Full-Time
Senior Motion Designer
Thinkingbox
51-200 employees
Global creative agency producing brand videos
Compensation Overview
CA$85k - CA$95k/yr
Toronto, ON, Canada
Hybrid
Mondays–Thursdays in office; Fridays optional remote.
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- 5+ years of professional experience in motion design, animation, or a related creative field.
- A portfolio demonstrating exceptional design taste, animation principles, and versatility across styles.
- Advanced proficiency in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Redshift, and Adobe Creative Suite.
- Strong understanding of typography, composition, color, pacing, and visual storytelling.
- Experience working within professional production pipelines from concept through final delivery.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across disciplines.
- A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with the confidence to own work while supporting the team.
- Design and animate compelling 2D and 3D motion graphics across a wide range of styles and platforms.
- Develop storyboards, styleframes, and motion explorations that support the creative vision.
- Collaborate with Art Directors, Creative Directors, Producers, and fellow designers throughout production.
- Take ownership of complex assignments, solving creative and technical challenges independently.
- Help maintain a high level of craft, consistency, and polish across every deliverable.
- Provide thoughtful feedback and mentorship to junior designers, helping raise the quality of the team.
- Stay current with emerging tools, workflows, and technologies that improve both process and creative output.
- Accurately estimate effort, communicate progress, and help projects stay on schedule.
- Houdini, X-Particles, Marvelous Designer, or Substance Painter.
- Unreal Engine, AI-assisted creative workflows, or other emerging motion technologies.
- Experience with live action, editorial, or VFX pipelines.
Thinkingbox is a global creative collective that produces high-quality digital content to help brands tell their stories. It offers services in video production, animations, and digital media across North America and other regions through localized content. It partners with brands to develop and execute campaigns from concept through post-production, earning revenue from project-based work and ongoing collaborations. Its approach combines scalable end-to-end storytelling with localized content to help brands build recognition, engagement, and growth.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Vancouver, Canada
Founded
2009
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- January 2026 added Alyssa Belova as Partner after 30%+ yearly growth.
- Thinkingbox expanded to 175-plus employees across six offices after 75 2025 hires.
- Alexandra Panousis remains Chief Growth Officer, helping win North American brand work.
What critics are saying
- Agency revenue depends on client renewals; one canceled retainer hits utilization immediately.
- Big agencies and in-house teams commoditize production, pressuring margins by 2026.
- If growth stalls, acquisitions and 175-plus headcount create integration strain and layoffs.
What makes Thinkingbox unique
- Thinkingbox built a brief-to-built model across strategy, media, and production in 2026.
- January 2026 hires from The Mill expanded Thinkingbox Chicago and London capabilities.
- Corey Hankey became COO in June 2024, strengthening multi-office operations across six locations.
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Benefits
Hybrid Work Options
Flexible Work Hours
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Health Insurance
Company News
LOS ANGELES, April 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Heist, a Thinkingbox company known for pushing the boundaries of brand storytelling through animation, motion, and live-action, today announced a significant expansion with key creative and production hires from The Mill. The move includes the opening of a new Chicago office to support the continued growth of The Heist and its parent company, Thinkingbox.Leading the expansion is Patrick Coleman, who joins The Heist as Executive Creative Director. Patrick brings an award-winning portfolio and a team of long-time collaborators from The Mill, marking one of the most significant team transitions in the design and animation space in recent years. He will oversee creative operations across North America, with a primary base in Chicago."I'm beyond excited to join the Heist family," said Coleman. "It's an incredible opportunity to bring along so many talented friends to strengthen an already thriving studio and help elevate it even further. The creativity, warmth, and 'can-do' attitude truly resonate with me—I'm thrilled to see what we do together!"Also joining from The Mill are Blake Nickle, now Director of Production, Chicago, and Jason Esser, Creative Director at Thinkingbox
To bring more of an AI-first mindset to the role, Clark joins from Thinkingbox, where she worked for nearly a decade, serving as managing partner, focusing on operations and production.
Today, Thinkingbox, the experience agency shaping the future of brands through craft and curiosity, announces Corey Hankey as its first-ever chief operating officer (COO).
Creative experience agency Thinkingbox has tapped Alex Panousis to take on the role of chief growth officer within the collective.