Motion Designer (social first)

Overview

Aquent Studios is partnering with a leading international tech client, a pioneer at the forefront of innovation, to find a talented Motion Designer, Social Creative. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a dynamic team where your creativity will directly shape how groundbreaking technology and diverse brands connect with global audiences. You will be instrumental in crafting visually stunning, social-first content that captures attention, drives engagement, and leaves a lasting impact across various platforms.

About the Role

As a Motion Designer, Social Creative, you will be at the heart of bringing dynamic, social-first creative to life across our client’s diverse portfolio of brands. This pivotal role demands an exceptional blend of motion craft and a keen understanding of social media performance. You will translate concepts, creative briefs, and brand systems into captivating, platform-native motion content, designed to stop the scroll in today’s fast-paced, creator-driven digital landscape. Working in close partnership with the Social team, you will help produce culturally relevant work that significantly drives engagement, participation, and brand impact.

What You’ll Do

• Design and animate social-first content for our client’s brands, including short-form video, animated graphics, looping assets, and campaign key moments.
• Adapt concepts across platforms and formats, ensuring each piece is native to the channel and consistent with brand guidelines.
• Translate brand identity, typography, color, and visual systems into motion, contributing to the evolution of the brand’s motion language.
• Build reusable motion templates and scalable systems to enhance efficiency and consistency for the Social team.
• Collaborate with the Creative Director, designers, copywriters, editors, and the Social, Brand, and Production teams from concept to final delivery.
• Incorporate sound, music, captions, and subtitles to optimize content for sound-off viewing experiences.
• Stay current with platform features, creator-driven formats, and emerging cultural trends, bringing innovative ideas to the team.
• Iterate quickly and effectively based on feedback during review rounds.

Who You Are

• 4–6+ years of motion design experience in agency, in-house, or studio environments, with a strong focus on social-first or digital content.
• A compelling portfolio showcasing strong craft, timing, and storytelling in short-form formats and platform-native work.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, complemented by working knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Strong command of animation principles, typography in motion, composition, and pacing.
• Fluency in social platforms, creator content, and evolving social trends.
• Skilled at working within brand guidelines across multiple brands and business priorities while contributing creative ideas.
• A collaborative, adaptable, and energized professional who thrives on solving new creative challenges in a fast-paced environment.

Stand Out With

• Experience with 3D tools such as Cinema 4D or Blender.
• Proficiency with Figma, Lottie, or template-based motion workflows.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted video tools.
• Experience working with technology or consumer electronics brands.