Motion Designer | 100% remote | (B2C & Apps)

Applause; España; Remote; EUR 33,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Applause, a remote-first company with offices in New York and Amsterdam, is seeking a creative video ads specialist to deliver high-performing short-form content for mobile apps. You’ll craft multiple variants per concept, derive hooks from trend research, and iterate based on test data.

You’ll work closely with the UA team on targeting while focusing on strong, results-driven creative. Proficiency in After Effects and Premiere/CapCut is required, along with experience using AI video/voice tools

Qualifications

• 3+ years creating short-form performance ads for mobile apps or a DTC brand.
• Portfolio showing multiple variants of one concept and rationale.
• Strong in After Effects and Premiere/CapCut.
• Experience using AI video/voice tools and UGC footage.
• Experience with app UI animation and screen-recording ads.

Responsibilities

• Create short-form vertical videos for Meta and TikTok with multiple variants.
• Pitch hooks and concepts from trend research and competitor data.
• Work from briefs and results, iterations based on test data.
• Deliver strong creative while coordination with UA team on budget/ targeting.
• Develop templates in AE and Premiere/CapCut for fast iteration.
• Incorporate AI tools and UGC footage into workflow.
• Produce app UI animation and screen-recording based ads.

Skills

After Effects

Premiere/CapCut

AI video tools

UGC footage

UI animation

Screen recordings

Performance ads

Portfolio work

Tools

Kling

Seedence

Runway

ElevenLabs

Job description

About us:

Applause buys small, profitable consumer subscription apps and grows them, rather than building new ones from scratch. The portfolio currently spans around ten apps, like Nomorobo and Voice Dream. The company is remote-first, with offices in New York and Amsterdam, and runs lean: no bureaucracy, no extra management layers, just a small, senior team that owns outcomes.

The wider organization counts around 20 people across the portfolio, while the parent company itself is a lean team of 15. You'd join the marketing team responsible for the entire portfolio of apps, a team of 6 in total.

Role Description:

You build short-form vertical videos for Meta and TikTok: ads that grab attention in the first three seconds, iterated on based on test data. You work from briefs and results, but also pitch your own hooks and concepts from competitor and trend research, always building multiple variants per concept. Budget and targeting sit with the UA team, you just need to deliver strong creative.

You'll be working on:

• Short-form video, plus static and carousel variants of the same concepts.
• Multiple variants per concept: hooks, formats, lengths.
• Reading ad metrics and turning them into the next round.
• Competitor/trend research (Meta/TikTok Ad Library teardowns) for new hooks.
• Templates in After Effects and Premiere/CapCut for fast iteration.
• AI video/voice tools (Kling, Seedance, Runway, ElevenLabs) and UGC-style footage as standard workflow.
• App UI animation and screen-recording-based ads.

Requirements:

• 3+ years making short-form performance ads for a mobile app or DTC brand, in-house or at a performance creative agency, not mainly brand work.
• Portfolio showing multiple variants of one concept, with a sense of what works and why.
• Strong in After Effects and Premiere/CapCut.
• Already uses AI video/voice tools and UGC footage in your workflow.
• Experience with app UI animation and screen-recording ads.

what you'll get from us:

€3,000–5,000 per month, depending on experience, on a B2B contract. Beyond that, we keep things flexible, we'll figure out together what setup and benefits work best for your situation.

For this role, Applause works exclusively with Haystack People, a specialized recruitment agency that understands how important it is to find a place where you feel valued and can grow. Haystack People guides you through the entire process: they introduce you to Applause, provide relevant background information, and help you prepare for interviews and negotiations, so you can take your next career step with confidence.