Senior Editor & Motion Designer, Brand Studio

<div class="content-intro"><p style="line-height: 1.2;">&nbsp;</p> <hr> <p><strong>About Gusto</strong></p> <p>At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve.</p> <p>&nbsp;<br>All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our<a href="https://gusto.com/about/careers/total-rewards" target="_blank"> <u>Total Rewards philosophy</u></a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;<br>AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process.</p></div><h4><strong>About the Opportunity</strong></h4> <p>Editing and motion are where our stories truly take shape. Pacing, sound, motion, and color aren’t finishing touches—they’re the work. They’re how we earn trust, convey clarity, and make people feel something.</p> <p>Gusto is expanding our in-house creative studio inside our fast-moving, late-stage startup. We make cinematic brand films, product stories, and customer-driven narratives—and we also partner closely with our social team to bring those stories to life where our audience spends time. It’s common to shift between a polished long-form piece and fast-turn social work in the same week.</p> <p>We’re looking for a Staff Editor &amp; Motion Designer who is a hands-on maker: someone who loves editing and motion design, takes real ownership of the final product, and wants to help shape how video and motion show up across our brand. This is a senior individual contributor role, focused on post-production craft and storytelling.</p> <p>In this role, you’ll own the motion and edit from rough cut through final delivery. You’ll make judgment calls about pacing, sound, animation, and color. You’ll collaborate closely with other creatives and cross-functional partners on our marketing team to produce great work that defines our brand and that has an impact. And you’ll help us raise the bar while also making the work easier to scale—through better workflows, smarter templates, and mindful use of modern tools.</p> <p>If you’re energized by being close to the work, care deeply about preference, and enjoy improving both the output <em>and</em> the process, this role will be a exemplary fit.</p> <h4><strong>Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Edit brand films, product stories, interviews, explainers, and social-first content</li> <li>Design motion graphics, typography, transitions, and animation that serve the story—not the other way around</li> <li>Shape expressive arcs through pacing, sound design, and color</li> <li>Partner closely with other creatives and cross-functional partners from our marketing, comms and social teams from rough cut through final delivery</li> <li>Build repeatable templates and workflows that enable faster turnaround without sacrificing quality</li> <li>Use modern editing and motion tools—including AI-enabled workflows—to explore, iterate, and produce more proficiently</li> <li>Keep post-production organized and deliver final assets that meet creative and technical standards</li> </ul> <h4><strong>Here’s what we’re looking for</strong></h4> <ul> <li>8+ years of experience editing and designing motion for brand, film, agency, or content studios</li> <li>Expert-level fluency in editing and motion tools, with curiosity and judgment around emerging AI-enabled methods</li> <li>A portfolio that demonstrates well-developed storytelling, mindful motion design, and range across formats</li> <li>Sharp instincts for sound design, pacing, color, and transitions</li> <li>Comfort transitioning between polished, narrative-driven work and fast, social-first content</li> <li>Robust collaboration skills across creative, production, and marketing partners</li> <li>A maker mindset—you enjoy improving how work gets made, not just making the work itself</li> </ul> <p><strong>Compensation Details</s