Senior Motion Designer

Jobtailor; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior motion designer to create high-impact mobile video ads and lead visual storytelling across campaigns. You will craft hooks, pacing, and gameplay edits that maximize CPI and ROAS while collaborating with creative strategists and UA managers.

You will stay ahead of mobile gaming trends, leverage AI-assisted workflows, and raise the visual quality across the UA Creative team with polished, data-driven ads.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of motion design experience focused on mobile user acquisition or performance creative.
• Mastery of Adobe Creative Cloud applications (After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator).
• Deep expertise in 2D animation, typography, editing, and visual storytelling.
• Strong understanding of mobile game mechanics and UI/UX visual language.
• Ability to interpret creative performance data to drive conversions.
• Solid sense of pacing, rhythm, audio mixing, and sound design for short-form video.

Responsibilities

• Concept, storyboard, design, animate, and edit high-impact mobile video ads.
• Produce variations of ad concepts including hooks, CTAs, gameplay, and visual styles.
• Collaborate with motion designers, strategists, and UA managers to align with CPI/ROAS metrics.
• Monitor mobile gaming trends and AI workflows to keep ads current.
• Help establish visual quality standards and efficient workflows across the UA Creative team.
• Drive global user growth through data-backed, high-converting video advertising.

Skills

2D Animation

Visual Storytelling

Kinetic Text

Editing

Sound Design

Gameplay Editing

Pacing & Rhythm

Tools

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Photoshop

Illustrator

Cinema 4D

Blender

Maya

Midjourney

Runway

Stable Diffusion

Job description

Concept, storyboard, design, animate, and edit high-impact short-form video ads optimized for mobile user-acquisition channels
Produce high-quality variations of winning ad concepts, including hooks, CTAs, gameplay mechanics, sound design, and visual styles
Collaborate with Motion Designers, Creative Strategists, Copywriters, and UA Managers to align visual concepts with CPI, ROAS, and IPM metrics
Monitor mobile gaming trends, platform-specific editing styles, and creative technology/AI workflows
Help establish visual quality, animation polish, and workflow-efficiency standards across the UA Creative team
Drive global user growth through data-backed, high-converting video advertising

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional motion design experience focused on mobile user acquisition, direct-response marketing, or performance creative
• Mastery of Adobe Creative Cloud, including After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and Illustrator
• Deep expertise in 2D animation, typography, editing, visual storytelling, and kinetic text
• Strong understanding of mobile game mechanics, gameplay editing, and mobile UI/UX visual language
• Ability to interpret creative performance data and understand how hooks, pacing, and visuals drive conversion
• Excellent sense of pacing, rhythm, audio mixing, and sound design for short-form, mobile-first video
• Robust showreel demonstrating high-end motion graphics, engaging video ads, and dynamic visual storytelling, particularly in mobile, gaming, or app marketing
• Familiarity with AI-driven creative tools such as Midjourney, Runway, or Stable Diffusion
• Experience with 3D motion design using Cinema 4D, Blender, or Maya
• Experience with interactive ads, playable ads, HTML5, or Unity/Unreal Engine asset extraction

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in motion design with a focus on mobile user acquisition and performance marketing, utilizing advanced skills in 2D animation, visual storytelling, and data-driven creative strategies. Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud and familiar with AI-driven creative tools to produce high-impact video ads.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• 5+ Years Motion Design Experience
• Mastery of Adobe Creative Cloud
• Deep Expertise in 2D Animation
• Strong Understanding of Mobile UI/UX
• Experience with AI-Driven Creative Tools

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• 2D Animation
• Visual Storytelling
• Kinetic Text
• Editing
• Sound Design
• Gameplay Editing
• Creative Performance Data Interpretation
• Pacing and Rhythm
• Interactive Ads
• Playable Ads

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Creativity
• Attention to Detail

Industry Keywords

• Mobile User Acquisition
• Direct-Response Marketing
• Performance Creative
• CPI
• ROAS
• IPM
• Mobile Gaming Trends
• Creative Technology
• Video Advertising
• Mobile UI/UX Visual Language

Tools & Technologies

• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Cinema 4D
• Blender
• Maya
• Midjourney
• Runway
• Stable Diffusion