Motion Design Fellow, Business Insider
June 2026
Fellows are paid $23 per hour
3 days a week in office
Online news platform
Be an early applicant
Online news platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
Fellows are paid $23 per hour
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To inform and inspire the digital generation and become the most influential and loved journalism brand in the world.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate should have thorough knowledge of After Effects and a passion for animation
- A passion for visual storytelling through animations
- A strong eye for design, including a solid understanding of color theory, composition, and an interest in collage or mixed-media visual styles
- Strong skills in Photoshop and After Effects. Proficiency in Illustrator and Premiere is a plus
- Proofreading and copywriting skills
- A passion for digital storytelling and voracious reading habits
- Familiarity with digital and social media
- The ability to work quickly and collaboratively with a fast-paced team
- A love of Business Insider and our mission to serve readers with the information and inspiration they need in a way that’s accurate, fair, fast, and fun
- Are you passionate about this opportunity, but worried that you don’t have 100% of the experience we’re looking for? We still want to hear from you! Apply online and let us know why you would make a great addition to Business Insider
What the job involves
- Business Insider is hiring a motion design fellow to work on videos and create animations for the video team
- The Business Insider Fellowship Program is for early career journalists who want to spend six months learning from a newsroom full of passionate, dedicated journalists
- Fellows are assigned to teams and become experts in digital storytelling
- They produce real work that is distributed to our audience of millions, and by the end of six months, they are prepared for the next phase of their journalism careers
- This paid role requires you to work for 40 hours a week
- Fellows are required to come into our New York office three times per week
- The fellow in this role will spend their time creating original and creative animations across our shows
- Our videos cover a range of subjects, including food, travel, design, art, beauty, and more
- Candidates should be familiar with our existing videos and eager to contribute work in our style
- Recent examples include:
- Why Airport Food Is So Expensive
- How A Royal Dessert From Turkey Turned Into A Global Trend
- Why Owning Nothing Is So Expensive
- Why Going To Concerts Is Harder Than Ever
- They will work closely with videographers and producers to create videos for a wide audience across the web and various social media platforms including Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Reels
- This role reports directly to Senior Managing Producer of Motion Design and sits on the larger video team
- Work both collaboratively and independently to develop explainer animations that translate complex ideas, such as history and economics, into clear, engaging visuals
- Work closely with producers to interpret scripts and turn them into visually compelling storyboards
- Create visual assets including graphs, maps, text elements, motion graphics templates, and backgrounds
- Work 40 hours a week over a 6 month period
Application process
- Applications will close on April 17th
Our take
Business Insider - that entered the market at roughly the same time as fellow digital news and media names Buzzfeed, Vice, and HuffPost - has steadily and solidly built itself into one of the most familiar digital platforms for business, current affairs, finance and tech news.
Business Insider was founded by well-known trader and entrepreneur Henry Blodget and sold to German giant Axel Springer in 2015, which signalled an uptick in its performance. This undoubtedly helped it to weather the storm of the pandemic, which hit advertisers hard, and saw many platforms like Insider's lose out on their major revenue stream.
It's also setting itself apart from the likes of Buzzfeed by staying focused on journalism, rather than moving sideways into entertainment, Business Insider's disciplined approach has paid off, and its subscriber numbers continue to steadily rise. Having established itself in the digital news space, at a time when more and more consumers are reading articles online, it can be assumed it will find further success in the future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
31% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2015
$25m
SERIES F
Mar 2014
$12m
SERIES E
Total funding: $55.6m
Company benefits
- Premium medical, dental, and vision coverage with several plan options, including one fully funded plan. Pet insurance, too!
- Retirement savings plan with a company match.
- Equal parental leave for all parents, plus family planning and maternity support through Maven.
- Flexible vacation policy and 10 company holidays.
- Mental health benefits including membership to the Calm app.
- Offices stocked with snacks and drinks.
- Monthly lunches, breakfasts, and other in-person events at all of our offices.
- An employee referral bonus program.
- Our Editorial Fellowship Program gives early-career journalists an opportunity to make a big impact in a digital newsroom.
- Lunch and learns, panels where we learn from our colleagues, and outside speakers to help empower our employees to expand their skills and advance their careers.
- Eight dynamic Employee Resource Group (ERG) programs that help shape company events, influence policies, and ensure every employee's voice is heard.
Company HQ
Financial District, New York, NY
Leadership
Henry Blodget
(Co-Founder & CEO)Alongside Business Insider, Henry is the Founder, CEO and EIC at REGENERATOR and the co-founder and Chair at Spooler Media.
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