Senior Motion Designer FTC

Perk; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency is looking for a Motion Designer to join their team in London. This role involves creating exceptional motion graphics that elevate the brand and engage users across various channels. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience, a strong portfolio, and a proactive mindset. The position is a 12-month fixed-term contract and requires a commitment to excellence in design.

Benefits

Relocation assistance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in motion design.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating motion projects.
• Proactive mindset and self-starter.

Responsibilities

• Lead motion design projects for brand engagement.
• Create exceptional motion graphics for marketing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Motion design principles

After Effects

User experience principles (UI/UX)

Visual storytelling

Video production

Premiere

Figma

Fluent English (C1+)

Tools

Illustrator

Photoshop

Lottie

Job description

About Us

Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time‑consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we’re on a mission to power real work, with real impact.

We’re trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we’re tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week, a $1.7 trillion problem.

Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices globally, with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation, control, and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work.

At Perk, we’re driven by our values, like being an owner, delivering a 7‑star experience, and working as one team. We value curiosity, purpose, and mindset, not just knowledge, to unlock the power in your potential. Our talent team brings together leading minds from the travel and SaaS industries, representing over 70 countries. If you’re excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work, we’d love you on the team.

Visit www.perk.com to learn more.

The Role

We are looking for a Motion Designer committed to excellence to join Perk’s creative team on a12‑month fixed term contract. We aim to seamlessly blend functionality with user engagement, elevating our user and brand experience to new heights. We believe in the power of design to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Join us in our pursuit of excellence and be a part of a team that values precision, creativity, and impactful design.

What will you be doing?

As a Motion Designer at Perk, you will play a key role in shaping our brand and user experience. Working within cross‑functional teams, you'll lead the conceptualisation, execution and delivery of best‑in‑class motion design projects to elevate our brand and effectively communicate our value through our website, product, and marketing channels.

• Using creativity and technical skills to craft exceptional motion graphics for brand and marketing initiatives, digital campaigns, events, presentations, product explainers, etc., that engage and resonate with our audience.

• Translating complex concepts into compelling visual narratives and leading the storyboarding and editing process for internal and external projects with meticulous attention to detail and narrative coherence.

• Provide clear ideas and focused direction, working collaboratively with designers, developers and marketers to develop concepts, storyboards and treatments that raise the bar across all our motion projects.

• In collaboration with the product design team and other stakeholders, driving the creation of innovative animations to enhance the user experience and raise product awareness for our products.

• Fostering a collaborative environment where ideas are shared, and creative solutions are explored, offering feedback and guidance as needed.

• Ensuring that brand systems and guidelines are upheld to the highest standard and that visual style, tone, and messaging are consistent across all motion projects to protect and reinforce our brand identity.

• Managing workload effectively and delivering to a high standard on time and within budget.

• Staying current with emerging trends and technologies in motion design, continually exploring new techniques to enhance project outcomes and push creative boundaries. Experiment with the latest tools and methods to elevate the quality and impact of our motion design output and champion new ways of working within the function.

About you

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with a strong portfolio demonstrating proficiency in motion projects in commercial environments.

• A proactive mindset, a self‑starter who doesn’t wait for others to bring ideas, can take a brief to the next level and champion new ways of working within the team.

• Able to think big and small, show bold creative ambition, and flex and adapt a creative approach depending on the project’s scale, requirements, and deadlines. Able to prioritise, manage work and turn around projects on short timelines in a fast‑paced work environment.

• Detail‑obsessed with a keen eye for design, striving for excellence from concept to execution. Able to interrogate the brief and think beyond the script, to sweat the small but important details like grading and sound design that contribute to the flow of the video.

• Proven ability to work collaboratively across departments and disciplines.

• Able to work independently and as part of a team in a fast‑paced environment.

• A creative thinker who can balance a deep sense of collaboration with a strong point of view and express their ideas through storyboards and visual treatments.

• Comfortable giving and receiving direction and feedback when working with other designers, our stakeholders and creative partners.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Skills

• Expert knowledge of motion and design principles, AE, plugins and expressions and how to use them effectively.

• A solid understanding of interface design and user experience principles (UI/UX). Working experience using Lottie.

• Knowledgeable on the foundations of visual storytelling and how to apply it to motion briefs.

• An understanding of video production, editing and post‑production workflows.

• Besides After Effects, confident using Premiere and proficiency in Figma and the usual design tools, e.g. Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.

• Fluency in English (C1+)

How We Work

At Perk, we take an IRL‑first approach to work, where our team works together in‑person 3 days a week. As such, this role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our hubs. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in real life to improve connectivity, productivity, creativity and ultimately making us a great place to work.

For certain roles, we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world, English is the official language at the office. Please submit your resume in English if you choose to apply. Do not forget to submit an updated portfolio and/or resume.

Perk is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that. We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means you’re welcome at Perk regardless of how you look, where you’re from, or anything else that makes you, well, you.

Protect Yourself from Recruitment Scams

All official communication from Perk will always come from email addresses ending in @perk.com or @externalperk.com, our verified social media channels, or recruiters listed on our official LinkedIn page. We will never ask you to pay for equipment, training, or fees, request sensitive personal information such as bank details early in the process, or communicate through unofficial apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal. If you receive a message claiming to be from Perk that seems suspicious, please do not respond. Forward it to [e-mail], and we will confirm whether it is legitimate.