Senior Creative, Motion

About This Role

Strava is the app for active people. With over 150 million athletes in more than 185 countries, Strava is where connection, motivation, and personal bests thrive. No matter your activity, gear, or goals, we help you find your crew, crush your milestones, and keep moving forward. Start your journey with Strava today.

Our mission is simple: to motivate people to live their best active lives. We believe in the power of movement to connect and drive people forward.

We are seeking a talented and driven Rive Animator to join our team as a Senior Creative, Motion. As a vital member of our creative department, you will collaborate closely with engineers, product design, and visual design to produce compelling interactive experiences.

This role will be located in one of our US offices: San Francisco, New York or Denver. We follow a flexible hybrid model that generally translates to half your time on-site— three days per week.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will:

• Build interactive animations for a personalized brand experience, translating creative visions into dynamic, scalable solutions.
• Test and champion new feature developments in Rive to bring complex data and brand stories to life.
• Bridge the gap between design and engineering, owning the technical setup, optimization, and seamless handover of Rive files.
• Contribute to building scalable motion systems and templates that will define our emerging design language.
• Collaborate with product, design and engineering to efficiently connect code, design, and animation by using Figma and Rive.
• Improve our animation tool ecosystem through upgrades, automation solutions, and best practices.
• Make a direct and measurable impact on our business growth.

What You’ll Do

• Having a strong background in Rive, to build meticulously crafted, performant, and interactive animations.
• Establishing and maintaining highly organized Rive file structures, reusable templates, and detailed handoff documentation.
• Demonstrating a keen eye for detail in visual execution and technical precision, particularly within product motion design.
• Collaborating energetically and creatively to identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement in our motion pipeline.
• Rapidly adapting to evolving project needs, and performing exceptionally under pressure.

What You’ll Bring to the Team

• 4+ years of experience as a Motion Designer, with a portfolio highlighting interactive and product-focused animations.
• 1–2 years of hands-on Rive experience, including proficiency with its latest features (especially Data Binding) and working closely with developers on file implementation and debugging.
• Proficiency with design and animation tools such as Figma, After Effects, and Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Working knowledge of 3D tools like Cinema 4D or Spline for rapid prototyping and asset creation.
• A collaborative, team-first mindset, thriving in cross-functional environments and energized by working alongside creatives at all levels in a fast-paced setting.
• Strong visual design skills across multiple mediums, with a systems-oriented and technical approach, and exceptional attention to detail.

Compensation Overview

At Strava, we know our employees are the most important ingredient to our success, and our compensation and total rewards programs reflect that. We take a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on the department and your location. Salary ranges are categorized into one of three tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. We will determine the candidate’s starting pay based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. We may modify these ranges in the future. For more information, please contact your talent partner.

Compensation: $158,000 - $167,000. This range reflects base compensation only and does not include equity or benefits. Your recruiter can share more details about the full compensation package, including the range specific to your location, during the hiring process.

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Why Join Us?

Movement brings us together. At Strava, we’re building the world’s largest community of active people, helping them stay motivated and achieve their goals.

Our global team is passionate about making movement fun, meaningful, and accessible to everyone. Whether you’re shaping the technology, growing our community, or driving innovation, your work at Strava makes an impact.

When you join Strava, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a movement. If you’re ready to bring your energy, ideas, and drive, let’s build something incredible together.

Strava builds software that makes the best part of our athletes’ days even better. Just as we’re deeply committed to unlocking their potential, we’re dedicated to providing a world-class, inclusive workplace where our employees can grow and thrive, too. We’re backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, Madrone Partners and Jackson Square Ventures, and we’re expanding in order to exceed the needs of our growing community of global athletes. Our culture reflects our community. We are continuously striving to hire and engage teammates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives because we know we are a stronger team together.

Strava is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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