Motion Design - Freelance

Digital Agency Jobs; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

DEPT is a Growth Invention company delivering motion design for global campaigns. We seek a Motion Designer to create engaging animations and static designs, collaborating with a creative team from concept to delivery.

You will contribute to projects with both creative excellence and technical precision. Responsibilities include bringing storyboards to life in After Effects, maintaining organized files, and staying aligned with design trends.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in motion/graphic design.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the team to understand project requirements and deliver motion graphics, typography, and video animations.
• Work within templates while maintaining creative freedom, ensuring organized and efficient files.
• Bring storyboards to life using After Effects, managing assets and meeting deadlines.
• Align designs with trends and culture across various platforms and formats.
• Stay up-to-date with design trends and integrate them into your work.
• Use Figma for storyboarding concepts and After Effects for animation, ensuring a smooth workflow.
• Create and modify After Effects templates, including brand templates, and develop new ones as needed.
• Set motion direction for campaigns, balancing template-based and conceptual work.

Skills

Motion design

After Effects

Figma

Photoshop

Illustrator

Video editing

Typography

Time management

Independent work

Team collaboration

Tools

After Effects

Photoshop

Illustrator

Premiere Pro

Figma

Cinema 4D

Job description

***Please note: This is a short-term freelance contract opportunity.*****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: As a Motion Designer, you will create engaging animations and static designs for global campaigns, collaborating with a creative team to deliver high-quality work. You will contribute to projects from concept to delivery, ensuring both creative excellence and technical precision.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with the team to understand project requirements and deliver motion graphics, typography, and video animations. Comfort with static design is a plus.

• Work within templates while maintaining creative freedom, ensuring organized and efficient files.

• Bring storyboards to life using After Effects, managing assets and meeting deadlines.

• Align designs with trends and culture across various platforms and formats.

• Stay up-to-date with design trends and integrate them into your work.

• Use Figma for storyboarding concepts and After Effects for animation, ensuring a smooth workflow.

• Create and modify After Effects templates, including brand templates, and develop new ones as needed.

• Set motion direction for campaigns, balancing template-based and conceptual work.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Relevant experience in motion/graphic design.

• Strong portfolio with completed animation projects.

• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator).

• Experience in animating vector, photographic, and 3D assets.

• Solid video editing skills and understanding of animation fundamentals.

• Strong design aesthetic with the ability to combine typography, color, and layout.

• Excellent organizational, communication, and time-management skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

• Comfortable working on digital advertisements, including paid ads and stories.

AI Disclosure: At DEPT, we use AI-assisted technology (Metaview) to capture notes and summarize interview conversations, so our interviewers can stay fully focused. Using the AI is optional, just let us know if you’d prefer it not be used. WHO ARE WE? We are pioneers at heart. What does that mean? We are always looking forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech and marketing. That’s why we hire curious, self-driven, talented people who never stop innovating.Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care. Meaning, that with people across 30+ countries, we’re big enough to provide you with the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits that help you thrive. While acting small by investing in you, your growth, your team, and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients problems, no matter where you are in the world. DEPT is committed to making a positive impact on the planet and since 2021 has been Climate Neutral and B Corporation certified. 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.Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine. 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.