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
- Collaborate with designers and producers to create ads driving performance results for our clients’ media programs
- Strong time management, leading multiple motion-based projects with tight timelines
- Project manage yourself, fluidly jumping between multiple projects
- Own revision + resizing projects for our largest clients
- Conceptualize animated content optimized for paid media channels
- Possess or be willing to learn paid media channel best practices
- Fluency in Adobe Creative Cloud, focused on After Effects and Premiere Pro
Soft Skills
- Self-starter, problem-solver & 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
- Openness 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 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 Gen AI 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
Hourly Rate $33—$38 USD
About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. We focus on marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands 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. Inclusion and diversity are key to our culture and hiring processes.