Motion Designer (FTC)

DEPT; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working arrangement

Early Finish Fridays

20 days paid holiday

Birthday Leave

Annual Leave Purchase Scheme

12% Superannuation Contribution

Mental health resources

Professional development budget

Buddy Program

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Job summary

DEPT is seeking a Motion Designer to create engaging animations and static designs for global campaigns, collaborating with a creative team to deliver high-quality work. You will contribute from concept to delivery, ensuring both creative excellence and technical precision.

Responsibilities include producing motion graphics and typography, working with templates, and bringing storyboards to life using After Effects.

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Portfolio

Animation fundamentals

Design aesthetics

Organization & time management

Communication

Independent worker

Digital ads & paid media

Team collaboration

Tools

After Effects

Photoshop

Illustrator

Figma

Job description

This is a fixed-term contract initially until 17th December 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

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.

We Offer

• A flexible hybrid working arrangement policy to enjoy the best of both worlds.
• Early Finish Fridays, kickstart your weekend early with alternating early-finish Fridays.
• 20 days of paid holiday each year, plus relevant public holidays.
• Doona Day - 1 additional day off paid leave each year to enjoy some downtime.
• Birthday Leave, 1 day paid day off each year to be taken during your birthday week.
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme.
• 12% Superannuation Contribution.
• Access to dedicated mental health resources including sick & carer’s leave scheme, employee assistance programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders.
• Dept Allowance, a dedicated company contribution towards professional development.
• Long Service Leave, provided in accordance with relevant state legislation.
• Enhanced Parental Leave.
• Learning and Development, continuous growth opportunities through internal training, and "inspirational talks" guest speakers.
• Buddy Program, you will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you navigate your first weeks’ at DEPT®.
• A Certified BCorp Agency and is multi-award winning “Agency of the Year”.
• 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!
• Global DEPT® Cares Month, an annual initiative where our teams donate their professional skills and time to support local charities and pr-bono projects.
• Talent Referral Scheme.

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.

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.

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.