Motion Graphics Artist Job at Komatsu North America in Milwaukee

Motion Graphics Artist

Join Komatsu and be part of something big! This role isn't average. You'll be part of a dynamic, fast-moving team bringing Komatsu's global brand strategy to life across markets, platforms, and audiences. This is an opportunity to help define how a world-leading company shows up visually, creatively, and consistently around the globe. We're not just looking for someone to execute briefs; we're looking for someone who wants to shape what's next, energized by building, improving, and scaling how great content gets made.
Key job responsibilities include:
Design, animate, and edit high-volume motion graphics and video deliverables that bring Komatsu's global brand to life across campaigns, product stories, and internal/external communications.
Use motion and editing craft to position Komatsu as a leader in technology and innovation, translating complex ideas into clear, modern, platform-native stories.
Deliver against a high-volume pipeline across multiple concurrent projects; stay comfortable with fast turnarounds, iterative review cycles, and balancing "good enough" vs. polish based on scope and audience.
Partner with stakeholders to scope and manage work efficiently, set clear timelines, and keep projects on track while maintaining brand and technical quality standards.
Help implement and evolve Komatsu's design system for motion/video by creating global templates, toolkits and reusable components (e.g. lower-thirds, openers, transitions, title cards) to scale production across regions and vendors.
Continuously improve how content gets made on a lean, agile team, building repeatable workflows, leveraging templates, and experimenting with AI-assisted and emerging tools to increase speed and consistency.
Design professional-quality graphics and animations from scratch for various creative assignments (e.g., before-and-after explainer animations highlighting a problem and solution, or engaging animated advertisements for digital signage).
Develop concepts and story approaches for a wide variety of applications, including digital-first and social content, tailoring creative projects to platform-native storytelling (e.g., LinkedIn vs. YouTube vs. short-form formats such as Reels/Shorts).
Edit videos using captured footage and existing assets, producing multiple cut-downs/versions optimized for different channels, aspect ratios, captions and viewing behaviors.
Own projects end to end—from kickoff and lightweight storyboards/animatics through edit, review cycles, and final delivery—incorporating feedback quickly and managing expectations on scope, speed, and quality.
Collaborate with the global creative team to maintain brand consistency, evolve creative standards, and apply basic performance learnings (where available) to improve future creative.
Create and maintain reusable, on-brand global templates and toolkits (e.g., lower thirds, end slates, infographic systems, brand guides) that enable faster, more consistent production across regions and vendors.
Qualifications/requirements include:
Expert in Adobe Creative Cloud (After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere) with advanced knowledge of 3D design and animation tools (e.g., Blender, Maya, Cinema 4D, 3ds Max).
Significant knowledge of design fundamentals: Color, design, composition, balance, interaction and motion.
Strong project management skills.
Channel fluency and a passion for staying on top of platforms, formats and technologies (e.g., LinkedIn, YouTube, short-form video), with the ability to create platform-optimized content.
Familiarity with AI-assisted creative tools and workflows (for ideation, storyboarding, rough cuts, and automation), with a willingness to experiment, learn quickly, and adopt new technologies to improve speed and creative output within brand guidelines.
Effective written and oral skills coupled with business know-how to navigate in a large organization.
Self-starter who is user-focused, detail-oriented, and solutions-oriented.
Proficient in QC best practices.
Thorough understanding of design and motion graphics animation.
Strong organizational skills, focused under pressure and ability to manage to tight deadlines.
Portfolio expectations: Demonstrates strong storytelling through motion and shows both range and consistency across work (brand, campaign, social, product or internal communications).
Komatsu provides an extensive and robust employee benefits package that is designed to enhance the well-being of our employees and family members. We embrace a positive and empowering employee experience with a culture that prides itself on a diverse and inclusive environment.