Senior Motion Designer(div/f/m)

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.

JOB PURPOSE

This role is part of our Growth Marketing team. We deliver end to end data driven campaigns which foster both creativity and performance. Our specialty is creative, digital communications that drive performance, boost brand awareness, and shift market share for our clients. Our team in Germany is the only agency that combines technology, creativity and data to really make our clients grow.

As a Senior Motion Designer, you set motion art direction through ideas, visuals, and narrative. You combine strong art direction thinking with high level motion craft to shape concepts from early thinking to final execution. You care about story, framing, and how visuals communicate over time. You push ideas forward while staying hands on in the work.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Lead the visual and motion direction of projects from concept to delivery
• Define creative ideas, narrative structure, and visual language for motion work
• Design and animate high quality motion work across campaigns and formats
• Create and own styleframes, visual systems, and motion language
• Guide and support junior and midweight designers through feedback and direction
• Collaborate with creatives, planners, and other disciplines to push ideas forward
• Stay up to date with tools, techniques, and trends across motion, design, and AI

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Strong visual judgement and confidence contributing to concepts and creative direction. Art direction experience showing how you’ve helped crafted the visual story of your work.
• A social first mind who is aware of designing for social and current social trends with a portfolio to match this experience 
• Strong experience as a motion designer with a clear art direction focus
• Excellent visual judgement and confidence shaping concepts and creative direction
• Advanced motion design skills with strong timing, framing, and storytelling
• Proven experience creating and owning styleframes, visual systems, and narrative driven motion
• Experience supporting or mentoring other designers
• Awareness of AI tools and interest in applying them to creative workflows
• A strong portfolio or showreel showing concept, craft, and art direction thinking

WE OFFER

• 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.
• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.
• Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.

WHY DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION 

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.