Senior Motion Designer — Remote (EMEA): Build Motion Systems

Emploive

Netherlands

Remote

EUR 70,000 - 90,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote within EMEA
Autonomy in a small, collaborative团队
Exposure to AI creative tech

Job summary

Emploive is seeking a seasoned Motion Designer to craft high-quality motion work for product explainers, brand content, and social videos. You will transform UI frames into compelling product demonstrations, build reusable motion systems, and drive a distinctive motion language across digital touchpoints.

You will collaborate with brand design, product marketing, and external agencies, advocating for creative decisions and sharing workflows.

Qualifications

  • Significant professional experience in motion design across brand, product, digital, marketing, or tech-focused environments.
  • Portfolio demonstrating strong motion craft and storytelling.
  • Ability to transform briefs, UI frames, and concepts into compelling visual stories.
  • Understanding of motion principles, timing, rhythm, transitions, and visual personality.
  • Ability to balance expressive direction with functional product communication.
  • Strong storytelling, setup–tension–resolution pacing, and narrative instincts.

Responsibilities

  • Design and produce high-quality motion work for product explainers, website animations, paid social content, and brand touchpoints.
  • Transform UI frames and product concepts into polished demonstrations that clearly communicate functionality and UX.
  • Create storyboards independently to speed concept-to-production flow.
  • Define motion language through patterns, timing principles, transitions, and visual behaviors for consistency.
  • Build reusable motion systems, including guidelines, libraries, and templates.
  • Explore tools like Jitter, Figma Motion, and AI-powered video tech to improve workflows.
  • Produce short-form video variations for paid social testing across formats and angles.
  • Develop scalable product video formats and templates for future launches.
  • Collaborate with brand design, product marketing, web, social, and external agencies.
  • Advise stakeholders on motion decisions, explaining strategic reasoning behind choices.
  • Foster experimentation and knowledge sharing by testing new creative tech.

Skills

Motion design
Brand storytelling
UI-to-motion translation
Storytelling & narrative
Collaboration
Stakeholder management
Creative direction

Tools

Jitter
Figma Motion
AI-powered video tools

Job description

Emploive is seeking a seasoned Motion Designer to craft high-quality motion work for product explainers, brand content, and social videos. You will transform UI frames into compelling product demonstrations, build reusable motion systems, and drive a distinctive motion language across digital touchpoints.

You will collaborate with brand design, product marketing, and external agencies, advocating for creative decisions and sharing workflows.

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