Animation / Motion Designer
We are seeking a talented and experienced Animation / Motion Designer to join our dynamic B2B marketing agency creative team. This role requires expertise in motion design, video post-production, and digital design. You will contribute across the full creative process, including conceptual development, storyboarding, animation, editing, and the creation of high-quality design assets for campaigns.
The ideal candidate has strong storytelling skills using moving visuals and a proven track record of producing high-quality video, motion graphics, and supporting design assets that resonate with B2B audiences across multiple channels.
Responsibilities
Concepting & Storytelling
- Work closely with peers to conceptualize and develop visually compelling motion ideas for campaigns across multiple channels, including digital, social media, events, and paid media.
- Lead end-to-end creative development from ideation, creative concepting, storyboarding, visual direction, animation, and final execution across integrated campaigns.
- Contribute to the development of scripts and storylines for video projects, offering insights on how motion design and design systems can enhance narrative and messaging.
- Collaborate with scriptwriters and creative leads to ensure seamless integration of motion design, filmed content, and static design assets.
- Translate strategic and creative briefs into compelling visual narratives that work cohesively across motion, static, and experiential formats.
Video Post-Production
- Collaborate with video production teams to edit filmed content and integrate motion design elements, ensuring a cohesive and polished final output.
- Own or support key post-production activities including editing, sound mix considerations, basic colour correction, versioning, formatting, and delivery across multiple platforms.
- Partner closely with production teams and stakeholders to guide creative decision-making throughout pre-production, production, and post-production phases.
Animation & Visual Effects
- Create dynamic and visually engaging videos and animations, incorporating innovative visual effects to enhance audience engagement.
- Ensure seamless integration of motion design elements with multimedia components such as video, graphics, sound, and interactive content.
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of integrated campaign design across digital, print, social, and event environments, ensuring consistency in visual storytelling and brand experience across all touchpoints.
Digital Design (Static & UI/UX Assets)
- Design high-quality static and adaptable campaign assets that support motion work, including key visuals, social assets, banners, presentation slides, event graphics, and storyboards.
- Create and maintain design layouts and component-based assets in Figma, including templates, scalable systems, and handoff-ready files when needed.
- Use Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro) and Figma to create and refine design elements that support design, motion, and video outputs.
Collaboration
- Act as a strong creative voice during internal reviews and production discussions, confidently presenting ideas, providing direction, and collaborating with producers, editors, and external video production vendors to ensure high-quality execution aligned with creative intent.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including client services, programme managers, copywriters, art directors, developers, and strategists to align creative concepts and deliverables with project briefs.
- Foster a collaborative environment that encourages teamwork, feedback, and creative iteration.
- Independently manage and lead creative conversations while balancing creative quality, timelines, and stakeholder expectations.
Continuous Improvement
- Stay updated with industry trends, platform best practices, and customer insights to incorporate the latest creative practices, technical innovations, and techniques into campaigns.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Film/Video, Animation, Art, Visual Communication, Design, or a related field preferred (or equivalent experience).
- Proficient in English with strong comprehension and communication skills.
- 3–5 years of proven experience in a design, video, or motion role, ideally within a marketing or advertising agency environment (B2B experience is a plus).
- Able to start immediately and experienced in working with global teams.
- Portfolio showcasing a wide range of design, motion, and video work, including supporting examples such as static assets, layouts, or Figma files/screens.
Technical Skills
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite:
- After Effects
- Premiere Pro
- InDesign
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Figma
- (Animate, Express, and Audition are a plus)
- Strong experience using Figma for digital design, layouts, templates, and collaboration.
- Understanding of 3D tools such as Cinema4D is a bonus.
AI & Emerging Tools
- Demonstrated experience using AI tools to produce high-quality content (e.g., Runway, Adobe Firefly, Pika, Synthesia, ElevenLabs, Higgsfield, etc.).
- Strong proficiency in AI-enabled video production and post-production workflows.
- Portfolio showcasing 2–3 AI-assisted video projects, including your role within the workflow.
Additional Qualifications
- Strong creative and conceptual thinking abilities with excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
