Senior Interactive Motion Designer (Rive and Web Animation Specialist) -Hourly

Senior Interactive Motion Designer BlueFlag LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Interactive Motion Designer to create high-performance, emotionally resonant interactive experiences for our marketing website and digital products.
In this contract role, you will design and deliver motion systems that begin with clean, minimalist line art and evolve into rich, responsive animations that feel alive. You will own the full motion pipeline — from concept and asset creation through interactive development, performance optimization, and seamless handoff to our Angular front-end team.
You will be our primary specialist for interactive motion, working closely with UI/UX and engineering to ensure every animation enhances brand storytelling, drives engagement, and performs flawlessly across devices and themes.
What You'll Do
Design and build interactive vector animation systems in Rive, including state machines, pointer/touch listeners, bone-driven elements, data binding, and real-time responsiveness
Create premium motion graphics and video assets in After Effects with perfect transparency, reversible timelines, loopable sequences, and web-optimized exports (ProRes 4444, WebM, etc.)
Develop minimalist line-art animations that gradually transition into more organic, life-like motion while maintaining a cohesive visual language
Build cursor- and touch-responsive interactions (subtle repulsion, attraction, sway, micro-movements) that feel natural and delightful
Design and optimize multi-layer experiences that combine breathing backgrounds, transparent video, and interactive vector overlays running at 60 fps with no visual conflicts
Establish motion design systems that work beautifully in both light and dark modes, using a restrained grayscale palette with one consistent accent color
Collaborate daily with front-end developers on integration, event handling, responsive behavior, and performance tuning within Angular components
Optimize all deliverables for file size, load speed, and cross-device performance (desktop, tablet, mobile touch)
Provide clean, well-documented source files, export settings, and technical guidance so the engineering team can implement without friction
Contribute strategic input on how motion can improve user engagement, brand perception, and conversion on key marketing pages
Optionally develop lightweight Canvas or Three.js fallbacks when needed
Work remotely from the Philippines with at least 3–4 hours overlap with US Eastern Time on most days
Why Join BlueFlag?
At BlueFlag, we value innovation and excellence. You'll work on high-visibility interactive experiences in a flexible contract environment where your creative and technical decisions directly shape how visitors experience our brand. If you love turning simple line work into something that feels alive and want to ship production-ready motion that performs beautifully in real browsers, we want to hear from you!