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How to become a video and motion: 14 beginner jobs open today
Five steps for people changing careers, with the figures from today’s 119 open video and motion postings: what employers ask for first, how much experience, and what beginners are paid.
- Open jobs today
- 119
- Open to beginners
- 14
- Experience asked, median
- 5 years
Five steps to your first video and motion job
- Know what the work is. A video and motion films, edits and animates video for marketing, training and social media. Beginner postings today use titles like Video Editor; Animator Intern; Motion Graphics Art Intern - Summer 2027; Video Editor (Growth/Paid Media); On-Call Video Editor - Argentina Contractor pool.
- Learn the skills employers name first. In today’s 119 postings: Figma (24%).
- Build proof you can show. Two or three results with a number, from a job, a course project or volunteer work. The kind of line a recruiter looks for: “Made 45 product videos in a year; the launch film was watched 1.2 million times”.
- Write the resume and the letter. Start from the video and motion resume example and the cover letter example, and replace every line with your own.
- Apply where beginners are hired. 14 of today’s 119 open video and motion jobs are junior or intern roles or ask for two years of experience or less. See the open jobs and check each one with the resume match checker before you apply.
Questions about becoming a video and motion
- How much experience do video and motion jobs ask for?
- The median in today’s postings is 5 years; 17% of the postings that name a number ask for two years or less.
- Do I need a degree to become a video and motion?
- 4% of today’s 119 postings say no degree is required. Many others accept equivalent experience: read the requirements of each posting.
- How much does a beginner video and motion earn?
- Few beginner postings state pay. Across all levels, the median advertised pay is $150K a year.
Everything about video and motion work
Counted from the open postings on Nov 14, 2026, read from employers’ own careers pages and recounted on every update. Beginner jobs: junior and intern titles, and postings that ask for two years of experience or less.