Logo Animation for Brand Enhancement

Title: Motion designer to animate our brand elephant logo (running + pose animations) — Rive/Lottie/SVG Our brand mark is a simple elephant icon (we'll provide the official vector SVG). We want to bring him to life with lightweight, web-ready animation. What we need Animate our existing elephant logo so it reads as running/trotting across the screen, plus a small set of pose changes (e.g. an idle bob, a little wave/ear-flap, a "look around"). We want him to feel characterful but stay unmistakably our logo — this is our brand mascot, not a redraw. Scope / deliverables A running animation (seamless loop + a "runs across and exits" version). 2–4 additional micro-animations / pose changes (we'll finalize the list together). Source files + a web-ready export that our developers can drop into a site (see formats below). A short note on how to trigger/loop each animation. Technical requirements Must work from our official elephant SVG — we can't have the silhouette redrawn into a different-looking elephant. Separating it into limbs/parts for rigging is expected and fine; changing the character's shape/identity is not. Delivered as one of: a Rive file (preferred — interactive, state-machine, plays at runtime), a Lottie JSON (After Effects + Bodymovin), or a clean SVG sprite/pose set we can animate in code. Tell us which you'd use and why. Vector, crisp at any size, small file size, 60fps-smooth, and it should degrade gracefully (a static logo if animation doesn't load). Motion style: smooth and confident — subtle squash/stretch and easing, no cartoonish bounce. We'll share our brand's motion guidelines. You're a great fit if you have A portfolio of rigged character / logo animation (please link specific examples, ideally a running or walking cycle). Strong command of Rive and/or After Effects + Lottie, and comfort with clean SVG. An eye for staying on-brand with an existing mark. To apply, please include 2–3 relevant examples (character/logo run cycles especially). Which format you'd recommend for us (Rive / Lottie / sprite) and a one-line why. Your rough estimate of timeline and cost for the running loop + ~3 pose animations.