Motion Design Art Director – Interactive Retail [AQ-23340]

Aquent, a leading talent solutions partner, is seeking an exceptional individual to join a visionary team at a pioneering global tech innovator. This is a unique opportunity to profoundly impact how customers interact with groundbreaking technology in dynamic retail environments worldwide. You will be instrumental in shaping the future of interactive retail experiences, translating complex innovations into captivating visual stories that engage and inspire millions.
We are searching for a creative anchor who can bridge brand storytelling with kinetic design, leading the conceptualization and visual design for cutting-edge in-store interactive demonstrations and retail displays. While your primary focus will be creative direction and concept development, you are a craft-first practitioner with end-to-end fluency in the motion graphics and digital retail production pipeline, fully capable of building assets from scratch. You will guide a dedicated team of visual designers and motion artists from initial concept to global deployment, making a tangible difference in how innovative products are discovered and understood by millions.
What You’ll Do
Establish the creative vision, narrative frameworks, and UI layouts for interactive touch demos, companion screens, and ambient attract loops within retail spaces.
Direct and mentor visual designers and motion artists, fostering their growth and ensuring high-quality output through fast-paced production cycles.
Translate complex software features, hardware innovations, and advanced capabilities into kinetic, intuitive stories that capture attention and drive product discovery.
Own concepts from inception to prototype, developing high-fidelity storyboards, style frames, motion studies, and layout systems before delegating.
Champion global brand standards, ensuring consistent application across diverse screen formats and retail environments.
Must-Have Qualifications
A portfolio showcasing both high-level conceptual leadership (messaging frameworks, narrative demos) and exceptional execution-level craftsmanship in motion graphics and interactive UI.
Solid grasp of the end-to-end motion graphics lifecycle, including storyboarding, animatics, keyframing, kinetic typography, screen aspect ratios, compression standards, and hardware performance limits.
Advanced proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud (After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat), Figma, and collaboration tools like Miro.
This role is ideal for a high-caliber mid-level Art Director or lead motion designer ready to expand their scope and guide a dedicated team, where quality of execution and conceptual strength take precedence over years of experience.
Client Description
Aquent Studios is a global creative studio that delivers scale, speed and efficiency to the world’s most recognized brands. We create the work that matters the most to them—work that has a real impact on their business. As an Aquent Studios team member, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with the largest and most influential companies in the world, solving design challenges and extending their brands across tactic types and platforms, including digital design, UI/UX, video, motion, content, print design, web development, and more. If you want to do work that matters in a collaborative setting that values ingenuity and personal growth, you have found the right place!
Other Requirements
Compensation Range: $120,000-$160,000 DOE
The range provided is our reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location.

Work arrangement
Yes