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roleThe AI-Native Junior Motion Designer will support the Moving Image Team and Creative Directors to deliver a consistently high standard of creative motion output – across digital, social, PR and traditional applications – at the heart of what we offer our clients. You’ll interpret and implement the creative vision across a broad range of projects, bringing a strong and varied motion backgr
ound.Elements of the work will also live in social and PR territory – fast-turn, platform-native, attention-grabbing content built to travel. You’ll need to design as well as animate for this space: thumb-stopping frames, clear ideas executed at pace, and an instinct for what earns attention on social feeds and in PR mo
ments.What makes this role different from the motion designer roles of two years ago: you are an AI-native. You’ll bring proper Adobe and motion craft, and you live in the new generation of AI video tools. The two sit side by side in how yo
u work.You are AI-native. Tha
- t means:Generative video and image tools (Runway, Sora, Veo, Omni, Kling, Midjourney, Higgsfield, Luma, and whatever comes next) are part of your defaul
- t toolkitYou can prompt, iterate, and direct AI outputs to a specific creative intent – not just accept what comes out o
- f the boxYou build hybrid workflows: AI generation, AE compositing and finishing, grade, sound – and you know where each tool earns
- its placeYou stay current. New model drops, new tools, new techniques – you’re testing them within days, not reading about them mon
- ths laterYou can help explain to a CD, an account team, or a client what’s possible, what’s not yet, and what’s ab
out to beKey Respon
sibilitiesCreativity &
- InnovationContribute to original, intelligent, creative ideas for integrated and one-off tactical campaigns, bringing both motion craft and AI fluency to shape how the wo
- rk gets madeLead with the Motion Lead on AI motion practice for the team – bring techniques, tools, and workflows back in
- to the groupPick up motion projects mid-flight from other Moving Image team members and maintain consis
- tent qualityShape frames, not just animate them – make design calls on type, composition
, and layoutCraft &a
- mp; TechnicalCreate motion across 2D, editing, and (desirable) 3D – using industry-standard software
- and techniquesBe an expert in Adobe Creative Cloud moving image tools, particularly
- After EffectsStrong working knowledge of animation principles, editing, colour, codecs,
- and renderingComfortable with industry-standard scrip
- ts and pluginsDesign and apply appropriate visual communication across a broad range of motion projects – educational, web, apps, events, social, PR,
- and corporateDesign and create motion content built specifically for social and PR campaigns – platform-native formats (vertical, square, looping), fast-turn reactive work, and standout assets that earn attention in feeds and in
- press coverageBring ideas for new processes and systems, especially where AI can change how
the team worksDelivery &
- ; CollaborationSee projects through from start to finish with strong project mana
- gement instinctsWork seamlessly with the Creative, Strategy, Production, Content and Clien
- t Services teamsAttend video shoots as a
- nd when requiredDeliver accurate, timely amendments – fully flexible in a high-vo
- lume environmentEnsure all deliverables are fit for purpose for the chosen channe
- ls and audiencesShare knowledge across the wid
er crea
- tive teamMindsetListen to feedback and use it to improve both the work
- and your skillsetStay current with developing technologies across motion production – this is non-negoti
- able for this roleWork as part of the team to deliver
agency obje
- ctivesYou’ll bringExperience of motion design with a reel that proves both
- craft and AI fluencyStrong After Effects and wider Adobe Cr
- eative Cloud fluencyDemonstrable, current AI video practice – visible in your reel, socia
- ls, or side projectsDesign instinct – compo
- sition, type, layoutComfort in a high-volume, fast-amend
- s agency environmentProven ability to design and create motion content for social and PR campaigns – not just adapt traditional work
- into social cutdownsCuriosity and speed: you experiment constantly and bring
it back to
- the teamNice to have
- Cinema 4D and RedshiftSou
- nd design / edit chopsPrior agency or in-house
brand team experience…