GenK Hiring! Motion - Animation Design Intern in - Ricebowl

We're looking for a Motion & Animation Design Intern to help bring our learning app to life through expressive visuals and animation.

You'll take ownership of our character and illustration work, with a strong focus on animation, helping it feel consistent and, above all, bringing it to life across the product. You'll work across illustration, character animation, and in-product motion.

What you'll do

• Develop our mascot/character illustrations into a consistent, cohesive set
• Animate characters and illustrations with expressive movements, reactions and emotions
• Create animations for key moments across the user experience, such as progress, celebration, onboarding and feedback
• Help build a consistent motion and illustration language across the app
• Contribute to UI micro-interactions, transitions and element states where relevant
• Work closely with our UI/UX designer and developer to bring concepts from design to implementation

What we're looking for

• Currently studying or recently graduated in Animation, Motion Design, Illustration, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, or a related field
• A portfolio or showreel demonstrating relevant illustration and animation work (student, academic and personal projects welcome)
• Solid foundation in 2D animation and motion design principles, with the ability to both create original illustrations and animate existing visual assets
• Familiarity with at least one professional motion or animation tool, such as Rive or After Effects
• Strong visual taste and attention to detail, with a good sense of timing, movement and personality in animation
• Ability to communicate emotion and feedback through motion, and to think beyond a static illustration to imagine how it could move and behave
• Curiosity about character design, mobile products, and interactive experiences
• Comfortable communicating ideas and iterating collaboratively in a team

Tools

Experience with some of the following is useful:

• Rive
• After Effects
• Figma
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• Lottie or similar

Experience with Rive is a strong plus, especially for interactive and in-app animation.

Nice to have

• Character design and character rigging
• Interactive or state-based animation
• Mobile app animation
• Experience preparing assets for implementation and working with developers
• Interest in gamification, learning products or consumer apps

What you'll get

• Ownership of a highly visible, brand-defining part of the product, from concept through to what users actually see
• End-to-end product experience, working directly with design and development to bring your work to life
• Remote working allowed