资深动画设计师 - 3D
Staff Motion Designer - 3D
1958年，平面设计师Saul Bass用一组色彩和线条的螺旋图案为阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克的《迷魂记》拉开序幕，在任何对白出现之前就向观众传达了关于执念的一切。Bass并不把片头序列看作电影“真正开始”前的例行事项——他将其视为一种独立的故事叙述形式，完全由动态、排版和节奏构成。他随后为《惊魂记》、《西北偏北》和《谋杀案的剖析》设计了开场，证明了运动的方式可以像所展示的内容一样富有意义。
Mercury认为这种设计上的用心和工艺在现代金融领域已经遗失，我们正在打造一个重新带回这种理念的品牌。我们是一家金融科技公司，打造的产品使用体验非凡。我们通过将银行服务从一种令人沮丧的过程转变为实现人们和企业抱负的催化剂，帮助他们更好地管理资金。
我们正在寻找一位资深动态设计师，负责Mercury的动态设计工作，从介绍我们最大赌注的发布影片和产品视频，到定义所有界面中动态效果的系统和标准。这是团队中最高级别的设计角色：一位通过自身作品设定标准的人。你将在我们最重要的品牌时刻中自由地在3D世界、材质和纹理之间切换，同时处理日常的动态、UI和交互工作，让Mercury在每个出现的地方都显得细致周到。你还将帮助定义人工智能在Mercury动态设计中的应用——利用它加快预览、迭代和素材生成的速度，同时清楚地知道哪些地方仍需手工完成。
*Mercury是一家金融科技公司，不是FDIC承保的银行。银行服务由Choice Financial Group和Column N.A.提供，均为FDIC成员。
在这个职位中，你将：
- 领导重大产品发布、活动和品牌时刻的动态概念，具备强大的3D能力，涵盖产品可视化、环境、物体和品牌世界。
- 创建3D世界、材质和纹理，为Mercury最重要的发布和品牌时刻赋予独特且可识别的风格。
- 领导产品叙事、标题设计、排版、转场、图表和UI动态，将复杂的产品转化为简单而引人入胜的视觉故事。
- 定义并构建Mercury的动态设计系统：包括排版、节奏、转场、产品UI、声音和交互的原则，以及可重复使用的行为和模板，这些模板不会显得生硬呆板。
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In 1958, graphic designer Saul Bass opened Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo with a spiral of color and line that told you everything about obsession before a single line of dialogue was spoken. Bass didn't think of the title sequence as a formality before the "real" movie started — he treated it as its own act of storytelling, one built entirely from motion, typography, and rhythm. He went on to define the opening moments of Psycho, North by Northwest, and Anatomy of a Murder, proving that how something moves can carry as much meaning as what it shows.
Mercury believes that level of care and craft in design has been lost in modern finance and we're building a brand that brings it back. We're a financial technology company building products that feel extraordinary to use. We help people and businesses accomplish more with their money by turning banking* from a frustration into a catalyst for their ambitions.
We're looking for a Staff Motion Designer to own motion at Mercury, from the launch films and product videos that introduce our biggest bets, to the systems and standards that define how motion looks and feels across every surface. This is the most senior craft role on the team: someone who sets the bar through their own work. You'll move fluidly between 3D worlds, materials, and textures for our highest-profile brand moments, and the day-to-day motion, UI, and interaction work that makes Mercury feel considered everywhere it shows up. You'll also help define how AI fits into a motion practice at Mercury — using it to move faster on pre-vis, iteration, and asset generation, while knowing exactly where craft still has to be done by hand.
*Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC.
In this role, you'll:
- Lead motion concepts for major product launches, campaigns, and brand moments, with strong 3D capability across product visualization, environments, objects, and brand worlds.
- Build 3D worlds, materials, and textures that give Mercury's biggest launches and brand moments a distinct, recognizable feel.
- Lead product storytelling, title design, typography, transitions, diagrams, and UI motion, turning complex products into simple, compelling visual stories.
- Define and build out Mercury's motion design system: principles for typography, pacing, transitions, product UI, sound, and interaction, plus reusable behaviors and templates that don't feel templated.
- Explore motion in interactive contexts, and bring an informed point of view on where AI tooling can extend the team's speed and craft without flattening it.
- Build and champion AI-assisted workflows for motion and 3D, from generative pre-vis and storyboarding to texture, world, and asset generation, and share what's working with the rest of Brand Studio.
- Evaluate new AI creative tools as they emerge and make the call on which are worth adopting into the team's pipeline versus which compromise craft.
- Partner with Design, Writing, Narrative, and Production from concept through delivery, and act as a key cross-functional player on the brand's biggest moments.
- Personally lead high-level 3D and motion craft while art-directing specialist animators, 3D artists, and studios when additional depth or scale is needed.
- Raise the motion craft of the broader Brand Studio through partnership, critique, and example: set the standard by doing the work, not just defining it.
- Protect craft and coherence across every moving expression of the brand, from a 30-second launch film to a UI micro-interaction.
What you'll bring:
- 10+ years of professional experience in motion design, with a portfolio that shows mastery across 3D and 2D: not just execution, but conceptual thinking about how motion should move, feel, and unfold over time.
- Advanced proficiency in Cinema 4D, Houdini, Blender, or similar 3D tools, including materials, texturing, lighting, and world-building.
- Advanced proficiency in After Effects or similar 2D motion tools, with deep command of timing, easing, composition, and finishing detail.
- Experience building and documenting motion systems or brand guidelines, not just one-off deliverables.
- Comfort moving between big, high-craft brand moments and faster-moving product/UI and social work without losing quality.
- A track record of art-directing or mentoring other designers, animators, or outside studios. This is a craft-first role, but you lead by example and raise the bar for everyone around you.
- Genuine fluency with AI tooling as part of a creative practice, and a clear sense of where it helps and where craft still wins.
- Exposure to scripting or procedural workflows (expressions, Houdini VEX, Python) is a strong plus.
- Strong communication skills, able to clearly articulate concepts and creative decisions to internal teams, leadership, and external partners.
- A natural leader: someone who thrives in a highly collaborative environment where the best ideas drive progress, not the most powerful voices in the room.
Mercury values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Mercury are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.
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The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits.
Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.
Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:
US employees in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area:
$189,400—$236,700 USD
US employees outside of New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area:
$170,400—$213,000 USD
Canadian employees (any location):
$179,000—$223,700 CAD