Motion Designer

Sanj (Chief Research Officer and co-founder): Sanj did his MSci in Physics at the University of Cambridge and his PhD in AI at the Gatsby Unit, UCL. He won awards at top AI conferences, worked on the R&D team at Huawei, and received widespread attention for his contributions to open-source LLM GitHub projects. He joined Magic Carpet AI as employee #4, where he developed AI strategies for trading which deployed millions of capital before being acquired by Blockchain.com .

Chris (Chief Executive Officer and co-founder): Chris did his undergrad at Imperial College, masters at the University of Cambridge, and PhD at UCL, during which he published 10+ publications and won awards in top AI conferences and journals. He has worked in leading tech organisations, including Dyson, The Alan Turing Institute, and InstaDeep before its acquisition by BioNTech.

Angus (Chief Technology Officer and co-founder): Angus did an MEng in Computer Science at the University of Bristol where he won a cyber security scholarship at GCHQ before working at Qualcomm. He then joined a London-based hedge fund, Coremont (Brevan Howard). There, he led a small team to build a greenfield trade processing platform which scaled to millions of trades per day.

You’ll also work with the rest of our super talented team of AI researchers, software engineers, patent attorneys, and go-to-market experts.

We are a young company of highly motivated, ambitious, and hard-working individuals building a billion-dollar business. Our fundamental motivation is to build a state-of-the-art AI product to assist humans in generating intellectual property and to have mass market adoption of our software.

To thrive in this environment, you’ll have the following characteristics: You’re motivated to move fast - you prioritise speed, are always itching to move faster, and want to close deals on the order of days, not weeks or months. You’re passionate about mass adoption of AI - we’re at the beginning of an exponential curve, and we want to take the latest AI technology and build it into a useful product as quickly as possible. You’re a driven individual with a strong work ethic - our team is committed to going the extra mile, even if it means working long nights and weekends to achieve our goals. You strive for excellence in every aspect of your work - you take ownership of your outcomes and overdeliver on your goals. You’re humble, eager to learn whatever it takes to help your team and customers succeed, and an optimist who thrives in a positive environment.

As our first Motion Designer, you will have extensive experience with motion graphics.

Must haves:

3+ years of experience with Motion Graphics. You must be able to create videos of the quality that, e.g. ElevenLabs regularly release (see e.g. their Series C announcement video: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/elevenlabsio_weve-raised-a-180m-series-c-to-give-every-activity-7290776708985593857-5ENg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop ). Your ability to create such videos should be evidenced by your previous work/portfolio.

Ability to turn very technical products and features into highly engaging, intuitive, and professional motion graphics and animations.

Ability to deal in an often ambiguous environment.

Self-directed, solution-oriented, and ability to work autonomously.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to use motion to narrate user experience based on users' behaviors, needs, and emotions.

Exceptional process thinker and problem solver.

Demonstrates a strong foundation in basic animation principles, often related to physics and patterns.

Master in After Effects and Figma.

Low ego, collaborative, positive attitude, and open-minded.

Creative thinking toward establishing and executing on the vision for team initiatives.

Preferred haves:

Experience working on branding, growth, social media, and promotional videos.

Experience with other animation apps such as Rive and Lottie.

Nice to have:

Entrepreneurial experience (side projects/hustles, early stage startups, interesting or unusual hobbies).

Experience using AI products.