Motion Designer

The Thoughtful Agency; Sydney; On-site; AUD 40,000 - 56,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Career advancement

Regular in-house training

Performance incentives

Gifts from clients

Social events and Mecca coffee

Job summary

The Thoughtful Agency is seeking a talented Motion Designer to join our Sydney-based team on a part-time basis (2–3 days per week). You will bring brands to life with animation and video for social platforms, delivering on-brand, scroll-stopping content.

Ideal candidates have 2–4 years in motion design or video editing, a strong portfolio of short-form social content, and proficiency in After Effects and Premiere Pro.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years' experience in motion design or video editing, ideally in an agency or in-house team.
• Strong eye for pacing, sound, and typography in motion.
• Portfolio demonstrating short-form social content (Reels/TikTok/Stories).
• Understanding of what makes content perform on social and visually appealing.
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple briefs on a part-time schedule.
• Align with core company values.

Responsibilities

• Edit and animate short-form video for Reels, TikTok, and Stories across client accounts.
• Animate static assets into motion content and create story-specific assets.
• Build motion graphics for paid social ad creative with design teams.
• Edit raw footage and apply captioning and sound design.
• Adhere to brand guidelines and templates for consistency.
• Support A/B testing with multiple format variants.
• Manage workload and deadlines across several client accounts.
• Collaborate with creative and paid social teams to translate insights into direction.

Skills

Motion design

Video editing

Storytelling

Social content

Tools

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Job description

Motion Designer (Part-Time)

• Flexible part-time hours (2–3 days a week) that fit around your schedule
• Work across exciting fashion, lifestyle and beauty brands
• Performance incentives for exceptional work

This posting is for expressions of interest only — we're not filling this role immediately, but we're building a talent pool of motion designers to reach out to as soon as a suitable position opens up.

About Us

We are a digital performance marketing and growth agency for fashion, lifestyle and beauty brands.

With over a decade of experience, we've earned the trust of premium brands and retailers, and are leading the way in e-commerce growth. Our team of deep thinkers and creative minds are united in delivering exceptional results for our clients. We're expanding our client portfolio and are looking for thoughtful digital marketers to join us!

Your Opportunity

We're searching for a talented and detail-obsessed Motion Designer to join us part-time (2–3 days a week), bringing our clients' paid social and organic content to life through animation and video. On a day-to-day basis, you will:

• Edit and animate short-form video for Reels, TikTok, and Stories across multiple client accounts.
• Animate static carousel and single-image assets into scroll-stopping motion content.
• Build motion graphics for paid social ad creative, working closely with the paid social and creative teams.
• Create story-specific motion assets — polls, countdowns, stat callouts, transitions — for always-on content.
• Edit raw footage from client shoots and UGC into polished, on-brand short-form content.
• Apply captioning, sound design, and pacing built for scroll-stopping performance, not just polish.
• Work from brand guidelines and templates to keep motion content consistent across clients.
• Support structured creative testing by producing multiple format and style variants for A/B testing.
• Manage your own workload and deadlines across several client accounts at once.
• Collaborate with the creative and paid social teams to translate performance insights into creative direction.

Experience you'll bring

This ideal candidate brings a positive and thoughtful attitude to everything they do. They are a team player and a straight shooter. They'll also:

• Have 2–4 years' experience in motion design or video editing, ideally within an agency or in-house social/content team.
• Be highly skilled in After Effects and Premiere Pro (or equivalent), with a strong eye for pacing, sound, and typography in motion.
• Have a portfolio that shows short-form social content — Reels, TikTok, Stories — not just brand or broadcast work.
• Understand what makes content perform on social (hooks, pacing, captions) as well as what makes it look good.
• Be highly organised and comfortable managing multiple client briefs and deadlines within a part-time schedule.
• Align with our core company values.

What's on offer

We love the thrill of agency life – it's fast-paced, dynamic, and rewarding. We appreciate the challenges too, so we value work-life balance and approach everything thoughtfully. Other reasons our team loves working at Thoughtful include:

• Flexible part-time hours that fit around your schedule
• Opportunity to advance your career as the company grows
• Regular in-house training from industry leaders
• Performance incentives for exceptional work
• Generous gifts from awesome clients
• Regular social events and free Mecca coffee all day!

Our hiring approach

We've designed our recruitment process to be open, supportive, and thoughtful of your time. Each stage is an opportunity for us to get to know each other better and make informed decisions. We'll typically follow the steps below:

• Screening: Our hiring team will review your CV, cover letter, and screening questions.
• Culture-Fit Interview: This interview is designed to help us assess alignment on core values and ways of working.
• Portfolio & Technical Review: We'll go deep on your show reel, technical process, and editing choices. You may be asked to do a short, paid test edit, but we'll let you know beforehand.
• Reference Checks and Offer: At this final stage, we'll do reference checks with two contacts before extending you an offer.

Don't tick all the boxes?

While a stellar CV and portfolio are important, we care more about you, the person. If you're passionate about motion design, social content, and bringing brands to life through video, we'd love to hear from you.