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Motion Designer

SF / NY4/5
Our take

Motion design at one of the fastest-growing dev tools in history. Cursor's product and brand rely on fluid, precise animations — from editor interactions to marketing. A rare motion role at a company where the craft genuinely matters.

Job description

About the role

We're looking for an exceptional motion designer to help evolve Cursor's motion identity as we scale toward a universal platform for building software. As we grow, we're building a brand studio focused on setting a high bar for creative excellence in a fast-moving company where brand and design play a meaningful role. This is a foundational role, with the opportunity to define Cursor's motion language and establish systems that scale across marketing, product, and brand as the company grows.

What you'll do

  • Evolve Cursor's motion identity and create scalable systems across product, marketing, and community
  • Own motion work end-to-end — from narrative, storyboards and prototyping through final execution across product launches, campaigns, digital, film, content, and events
  • Design for multiple audiences — from experienced developers to designers exploring code for the first time
  • Develop and optimize motion workflows, including the integration of new tools to improve efficiency and scalability
  • Collaborate with product designers to ensure motion consistency across the user experience
  • Collaborate with external motion partners and provide clear creative feedback
  • Ship fast, iterate constantly. Let the brand evolve as the product and company grow
  • You may be a fit if

  • You have a portfolio demonstrating strong motion craft, typography, and strategic thinking across formats — from digital campaigns to motion systems and events
  • You've built or evolved motion identities for technical products, developer-focused companies, or culturally defining brands
  • You have experience creating engaging product launches and UI animation for software products
  • You bring strong attention to pacing, composition, typography, and sound
  • You have strong art direction skills, with the ability to set a clear creative bar and guide external creative partners
  • You can articulate design decisions and rally teams around a creative vision
  • You're comfortable working in fast-paced, high-growth environments with ambiguity and complexity
  • You're ambitious, opinionated, and comfortable taking ownership to push work forward
  • [Nice to have] Experience working at both fast-paced startups and agencies
  • [Nice to have] Background in 3D or illustration
  • About Cursor

    Cursor

    AI-powered code editor for developers.

    The AI code editor that took over dev tooling overnight. Cursor (by Anysphere) has become the default for millions of developers — and they have a dedicated design team building the product experience. One of the most consequential developer tools of the decade, with a rare emphasis on polish and interaction design.

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