Senior Motion Designer, Europe

Description

The company is hiring a senior motion designer for its international creative team in Europe. The role shapes the visual identity through movement, storytelling, digital experiences and generative AI tools.

You would lead creative concepts, raise the standard of visual work, bring AI workflows into design and coach junior designers. You would work with designers, digital marketers and developers across countries on motion assets for digital campaigns, digital out-of-home (DOOH) screens and app interfaces.

The company is part of a global local delivery group. It operates in about 65 countries, is headquartered in Berlin, and has been listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange since 2017 and in the MDAX index.

Responsibilities

• Take projects from concept and storyboard to finished 2D animations and motion graphics that hold attention across digital marketing channels.
• Use generative AI tools, including node-based workflows such as Magnific, to upscale, generate, improve and iterate motion and image assets.
• Test new generative AI tools and plugins, and bring the useful ones into the team's daily work.
• Design and format animated video banners for large, non-standard digital screens such as stadium LED boards, metro display networks and digital billboards.
• Lead video editing, carry out professional color correction and build strong visual sequences for multi-channel video campaigns.
• Build, optimize and export lightweight motion graphics for apps and websites using Lottie / JSON.
• Help keep the visual identity and motion guidelines current, with consistent standards across all markets.
• Act as the team's technical and AI design expert, sharing best practice, improving workflows and guiding design colleagues.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of professional experience in motion design, video editing or visual design, at an agency, a tech company or an in-house creative team.
• Advanced skill in Adobe After Effects and a solid grasp of animation principles, timing and visual pacing.
• Hands-on experience building and adjusting node-based visual workflows in generative AI tools such as Magnific or Freepik Spaces, ComfyUI or similar canvas-node editors.
• Real curiosity about experimenting with AI and driving its adoption across motion and static assets.
• Strong video editing and color grading skills in tools such as Adobe Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve.
• Solid static design basics, including layout, typography and asset preparation, in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator).
• Practical experience building, optimizing and exporting animations via Lottie / JSON for digital products and apps.
• Communicative to fluent English, written and spoken, and comfortable presenting ideas and working in a multicultural environment.
• A strong motion design reel or portfolio showing 2D animation, video editing, DOOH or digital creative work, and examples of AI integration or advanced visual experiments.
• Experience or working knowledge of 3D design or animation, such as Cinema 4D, Blender or Element 3D.
• Sound design skills, including audio editing, mixing and layering sound effects.
• Experience with global-scale digital out-of-home (DOOH) campaigns or large event media.

Conditions

Flexible working hours.

Home office up to 2 times per week.

Based in the modern, dog and child friendly office at DOCK IN in Prague 8.

The company does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or any other personal characteristic.

Benefits

• 5 weeks of vacation.
• Flexible benefits of CZK 3,000 per month, usable for things such as a MultiSport card, a cafeteria or benefits package, food delivery orders, or investments.
• A wide range of inclusive, flexible benefits, including paid leave for a child's first day of kindergarten or school, a birthday day, a wedding, a funeral, IVF treatment and gender affirmation, plus full home office after parental leave or before birth for partners of expectant mothers or adoptive parents, beyond statutory requirements.
• Budget for personal development, software and AI subscriptions, and modern hardware.
• Creative freedom to test, introduce and lead generative AI solutions in motion pipelines.
• An international, diverse and modern work environment.
• On-site massages and circuit training.
• Free ice cream, unlimited fruit and coffee.
• English lessons.
• Employee discounts at Alza, Smarty, O2 and others.
• Advanto: withdraw earned wages at any time during the month.
• The chance to build ideas that change how people eat and shop.