Animator & Motion Graphics Designer

RemoteFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

In-house video animator and motion graphics designer at PostHog, responsible for defining motion language, illustrating and animating assets (including the hedgehog mascot), and delivering motion content across product launches, tutorials, ads, social shorts, and more. The role combines motion graphics with illustration and asset design, with an emphasis on independent creation and brand-driven visuals.

Responsibilities

Define how PostHog moves and shape our motion/animation language
Illustrate and animate the hedgehog mascot and bring it to life
Serve as the go-to person for motion in video across documentaries, product launches, tutorials, changelogs, social shorts, and more
Collaborate with Video Producer and Graphics Lead or take a project from idea/script to delivery
Animate and design assets to show PostHog UI and branding in motion (including 3D UIreinterpretations)
Build the animation toolkit (logos, lower thirds, transitions, motion templates)
Create motion for ads, website icons, and pure illustration work alongside the Graphics team

Qualifications

Advanced proficiency in After Effects, Illustrator, and Photoshop
Strong portfolio with diverse styles (motion graphics, illustration-led animation, character work)
Experience illustrating, designing, and animating motion graphics (design and draw your own assets)
Ability to originate ideas from concept to delivery (script/voiceover, animation)
High creative standards and craft-centric approach
Passion for animation and ability to defend creative choices

Skills

Required:After EffectsIllustratorPhotoshopDrawing/Illustration

Nice to have:3D/UI motion

Benefits

Discretionary/remote-friendly culture (company-wide values: transparency, autonomy, fast shipping)
Remote (US) role
Collaboration with multiple teams and opportunity to shape brand motion language

Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About PostHog

The single platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features

PostHog helps engineers build better products. We provide everything they need to make sure they are building something that people want. This means - product analytics, session replays, feedback tools, feature flags, experimentation, LLM observability, and a data warehouse (with SQL) with one click data imports from the places you use. We've been averaging ~10% monthly revenue growth, we are [default alive](http://www.paulgraham.com/aord.html), and we didn't raised a huge / now-overpriced round in 2021. While others are focused on layoffs and struggling to grow into huge valuations, we're focusing on an awesome product for end users, hiring (a handful of) exceptional team members and seeing fantastic increases in revenue as a result. Check out posthog.com/careers if you want to be part of this journey.

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