Midweight Motion Designer (4m FTC)

DEPT®; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Competitive salary based on experience

Pension

Private healthcare

Mental health support

26 days paid holiday

Cycle to work scheme

Training and development

Job summary

DEPT®, a Growth Invention company, is seeking a Motion Designer for its Marketing & Technology team based in London. The role involves shaping visual direction, crafting compelling motion content, and collaborating across disciplines to solve client problems with innovative digital marketing solutions.

Candidates should demonstrate strong art direction, motion design experience, and proficiency in After Effects.

Qualifications

• Strong visual judgement and ability to contribute to visual storytelling.
• Experience as a motion designer with art direction mindset.
• Solid After Effects skills with timing, framing, and storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Shape the visual and motion direction from concept to delivery.
• Develop strong creative ideas rooted in narrative and pacing.
• Design and animate high quality motion across campaigns and formats.
• Define look and feel, styleframes, and motion language.
• Collaborate with designers, creatives and other disciplines.
• Guide motion execution to align with creative intent.
• Stay curious about new tools and techniques in motion and visual design.

Skills

Art direction

Motion design

After Effects

Premiere Pro

DaVinci Resolve

Storytelling

Tools

After Effects

Premiere Pro

DaVinci Resolve

Job description

This role is an FTC running to the end of 2026

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

Job Purpose

This position sits in our Marketing & Technology service based in London. We combine data, technology, creative content, and paid media to crack brands’ business problems & drive revenue through a variety of digital marketing solutions like ad campaigns, augmented reality, and chatbots. Our clients include EasyJet, eBay, INEOS, Logitech, L’Oréal, Roblox, Walkers and Zalando.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Shape the visual and motion direction of projects from concept to delivery
• Develop strong creative ideas rooted in narrative, pacing, and visual structure
• Design and animate high quality motion work across campaigns and formats
• Define look and feel, styleframes, and motion language for projects
• Collaborate closely with designers, creatives, and other disciplines
• Guide motion execution to keep work aligned with the original creative intent
• Stay curious of new tools, references, and techniques across motion and visual design

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Strong visual judgement and confidence contributing to concepts and creative direction. Art direction experience showing how you’ve helped craft the visual story of your work
• Experience as a motion designer with a clear art direction mindset
• Solid After Effects skills with a good sense of timing, framing, and storytelling. Video editing in Premiere Pro or Davinci Resolve is a plus.
• Experience creating styleframes, visual systems, and narrative driven motion
• Curiosity around AI tools and interest in learning how they can support creative work
• Experience of working in agency setting
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and working within a multi-disciplinary team
• A strong portfolio or showreel showing concept, craft, and high quality motion work

WE OFFER:

• A flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days from the office, depending on location).
• An excellent salary based on experience and equal pay policies
• Pension, free private healthcare, mental health support, and company sick pay scheme.
• 26 days paid holiday (plus UK Bank Holidays).
• Refreshments are provided in the office all week, as well as drinks at 4 pm on a Thursday.
• Help getting you to work with a season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme.Enhanced family friendly policies to support new parents.
• Social and Cultural Events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations.
• Inspirational Talks, bringing the outside in with regular guest speakers and events.
• Learning and Development, supporting your growth with continuous opportunities to learn and advance.
• Buddy Programme: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®.
• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.
• Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.

WHY DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.