Motion Designer

Sköna is seeking a Motion Designer to be our first in-house motion hire, helping shape how motion shows up across client work, pitches, and internal brand storytelling. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to do more than execute deliverables. You’ll help define our motion offering, establish scalable workflows and best practices, and influence how motion fits into the Agency at every level.

As our first motion designer, you’ll collaborate closely with designers, writers, creative directors, and clients on a wide range of projects, from brand motion identities to campaign assets to product videos. You have a strong eye for craft, pacing, and detail, and understand how motion can elevate a brand when it’s integrated seamlessly into a larger creative idea. You’re comfortable owning projects end to end, moving fluidly from rough explorations to fully polished execution, managing multiple workstreams and adapting your motion style to fit a wide range of brands and executions.

We’re a small (but mighty) global creative agency with roots in Stockholm and a heart in San Francisco - think Scandinavian minimalism meets West Coast quirkiness. We help B2B and tech companies transform into brave brands through strategy, design, campaigns, events, and digital experiences.

You won’t be a cog in a machine here. You’ll have real autonomy and a direct hand in shaping the brands of high-growth tech companies at the edge of AI and beyond. Our team runs flat, collaboratively, and with no room for bureaucracy. Culture isn’t a perk, it’s the point: we take work-life balance seriously, every day is “Bring Your Dog to Work Day”, and we unite our two global offices every year for a retreat. Ultimately, we are committed to providing an environment that allows you to both thrive and do meaningful work.

Responsibilities

Design and animate motion graphics across brand systems, campaigns, social and digital assets, videos, pitches, and presentations

Lead motion projects from concept to final delivery, including storyboarding, style exploration, animation, and production-ready exports

Identify opportunities where motion can strengthen storytelling, user experiences, and creative concepts

Help shape Sköna’s motion offering by establishing best practices, refining our motion process, and contributing to how we package motion work for clients

Collaborate closely with creative directors, designers, copywriters, and producers to ensure motion is conceptually strong and well integrated into the final product

Maintain consistency with brand and campaign guidelines where appropriate, while ensuring visual quality across all outputs

Manage multiple projects and deadlines, delivering high-quality, production-ready work

Support internal marketing efforts through design and animation of social media graphics, case studies, and agency reels

Proactively identify opportunities for motion within existing brand and campaign platforms

Collaborate with freelance motion designers or external partners when appropriate

Requirements

5–8+ years of professional motion design experience, ideally in an agency or studio environment

Strong portfolio demonstrating both conceptual thinking and high-quality execution

Advanced proficiency in After Effects and strong animation fundamentals

Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite

Strong foundation in design principles, with the ability to create compelling layouts, visual systems, and compositions across both motion and static applications

Solid understanding of typography, layout, composition, and design systems

Experience creating motion for branding, campaigns, and digital/social platforms

Experienced in leveraging AI in your workflow

Comfortable taking work from concept to final execution

Proficient working within a collaborative creative team

Bachelor’s degree in design, animation, or related field preferred

Nice-to-Haves

3D experience, C4D and Redshift

Rive, Lottie

UI/UX and web prototyping experience

6 Signs That You Are the Right Candidate

You are a creative problem solver–you have an entrepreneurial spirit and you act proactively.

You have a doggedly curious spirit.

You are fun to work with–and you have great people skills.

You love design and using creativity as a tool to help elevate brands and drive business growth.

You like working in a small environment with a flat organization where everyone’s opinion is respected. In other words, the idea of Team Skona always coming first appeals to you!

You embrace discomfort – you think outside the box and are open to new ideas, types of work, and ways of doing things.

Salary commensurate with experience

10 work-from-anywhere days

Paid federal company holidays + winter holiday closure

Full medical/dental/vision package to fit your needs

Weekly team lunch and snacks provided

Salary Range
$110,000 - $140,000

Sköna is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race (including traits associated with race, such as hair texture and hairstyles like braids, locs, and twists), color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic or combination of those characteristics.

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