Ruca is looking for a Senior Visual & Motion Designer to join our Philippines team—someone who loves to make brands move, quite literally. If you're equal parts visual storyteller and motion wizard, and know how to make a message land through design, animation, and pure creative energy, we’d love to meet you.

In this role, you’ll partner with our global team to create thoughtful, visually compelling work across digital platforms. From bold brand expressions to slick social reels and engaging product explainers, your work won’t just catch eyes—it’ll tell stories and bring ideas to life with intention. You’ll blend strong visual fundamentals with motion design mastery to bring concepts to life.

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We’re looking for a self-starter with sharp instincts and serious craft. You’ll need to collaborate across teams and time zones, jump into ambiguity without blinking, and bring your creative A-game to everything you touch.

Responsibilities

A compelling storyteller through visual designs
Apply visual design principles (hierarchy, color theory, typography) to create visually appealing designs
Create motion graphics for digital platforms—web, mobile, social, presentations, ads, and more
Collaborate with creative and brand teams to develop visual narratives and elevate the brand’s motion language
Design across formats, ensuring every asset—static or animated—feels cohesive and on-brand
Edit video content and layer in animation, effects, and other elements to amplify storytelling
Articulate conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale, both verbally and visually, to stakeholders while welcoming feedback
Translate business goals and user needs into visuals that are beautiful and functional across channels and devices
Generate clear ideas, concepts and designs of creative assets from beginning to end
Stay up to date on the motion and design trends—experimenting with new formats, tools, and creative directions

Ideal profile

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (or equivalent experience).
Prior experience as a Visual Designer/Motion Designer as well as a strong portfolio of sample projects
5-10 years of experience in visual and motion design—ideally across both B2C and B2B projects
Proven experience in visual designing for multiple channels and digital devices
Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Figma, Premiere Pro, and/or video editing/animation tools
Excellent communication skills and can clearly articulate your ideas, designs, and suggestions
Strong team player who can collaborate effectively with different stakeholders
Thrives in a fast-paced environment and operates with reasonable flexibility
Well-organized, responsible, and dedicated, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deliver refined designs within tight deadlines
Highly proactive, enjoys solving problems creatively
Pays pragmatic attention to detail
Has a deep understanding of visual design standards, typography, iconography, and color theory
Has a keen eye for design and aesthetics
Experience with fast-growing companies and/or design agency is a plus
Experience in 3D modeling and animation is a plus

ABOUT US

Ruca, a global nomadic tribe.

We are a flat, non-hierarchical self-organizing community for creatives by creatives. We are undefined by design. We are a people-first organization allowing our passions to define our paths. We are a home for hustlers to connect, hipsters to dream, and hackers to build cool shit.

Ruca, our deep-rooted beliefs.

Ruca operates with a common understanding of how the best work gets done. We keep things simple and consistently focus on removing all potential barriers to doing great things together at speed. Our beliefs have stayed the same since we were two people to now more than 70. These themes are crowdsourced from and subscribed to by our co-op members and partners based on why they love Ruca and convene here.