Wealthfront · 19 hours ago
Creative Lead - Motion Design, Creative
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$189K/yr - $189K/yr
8+ years expWealthfront is a pioneer in automated investing and money management, seeking an experienced motion designer to join their Creative Team. The role involves defining Wealthfront's approach to motion design, transforming complex financial ideas into engaging narratives, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to create impactful visual content.
FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechPersonal FinanceWealth Management
Responsibilities
Working directly with creative peers to develop narrative frameworks and visual metaphors that translate complex financial systems, data, and behaviors into clear, memorable stories across brand, product, and editorial surfaces
Defining how our brand guidelines come to life as a system, visualizing the ins and outs of complex financial products with clarity, consistency, and just the right amount of flair
Working with our communications and research team to turn data-driven, timely editorial content into engaging, share-able social videos
Supporting product designers with subtle in-product implementations that produce outsized impact on our product experience, and helping uplevel interactive prototypes
Pioneer motion’s role at Wealthfront, amplifying our brand, product, and marketing experience through storytelling-driven animation
Lead large, complex motion initiatives with a focus on narrative clarity—shaping visual metaphors and adapting storytelling to the best practices of the channels they’ll live on
Foster strong partnerships with marketing, product, design, and research teams to define project goals and scope, while ensuring motion solutions are grounded in audience insight, financial literacy, and intended behavioral outcomes
Deliver unique impact through exceptional motion design craft, balancing expressiveness with clarity and scalability, and anticipating longer-term brand system needs
Establish new processes that enable the creative team to ideate, prototype, and evaluate motion and interaction concepts, partnering cross-functionally to uncover where motion can unlock greater product and business impact
Advocate for motion as a strategic discipline—demonstrating how thoughtful animation improves comprehension, confidence, and decision-making in complex financial experiences
Share knowledge, mentor and guide other team members to better understand the possibilities of motion and recognize opportunities where motion can meaningfully clarify abstract or unfamiliar concepts
Uplevel creative campaigns and multi-touch experiences from concept to delivery, incorporating stakeholder feedback effectively
Take on ambiguous problems by workshopping with peers to explore a wide range of narrative approaches, distilling them into focused, intuitive motion solutions that move from concept to execution
Steward Wealthfront’s motion guidelines as a system—proactively identifying opportunities to improve consistency, clarity, and reusability of motion patterns across all touchpoints
Confidently lead team meetings and working sessions without managerial oversight—articulating and defending motion design decisions through clear narrative rationale, audience insight, and business context, while driving alignment across stakeholders
Qualification
Required
8+ years as a motion designer in an agency, studio, or in-house creative team
Strong background in consumer driven digital marketing and product storytelling, with experience explaining complex or abstract concepts through motion across web, email, social media, Connected TV, and product surfaces
Experience developing motion systems and principles for a brand, consistently adapting effective motion expressions across brand touchpoints
Technical motion production skills with After Effects (or similar tools), with fluency in delivering assets and specifications for engineering and production partners
You believe in our mission. You know that money can be both intimidating and empowering, and you feel invested in our vision of how well-managed finances can reduce worry and enable our clients to live their lives more fully
You sweat the small stuff. You recognize that the line between ok and exceptional can be very, very thin, and you're innately driven to stay on the correct side of it
You expect your work to serve the team. You know that your way isn't always the right way, and you're eager to contribute, even when it might be outside your typical skill set
You are resourceful and enterprising. You think like an owner, are solutions-oriented, and adapt quickly to the constraints and challenges of a nimble team in a fast-paced, rapidly growing business
You create memorable, engaging things that might-or-might-not look like marketing. You have experience finding the moments that bring a brand to life
Preferred
Bonus: 3D modeling and rendering skills
Bonus: Illustration or drawing skills
Benefits
Medical
Vision
Dental
401K plan + matching
Generous time off
Parental leave
Wellness reimbursements
Professional development
Employee investing discount
And more!
Company
Wealthfront
Wealthfront integrates investing and saving products to help young professionals build long-term wealth in any market condition.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$274.2MKey Investors
UBSTiger Global ManagementSpark Capital
2025-12-12IPO
2022-09-02Convertible Note· $69.7M
2018-01-04Series E· $75M
Leadership Team
David Fortunato
CEO
Dan Carroll
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
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