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About Motion Design

Why Study Motion Design at Cedarville?

From animated explainers and title sequences to social media content and ministry media, motion design transforms static visuals into engaging experiences that help audiences learn, remember, and respond. By combining animation, movement, timing, and storytelling, motion designers bring ideas to life in ways that capture attention and communicate with clarity.

The motion design concentration in Cedarville University's BA in media production will prepare you to become a Christian storyteller who uses motion graphics, animation, and visual storytelling to communicate truth with creativity and purpose. Through hands-on projects, collaboration with other media production students, and mentorship from faculty, you'll learn how movement, typography, imagery, sound, and design work together to create compelling media for real audiences.

Whether you're developing animated content for a ministry, creating motion graphics for a marketing campaign, or helping an organization communicate a complex message, you'll graduate with the creative and technical skills needed to make an impact through motion design. 

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Program Overview

Program Highlights

Bring ideas to life through animation, typography, motion graphics, and visual storytelling. 

Create content for real audiences while developing the technical and creative skills used throughout the media industry.

Collaborate with classmates on multimedia projects that require strategic thinking, clear communication, and creative problem-solving.

Graduate with a professional portfolio that showcases your abilities and prepares you for employment, graduate school, or ministry opportunities.

What Can You Do With a Motion Design Degree?

Organizations need creative professionals who help people connect with ideas, information, and stories in ways that are easy to understand and remember.

From animated social media campaigns and ministry content to brand storytelling and multimedia presentations, motion designers help organizations communicate clearly and connect with their audiences.

Whether you're creating animations, designing motion graphics, supporting marketing initiatives, or producing visual content for digital platforms, motion design skills are valuable across a wide range of industries.

As you develop both creative and technical expertise, you'll build a portfolio that demonstrates your abilities and helps you take the next step toward career, graduate school, and/or ministry opportunities.

Cedarville graduates use their media production skills in ministries, marketing organizations, creative agencies, churches, nonprofits, and other media-related fields. 

Career Opportunities

  • Animator
  • Content Producer
  • Creative Director
  • Digital Content Creator
  • Graphic Designer
  • Marketing Designer
  • Media Producer
  • Motion Designer
  • Motion Graphics Artist
  • Multimedia Designer
  • Video Editor
  • Visual Effects Artist
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Opportunities to Learn Outside the Classroom

Internship or Senior Project

The best way to learn motion design is to create. Throughout your time at Cedarville, you'll develop skills in animation, visual storytelling, design, and multimedia production through hands-on projects completed alongside other media production students.

Before graduation, you'll complete either an internship or a senior project. Many students choose an internship and gain valuable experience with marketing agencies, churches, ministries, nonprofits, media organizations, or creative teams. Others pursue a major creative project that showcases their abilities through a substantial motion design or multimedia production. 

On-Campus Motion Design Opportunities

Some of the most valuable experiences happen right here on campus. Whether you're interested in animation, visual communication, branding, or multimedia storytelling, you'll find opportunities to create content for real audiences.

Opportunities may include:

  • Campus communication and marketing projects
  • Church and ministry media productions
  • Collaborative multimedia productions
  • Motion graphics for video and digital media projects
  • Promotional and event media campaigns
  • Visual content creation for campus organizations

Program Curriculum

The motion design concentration combines foundational media production coursework with specialized study in animation, motion graphics, visual communication, and multimedia design.

As you progress through the curriculum, you'll learn how movement, design, and storytelling work together to communicate ideas, shape audience experiences, and create media that informs, engages, and inspires. 

Start Your Degree in High School!

Save time and money in high school by taking dual enrollment classes. You'll get a head start on your degree within our Christian learning community and earn both high school and college credit.

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Program Format and Related Programs

Cedarville offers graduate and undergraduate programs with flexible completion options. You may also want to consider these related programs as you choose the degree or program that is the best fit for you.

Program Level and Format

  • Undergraduate
  • Residential
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From Our Students:

  • The class work is nearly analogous to what real broadcasting work looks like, and there are many on-campus ways to gain practical experience in the fields — Cedars, Resound Radio, Production Services Group, etc. I've learned how to act in this field and what is expected of a journalist and an audio producer.
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Program Faculty

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Jeff Simon, MFA

Assistant Chair, Professor of Communication

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Sean O'Connor, MFA

Assistant Professor of Broadcasting, Digital Media, Journalism

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Department of Communication
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