Freelance Motion Designer (Remote) Job at Monks in Chicago

About The Role

Monks is looking to expand our creative service capabilities by hiring a Freelance Motion Designer until the end of January 2026. You will be helping to build the creative offering for a top performance marketing agency. You will partner with our media buying team and alongside clients to develop creative that drives results. We are looking for a fast, flexible go-getter with a sharp eye, adept skills, and the drive to deliver top‑notch creative for our clients.

About You

You’ll be responsible for animating paid media ads for digital channels (including but not limited to Facebook, Google, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube) both net‑new and from existing client materials. You’ll be somewhat of a motion generalist, at times jumping from animation into short‑form video editing.

Creative Responsibilities

• Collaborate with designers and producers to create ads driving performance results for clients’ media programs.
• Strong time management: lead multiple motion‑based projects with tight timelines.
• Project‑manage yourself, fluidly jumping between multiple projects.
• Own revision and resizing projects for our largest clients.
• Conceptualize animated content optimized for paid media channels.
• Possess an understanding or willingness to learn paid‑media channel best practices.
• Maintain fluency in Adobe Creative Cloud, focused on After Effects and Premiere Pro.

Soft Skills

• Self‑starter, problem‑solver, and team player.
• Effectively communicate animation concepts, ideas and limitations to creative and non‑creative teammates; articulate animation choices and defend decisions.
• Offer new angles, best practices and practical solutions to our motion‑design workflows.
• Be open to team and client feedback.
• Be eager to push the limits within your work and personal development.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years technical experience with motion design and video editing, preferably at a performance‑focused agency.
• Portfolio is required.
• In‑depth knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite with proficiency in After Effects and Premiere.
• Experience in paid‑media ad animation.
• 4‑year college degree (preferably in design) or equivalent work experience.

Not a Must, But a Plus

• Experience with HTML5 ad animation.
• Experience using GenAI tools for ad builds and concepting.
• Experience building versioning workflows or working with automated versioning tools.
• Familiarity with Google Suite.
• B2C and B2B experience.

What We Offer

Monks has provided an hourly rate that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. The rate offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job‑related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Hourly Rate: $33—$38 USD

About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects.