2D/3D Motion Designer - Remote In-house role - Gaming Client

eight&four; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work predominantly

Private Healthcare & Life Insurance

25 Days+ Holiday

Team Minibreaks

Regular Socials

Campaign Best Places to Work culture

Job summary

eight&four is seeking a 2D/3D Motion Designer to join an in-house team within a top gaming client. You’ll create engaging content that blends storytelling with brand objectives, delivering slick motion graphics across formats and platforms.

You’ll lead end-to-end concept development, collaborate with producers and creatives, and push ideas that balance UX, narrative, and commercial impact. Remote-first environment, strong benefit package offered.

Qualifications

• Portfolio showing motion design across multiple channels.
• Experience using AI tools in creative workflows; hands-on preferred.
• Lead end-to-end concept development from brief to delivery.
• Strong storytelling and ability to translate ideas into visuals.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end concept development and guide junior team members.
• Collaborate with producers, internal marketing and creatives to craft campaigns.
• Ensure a strong, compelling idea sits at the heart of all executions.
• Develop and refine 2D/3D motion content across formats and platforms.
• Maintain high standards of quality, consistency in style, tone and delivery.

Skills

Motion design

2D animation

3D animation

AI integration

Storytelling

Stakeholder mgmt

Creative direction

Art direction

Adobe CC

Tools

Google Gemini

Nanobanana

Arcads

Mirage

Layer

After Effects

Photoshop

Premiere Pro

Job description

We’re a social and end-to-end content production agency. Since 2008 we’ve been building an integrated, digital-first offering that combines content excellence with channel best practice to drive performance across our client base.

As a values-driven agency, our people are our power. We stay ahead of the game by hiring smart thinkers and giving them back what they put in: through rapid progression, industry-leading benefits and a culture which has been named in Campaign’s Best Places to Work for 5 years running.

We’re looking for a 2D/3D Motion Designer to join a new in-house team at one of our top clients.

Embedded within our client’s organisation, you’ll have the best of both worlds – access to learning from one of the biggest gaming companies in the world, with all the benefits and perks of eight&four agency culture.

• You’ll be an ideas-driven Creative, who’s able to work independently and with a range of different client stakeholders.
• You’re used to being a challenger, always pushing for the best creative results that ladders back to strategic objectives.
• You’re a creative champion with a strategic mind who knows how to tell a compelling story with a commercial message.
• You know how to balance user experience and storytelling with business objectives into engaging content.
• You inspire all those around you.
• You’re calm under pressure, mature in tricky situations, and a problem solver both in your work and when work isn’t going to plan.

You must have strong interest in AI and emerging technologies, andhands-on experience already working with AI tools. This role requires someone who is curious, proactive and confident using AI to enhance creative thinking and execution, particularly within video production. Experience with AI is not theoretical - we’re looking for someone who has actively explored and applied these tools as part of their creative workflow.

The main AI software and platforms currently utilised for video production includeGoogle Gemini / Nanobanana,ChatGPT,Arcads,Mirage, andLayer. Experience with these tools (or closely related platforms) is highly valued, alongside a thoughtful perspective on how AI can support creativity, production efficiency and innovation without replacing craft or quality.

In short, you’re a professional grown-up – excellent at your craft, and a solid team player for what will be an expansive team.

Essential Skills:

• A strong portfolio, with examples of great creative thinking across different channels.
• Experience with AI - Google Gemini / Nanobanana,ChatGPT,Arcads,Mirage, orLayer.
• Lead end-to-end concept development, steering the vision and guiding junior members from brief through to completion.
• Collaborate closely with producers, fellow creatives and internal marketing teams and apply your creative skills and design expertise to build innovative marketing campaigns.
• Ensure there is a strong, compelling idea at the heart of all creative executions.
• Build strong relationships and influence key stakeholders defending ideas and pushing the creative thinking along the way.
• Thrive in brainstorms and contribute to the development of original concepts.
• Responsible for a wide variety of hands-on creative tasks, including graphic design, illustration, layout, artworking, asset preparation and storyboarding.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Articulate and present ideas to senior stakeholders
• On top of trends in the creative arts, competitors and inspiration from unlikely sources.
• A love and understanding of mobile games, and gaming culture
• Great attention to detail – quality controlling content to ensure it is consistent in style, quality, and tone
• Excellent skills in the Adobe package
• Excellent skills in storytelling

Bonus Skills:

• Gaming experience
• Working knowledge of motion graphics, gameplay recording and animation.
• Good illustration skills
• Social media savvy
• Experience in the production of content for user acquisition
• Open and excited by latest innovations in the space – for example the use of AI in creativity

Attitude & Communication:

You must be

• Super organised and professional
• A good communicator
• Proactive - going the extra mile to get things done
• Excellent time and project management skills
• Impeccable attention to detail

• Named in Campaign Magazine’s Best Places to Work 7 years running +
• Remote working predominantly
• Private Healthcare & Life Insurance, 25 Days+ Holiday, Team Minibreaks, Regular Socials
• Culture: Open, Engaged & Inspirational Culture