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Motion Designer (Freelance)
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About this role
Role overview
This is a short-term freelance contract opportunity running through 18 December 2026. The Motion Designer will produce animations and static design assets for global, high-profile marketing initiatives, partnering with a creative team from concept through final delivery. The work blends template-driven production with conceptual motion direction across paid media, social, and brand campaigns.
Responsibilities
- Translate creative briefs into motion graphics, typography treatments, and video sequences, with light static design work when needed. - Animate storyboards to life in After Effects, managing assets, organising project files, and hitting delivery milestones. - Use Figma for early concept storyboarding, then hand off to After Effects for animation and final output. - Build, adapt, and maintain After Effects templates (including brand templates), creating new ones as campaigns demand. - Set the overall motion direction for campaigns, weighing template-based execution against more conceptual, bespoke work. - Track design and cultural trends and apply them across a range of platforms, formats, and aspect ratios.
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience in motion design or graphic design, supported by a portfolio of finished animation projects. - Advanced proficiency in Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator. - Hands-on practice animating vector, photographic, and 3D assets. - Solid video editing skills paired with a grasp of core animation fundamentals (timing, easing, keyframing). - Strong visual design sense, combining typography, colour, and layout into cohesive compositions. - Organised, communicative, and able to manage time independently as well as collaborate inside a team in a fast-paced environment.
Nice to have
- Comfort designing for digital advertising contexts such as paid social placements and stories-format content.
Benefits and work setup
- Freelance engagement with a defined end date of 18 December 2026, suited to independent designers seeking a defined-term contract on campaign-based work.