Skill
Animation
3D, Animation and Game Development
Animation is the process of creating the illusion of movement by displaying a rapid sequence of images, whether hand-drawn, computer-generated, or stop-motion. Animators work in film, television, video games, and advertising, using software like Adobe Animate, Toon Boom, Blender, or Maya to bring characters and scenes to life. The field spans 2D, 3D, and motion graphics disciplines, requiring skills in drawing, timing, and storytelling.
Animation in the job market
Last checked September 13, 2026
- Open roles
- 12
- Employers
- 9
- Median pay
- —
- Disclose pay
- —
on Career App right now
hiring for it
not enough disclosed
of these roles
Open roles requiring Animation (12)
Senior Technical Artist
Unity
This role brings together artistic and technical expertise to design AI-powered workflows and tools for game development at Unity. It suits experienced technical artists who want to pioneer the intersection of creative asset pipelines and artificial intelligence in real-time 3D environments.
Listed on Unity’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Bidding Producer, AI Services (Fixed Term)
Shutterstock
Contract · New York, NY · $53 – $58 / hour
This role leads the proposal and bidding process for Shutterstock's AI and custom content production services, managing RFPs and new business opportunities across a global creative studio. You'll scope projects, develop budgets and timelines, coordinate with internal teams and clients, and help grow the business by ensuring bids are compelling and operationally sound.
Listed on Shutterstock’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Presentation Designer
Vercel
New York, NY · $152,000 – $209,000
Vercel seeks a designer to create compelling presentations for executives, product teams, and high-profile events, owning everything from initial concept to final delivery. The role balances hands-on creative work with building scalable template systems and tools that enable teams across the company to produce on-brand decks efficiently.
Listed on Vercel’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Motion Designer & Editor
Astranis
San Francisco, CA · $100,000 – $150,000
Astranis, a satellite communications company, seeks a senior motion designer and editor to lead video production across marketing, product, and corporate communications, creating motion graphics and visual systems that communicate complex aerospace technology. This role combines post-production expertise with creative direction, requiring both technical mastery of editing and animation tools and the ability to collaborate across engineering and business teams.
Listed on Astranis’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Contractor - Email Designer
MNTN
Contract · United States
MNTN seeks an experienced email designer to refresh their marketing email template library and support ongoing campaign design work. This is ideal for someone with deep email design expertise who can balance creative vision with technical deliverability constraints and enjoys optimizing for performance metrics.
Listed on MNTN’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Video Journalist, International
The New York Times Company
Full-time · New York, NY · $113,271 – $136,000
The New York Times International desk seeks a video journalist to produce and edit multimedia stories with foreign correspondents, crafting innovative approaches to international news coverage for both core and new audiences. This role suits experienced video professionals who combine strong technical editing skills with journalistic judgment and the ability to collaborate closely with international teams.
Listed on The New York Times Company’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Product Designer
Duolingo
Pittsburgh, PA · $150,000 – $200,000
This role involves designing engaging learning experiences across Duolingo's mobile apps and web presence, with a focus on polishing user flows, animations, and interactions that embody the brand's playful tone. It's suited to an experienced product designer who thrives on craft, can lead design initiatives independently, and wants to influence products used by hundreds of millions of learners.
Listed on Duolingo’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Motion Designer
AlphaSense
Remote - United States · $116,000 – $160,000
This role bridges cinematic motion design with AI-driven production, combining traditional animation excellence with emerging generative tools to define AlphaSense's visual brand identity. You'll split your time between crafting high-end animations and architecting repeatable, AI-augmented workflows that scale the team's creative output.
Listed on AlphaSense’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Lead Gameplay Animator
Bonfire Studios
Full-time · Irvine, CA · $196,500 – $247,133
Lead the animation vision and team at Bonfire Studios on their debut competitive multiplayer title, Arkheron. This role blends hands-on combat animation work with mentoring a small animation team and partnering across disciplines to ensure every character movement serves gameplay clarity and feel in a 15v3 PVP experience.
Listed on Bonfire Studios’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Video Journalist, International
The New York Times Company
Full-time · New York, NY · $124,980 – $152,000
This role produces and edits video stories for The New York Times' international coverage, collaborating with foreign correspondents to create innovative short-form video journalism that reaches digital audiences. It suits experienced video journalists who can lead production independently, excel at storytelling across multiple formats, and thrive working with distributed teams across different time zones.
Listed on The New York Times Company’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Asked for alongside Animation
Measured from the 12 open roles that name Animation — not from a curated list.
- Figma6 roles50.0%
- Motion Graphics5 roles41.7%
- Video Editing4 roles33.3%
- Adobe Premiere3 roles25.0%
- Blender3 roles25.0%
- Video Production3 roles25.0%
Roles that use Animation
Employers hiring for Animation
9 in total, most open roles first.
- The New York Times Company4 roles
- AAlphaSense1 role
- AAstranis1 role
- BSBonfire Studios1 role
- DDuolingo1 role
- MMNTN1 role
Related skills
Curated neighbors in the taxonomy, whether or not employers ask for them together.