Creative Director, Motion Design

Apple is hiring a Creative Director, Motion Design for its Apple TV marketing team, based in Los Angeles. This role leads the motion design discipline within Apple TV’s in-house creative group, overseeing the development of title sequences, promotional graphics, and motion identity systems across the streamer’s original programming slate. It suits a senior motion designer who has led creative teams within a studio, network, or streaming environment and has a track record of delivering at the highest level of episodic television marketing.

About the Role

The Creative Director, Motion Design sits within Apple TV’s Marketing team, which handles campaigns for the platform’s original series and films from concept through final delivery. Day to day, this person is directing the visual language of motion graphics across trailers, title treatments, and broadcast packaging, working alongside editors, producers, and external agencies. The role requires someone equally comfortable giving creative direction in a review session and getting hands-on when the work demands it.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the motion design language for Apple TV’s original content marketing, ensuring visual consistency across theatrical, digital, and broadcast deliverables.
• Direct a team of motion designers through all phases of the post-production workflow, from concept development and styleframes through final composite and delivery.
• Partner with editors and finishing teams to integrate motion graphics into long-form trailers, teasers, and episodic television promotional content.
• Oversee title card design and animated typography systems for tentpole series launches, coordinating approvals with showrunners, studios, and talent representatives.
• Manage relationships with external motion design studios and freelance artists, providing clear creative briefs and maintaining quality through rounds of revision.
• Collaborate with the broader Apple TV design organization to align campaign motion work with platform-level brand standards and product marketing priorities.

What You Bring

• Ten or more years working in motion design, with at least four in a creative director or senior lead capacity at a streaming platform, broadcast network, or entertainment marketing agency.
• Deep proficiency in After Effects, Cinema 4D, and the Adobe Creative Suite, with working knowledge of current compositing and finishing pipelines.
• A portfolio that includes title sequences, trailer packages, or broadcast design for episodic television or feature film campaigns.
• Experience managing cross-functional creative teams and presenting work to senior stakeholders, including talent and studio partners.
• Strong understanding of how motion design functions across platforms, from linear broadcast to streaming and social formats.

Why This Role

Apple TV has built one of the more respected original content libraries in streaming, with projects that regularly compete at the awards level across drama, comedy, and documentary. This Creative Director, Motion Design position puts you at the center of how that content reaches audiences, with resources and creative access that few entertainment marketing teams can match. The role carries real creative authority within a team that operates with genuine independence.

Apply now for the Creative Director, Motion Design role at Apple and put your motion design leadership to work on one of the most recognized content brands in television.