Social Creative Designer

Motion Recruitment; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment in Sydney is seeking a hands-on Social Designer to take briefs from concept to final social-first creative across paid social campaigns, working at the intersection of creativity, craft and performance.

You will produce social assets for Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn and display, create short-form video with After Effects or CapCut, and adapt ideas across formats. Hybrid role: 3 days in office, 2 from home; salary 110k-130k plus super.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years' experience in an agency or in-house creative team.
• Integrated campaign experience across social, digital, brand and TTL.
• Strong design fundamentals across layout, typography, colour, composition and brand systems.
• Strong understanding of paid social and platform-native creative.
• Ability to both concept and execute.
• Confidence with motion and short-form video.
• Strong Adobe Creative Suite and Figma skills.
• Excellent organisation, attention to detail and communication.
• Proactive, resourceful and entrepreneurial mindset.

Responsibilities

• Develop social-first creative across static, motion, digital, brand and TTL.
• Concept campaigns from ideation through to final artwork.
• Create assets for Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, display and landing pages.
• Produce short-form video using After Effects, Premiere or CapCut.
• Adapt creative across formats, audiences and placements.
• Use performance data to inform creative decisions and iterations.
• Collaborate with creative, media and strategy teams.
• Bring ideas proactively and identify opportunities to use AI effectively.

Skills

Social design

Campaign ideation

Motion design

Paid social

Concept & execution

Video editing

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

I'm looking for a talented, hands-on Social Designer who can take a brief, develop the idea and bring it to life.

You'll sit at the intersection of creativity, craft and performance, creating social-first creative across a range of clients and campaigns, with a strong focus on paid social.

What you'll do

• Develop social-first creative across static, motion, digital, brand and TTL.
• Concept campaigns from ideation through to final artwork.
• Create assets for Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, display and landing pages.
• Produce short-form video using After Effects, Premiere or CapCut.
• Adapt creative across formats, audiences and placements.
• Use performance data to inform creative decisions and iterations.
• Collaborate with creative, media and strategy teams.
• Bring ideas proactively and identify opportunities to use AI effectively.

What you'll need

• 4-7 years' experience in an agency or in-house creative team.
• Integrated campaign experience across social, digital, brand and TTL.
• Strong design fundamentals across layout, typography, colour, composition and brand systems.
• A strong understanding of paid social and platform-native creative.
• Ability to both concept and execute.
• Confidence with motion and short-form video.
• Strong Adobe Creative Suite and Figma skills.
• Excellent organisation, attention to detail and communication.
• A proactive, resourceful and entrepreneurial mindset.

Nice to have

• Experience with UGC-style ads, A/B creative testing, regulated categories, final artwork/pre-press and strong copywriting instincts.

Full time role

Sydney based hybrid working arrangements - 3 days in office / 2 days from home.

Salary ranges from $110,000 to $130,000 + Super (depending on experience).

Citizen or PR is required for this role.

If you're a designer who wants to have genuine ownership of the creative process and work across campaigns that need to move quickly and deliver results, I'd love to hear from you.