About the Role
- This position sits in the Creation & Marketing service based in Germany.
- We combine data, technology, creative content, and paid media to crack brands’ business problems & drive revenue through a variety of digital marketing solutions.
- Our clients include eBay, Zalando, Merck, Palfinger or Brother.
- As a Senior Motion Designer & Editor, you turn complex concepts into captivating visual narratives through top-tier motion, editing, and art direction.
- You bring a refined eye for timing, pacing, composition, and craft, with a proven ability to define motion languages that capture attention and elevate brands.
- From shaping early creative concepts and motion systems to guiding the team through final polish, you own the creative process from end-to-end.
- In this role, you will lead the creation of high-impact video content that makes brands stand out across platforms like Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
- As a Senior, you operate with high autonomy, guiding and mentoring mid-level/junior motion designers while collaborating seamlessly with creative directors, strategists, copywriters, and account leads.
What You'll Be Doing
- Drive Motion Direction: Set, define, and pitch the overarching visual and motion direction for key projects—from initial discovery through to final delivery.
- Establish Motion Systems: Design comprehensive styleframes, visual systems, and motion guidelines that define a brand’s movement and narrative identity.
- Lead Social & Campaign Content: Art direct and edit high-performing short-form and long-form video content tailored for modern social ecosystems and multi-platform campaigns.
- Advanced Motion & Animation: Craft high-end motion graphics, custom animated typography, smooth transitions, and visual effects, elevating static assets into dynamic brand experiences.
- Master Pacing & Retention: Apply an expert understanding of timing, narrative rhythm, and platform best practices to maximize audience retention and engagement.
- End-to-End Creative Polish: Direct the full post-production vision, integrating sound design, music, color grading, and finishing touches to deliver broadcast-quality output.
- Team Guidance & Quality Control: Guide and review the work of other motion designers, ensuring strict adherence to project visions, client brand identities, and high craft standards.
- Pioneer Workflows & AI Tools: Stay ahead of industry trends, emerging technologies, and AI tools, integrating innovative techniques to elevate team workflows and creative output.
What You'll Bring
Visual Judgment & Creative Leadership: Strong aesthetic vision and confidence in shaping concepts, setting creative direction, and guiding other motion designers on the team.
Art Direction Mindset: Proven experience as a Motion Designer with an Art Director’s eye for branding, design quality, and overarching visual storytelling.
Excellence in Craft: Solid, high-level motion design skills with a fine-tuned sense of timing, framing, pacing, and narrative rhythm.
Styleframes & Visual Systems: Hands-on confidence in creating high-end styleframes, scalable visual systems, and narrative-driven motion concepts.
Retention-Focused Editing: An expert grasp of editing and pacing designed to captivate audiences and maximize view time and engagement.
Innovation & AI Curiosity: Genuine enthusiasm for emerging AI tools and new technologies, with an interest in exploring how they can optimize creative workflows across the team.
Trend Awareness: A sharp eye for social media trends, emerging visual culture, and contemporary editing techniques.
Standout Portfolio / Showreel: A strong portfolio or showreel showcasing high conceptual thinking, exceptional craft, and top-tier execution.
Tools: Advanced skills in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and Figma (including AI workflows).
Compensation & Benefits
- Flexible hybrid working policy (1-2 days at the office, depending on location).
- Company pension scheme.
- Lease bike options / JobRad and 25% subsidy for the Deutschlandticket.
- Occasional breakfast/lunch at the office, Smoothie Tuesdays.
- €30 per month - You can use the flexible package for digital food stamps and/or fitness providers/sport clubs/massage studios, internet costs, and/ or public transport.
- Future Bens - Exclusive access to sustainable, healthy products at attractive deals.
- Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform.
- Social events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations.
- DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
- The opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries.
- The opportunity for possibility: training, development and certifications to help you develop your skills further.
About DEPT®
- DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster.
- Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data.
- We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move.
- Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI.
- We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.
- Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done.