns, customer stories, events, social content, and emerging brand initiatives, helping translate complex AI concepts into compelling visual narratives. This is an opportunity to help build Sierra’s motion practice from the ground up and shape how customers, partners, and the broader industry experience our brand. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Create high-quality motion design work across marketing campaigns, product launches, customer stories, events, social content, and brand initiatives. - Develop motion systems, principles, and animation frameworks that create consistency and recognition across the Sierra brand. - Build scalable motion templates, guidelines, and documentation that empower teams to create on-brand work efficiently. - Partner closely with brand design, marketing, product, and leadership teams to elevate storytelling through animation and motion. - Bring creative, from-the-ground-up thinking to brand campaigns and launches, exploring new ways to communicate Sierra’s vision and technology. - Help establish best practices for motion across digital, experiential, social, and product touchpoints. - Mentor teammates and provide guidance on motion design craft, workflows, and execution. - Explore new creative possibilities enabled by AI while maintaining a high bar for quality, taste, and craftsmanship. - As a core member of Sierra’s design team, you will help shape the culture, systems, and visual language that define our brand. WHAT YOU’LL BRING - Proven Experience: 8+ years of motion design experience with a portfolio that demonstrates exceptional craft, strong storytelling, and the ability to build scalable design systems. Experience supporting high-growth technology, SaaS, AI, B2B, or consumer brands is preferred. - Motion Craft Excellence: Deep expertise in animati

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