Staff Motion Designer, Grammarly
$210-250k
AI-powered writing assistant
Open for applications
AI-powered writing assistant
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$210-250k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Grammarly's mission is to improve lives by improving communication.
Role
Who you are
- You’re a detail-oriented problem solver with a passion for exceptional creative outputs and an interest in emerging technology
- Proactivity: The company is moving quickly and it’s easy to feel left behind in the velocity. Intrinsic proactivity will be key for this role to succeed
- Understanding of core strategy: Your work will push the boundaries of our brand, but also needs to be relevant to the business
- Curiosity: This role will require questioning, challenging, and embracing discussion. You’ll need to fall in love with the details and seek to understand where the gaps lie
- Grit: This role will be required to work in constantly changing product conditions as the company continues to ship at a high velocity
What the job involves
- To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a proactive and product-obsessed Staff Motion Designer to join our Brand Creative team
- This role will drive and contribute to bold, expressive storytelling about our products and the customers who use them
- In addition to shipping high-quality work and setting the standard for how our brand articulates itself in its hyper-crowded landscape, you’ll help smooth out operational processes and problem-solve cross-functionally
- Conceptualize our brand and product storytelling through motion: Develop creative concepts and visual storytelling solutions for product launches, brand campaigns, explainer videos, and marketing assets
- Design and animate with exceptional craft: Create high-quality motion graphics, animations, and visual effects for digital platforms, websites, social media, and presentations
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners: Work closely with product, marketing, UX/UI, and engineering teams to ensure motion design enhances user experience and aligns with project goals
- Maintain and evolve brand guidelines: Ensure all motion design work is consistent with established brand guidelines, and contribute to evolving motion standards for the brand
- Lead and mentor: Provide art direction, feedback, and mentorship to junior motion designers and other creatives on the team with whom you partner
- Stay updated on cutting-edge technology: Research and implement emerging motion design trends, tools, and best practices to keep the team’s work fresh and competitive
- Pitch creative ideas: Present motion concepts and storyboards to stakeholders, clearly communicating the rationale behind creative decisions
- Manage multiple projects: Oversee multiple projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines and adapting to shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment
Our take
From professional writing to everyday correspondence, effective communication is critical. Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps people write clearly and without mistakes, checking spelling, grammar, and other potential pitfalls.
Grammarly was originally launched as a subscription service for students, although the platform has moved into the mainstream in the last decade. It went freemium in 2015 and now works across more than 500,000 applications and websites including email clients, enterprise software, and word processors. Paid tiers give users more tools beyond grammar and spelling checks to include things like word choice, sentence rewrites, tone adjustments, fluency, and formality level.
The company has been profitable since the beginning and now has a valuation of more than $13 billion, placing it among the 10 most valuable startups in the US. The AI writing assistant space is heating up, and Grammarly is hoping to defend its positions against offerings including Scalenut, Ginger and Microsoft's Editor by the release of its SDK, making it far easier to integrate Grammarly into other applications. So far this has been used in over 4,000 products and earned excellent ratings and increased user numbers of Grammarly's service.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Nov 2021
$200m
LATE VC
Oct 2019
$90m
LATE VC
Total funding: $400m
Company benefits
- Support for professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback
- Global, local, and team-specific events and programs
- Catered lunches
- Gym and recreation stipends
- Admission discounts
- Work from home opportunities
- Medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity
- Support to set up a home office
- Ample and defined time off
- 401(k) matching
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Alex Shevchenko
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Studied at Vienna's International University before receiving an MBA from the University of Toronto. Co-founded MyDropBox.com in 2006. The company was bought by Blackboard Inc. three years later. Co-founded Grammarly in 2009.
Max Lytvyn
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Studied for an MBA at Vanderbilt University before joining Blacboard Inc. as Director of Product Strategy in 2007. Was General Manager and then Partner at Sciworth Labs from 2004 to 2013. Was a Board Member at Uniweb and invested in farmland investment platform FarmTogether.
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