Motion Designer, Brand Creative

About Betterment

Betterment is a leading, technology-driven financial services company that offers investing and retirement solutions for retail investors and investment advisors as well as financial wellness solutions, including a 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. Our team is passionate about our mission, to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease. We’re headquartered in NYC and offer hybrid NY-based positions (Four days/ week in-office).

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled Motion Designer who’s equal parts creative storyteller and visual problem-solver to join our Brand Creative team. While experience with social media formats and platforms is a strong plus, our priority is on technical excellence in animation, timing, and visual storytelling within motion.

With a strong design sensibility, you bring an expert eye for typography, layout, color, and brand consistency, while also being motion-savvy—comfortable animating graphics, text, and video for short-form content. You embody a digital-first mindset, and know how to tailor design for each platform’s formats and audience behaviors. You also understand the unique role motion design plays in capturing attention and boosting engagement in fast-scrolling feeds. Beyond technical expertise, you are a collaborative partner who works seamlessly with marketing, brand, and content teams, thriving in fast-paced environments where priorities shift quickly.

This role is based out of our NYC office. For jobs based out of our NYC HQ, we require in office attendance Monday through Thursday, weekly. Below we've reflected the base salary range we would offer for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Betterment’s total compensation package for employees.

New York City: $95,000 - $115,000

We offer a competitive equity package, health, dental and vision benefits, life and AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance, EAP, commuter and parking benefits FSA/HSA, and 401(k) with employer match as well as a flexible PTO policy. This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus.

A day in the life

Collaborate with our social media manager to create timely, platform-first visuals, including motion graphics and video clips tailored to each channel’s strengths and audience needs

Partner with a high-caliber Brand Design team to push creative excellence, sharing feedback, raising craft, and delivering work that reflects best-in-class design standards

Apply the brand style guide effectively, ensuring consistency while experimenting with fresh ideas to keep content modern and engaging

Collaborate with teammates across design, production, and blog content to help produce compelling content for brand, growth, events, and earned media

Design for evolving platform features like Instagram Stories, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Snapchat Discover, knowing when to use native tools vs. custom graphics to create authentic, visually cohesive branded work

Strive for high standards in storytelling, knowing when and how branded graphics can make the story clearer and more engaging

What we’re looking for

4+ years of agency, studio, or freelance design experience, with a strong focus on motion/video

A portfolio of work that displays proficiency in graphics, motion, and storytelling. Basic illustration skills for minor edits needed to existing assets.

Strong grasp of visual design principles (e.g., typography, color, layout, hierarchy)

Proficiency with design and motion tools (e.g., Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator); Cinema 4D + Redshift a plus)

Understanding of brand style guides and how to balance consistency with creative experimentation

Knowledge of AI-assisted creative tools (e.g., image/video generation, automation)

Ability to collaborate across teams (writers, strategists, marketers, illustrators)

Strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects and meet quick-turn deadlines

*Link to portfolio required

What being at Betterment means for you

We change lives

Join a community of innovators working to transform financial outcomes for real people. Your work will make an impact, always laddering up to our mission: making people's lives better.

We set audacious goals

We set them for the company, our customers, and ourselves—and we won’t stop until we reach them. We don’t just show up; we give our all, then celebrate our wins.

We value all perspectives

When we collaborate, we're at our best. We believe diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes and strive to uphold our supportive and inclusive community.

We invest in you with:

A competitive suite of benefits, including: medical, dental, and vision insurance; life and AD&D insurance; STD and LTD benefits, including infertility support and World Professional Association for Transgender Health approved benefits; and generous parental leave.

Flexible paid time off (and encouragement to use it!)

Meaningful opportunity for community building through our 7 Employee Resource Groups

Empowerment to own and lead change and affect the business

Dedicated professional development opportunities

Lunch from our in-house chef at our NYC headquarters

What happens next

We’ll take a few weeks to review all applications. If we’d like to spend more time with you, we’ll reach out to arrange next steps, which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues.

In the interview process, we’ll look to learn more about your skills, experiences, capabilities, and motivators. Many of our questions will be aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment. Depending on the role, we may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments, as we want to collect a robust set of data points to better inform our decisions.

On average, it takes us around 3-5 weeks to make a hiring decision, depending on your availability and sense of urgency. As a best practice, we aim to interview at least 2-3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision. Please note that, as we usually receive an overwhelming number of applications for open positions, we’re unable to offer individual feedback during the interview process.

We recognize that interviewing for a new role is a big deal. We appreciate you considering Betterment as the next step in your career, and our Recruiting Team is here to support and advocate for you through the interview process!

Betterment is dedicated to providing accommodations to candidates upon request. If you need accommodations at any point throughout the interview process, please reach out to your recruiter.

Please note that in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Come join us!

We’re an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, predisposing genetic characteristic, domestic violence victim status, arrest records, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

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Betterment participates in E-Verify. We will provide the Social Security Administration, and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Please note that we do not use this information to pre-screen job applicants.

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