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About the Role
As a Senior Motion Designer & Editor, you will turn complex concepts into captivating visual narratives through top-tier motion, editing, and art direction. You will bring a refined eye for timing, pacing, composition, and craft, with a proven ability to define motion languages that capture attention and elevate brands. You will own the creative process from end-to-end, shaping early creative concepts and motion systems to guiding the team through final polish. This role leads the creation of high-impact video content for platforms like Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook, operating with high autonomy while guiding and mentoring junior designers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Set, define, and pitch the overarching visual and motion direction for key projects.
- Design comprehensive styleframes, visual systems, and motion guidelines.
- Art direct and edit high-performing short-form and long-form video content for social ecosystems and multi-platform campaigns.
- Craft high-end motion graphics, custom animated typography, smooth transitions, and visual effects.
- Apply expert understanding of timing, narrative rhythm, and platform best practices to maximize audience retention and engagement.
- Direct the full post-production vision, integrating sound design, music, color grading, and finishing touches.
- Guide and review the work of other motion designers, ensuring adherence to project visions and high craft standards.
- Integrate innovative techniques using emerging technologies and AI tools to elevate team workflows and creative output.
Requirements
- Strong aesthetic vision and confidence in shaping concepts and setting creative direction.
- Proven experience as a Motion Designer with an Art Director’s eye for branding, design quality, and visual storytelling.
- Solid, high-level motion design skills with a fine-tuned sense of timing, framing, pacing, and narrative rhythm.
- Hands-on confidence in creating high-end styleframes, scalable visual systems, and narrative-driven motion concepts.
- Expert grasp of editing and pacing designed to captivate audiences and maximize view time and engagement.
- Genuine enthusiasm for emerging AI tools and new technologies.
- A sharp eye for social media trends, emerging visual culture, and contemporary editing techniques.
- A strong portfolio or showreel showcasing high conceptual thinking, exceptional craft, and top-tier execution.
- Native or full professional fluency in German (spoken and written).
- Strong English skills.
Skills
- Motion Design
- Editing
- Art Direction
- Visual Storytelling
- Styleframes
- Visual Systems
- Motion Graphics
- Animation
- Typography
- Transitions
- Visual Effects
- Pacing
- Retention
- Post-Production
- Sound Design
- Color Grading
- AI Tools
- Social Media Trends
Location
- Germany
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid working policy (1-2 days at the office)
- Company pension scheme
- Lease bike options / JobRad
- 25% subsidy for the Deutschlandticket
- Occasional breakfast/lunch at the office
- Smoothie Tuesdays
- €30 per month 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
- Contribution to health through the OpenUp platform
- Social events
- Training, development, and certifications
About the Company
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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<seg_77> 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.