Responsibilities

• Create outstanding motion design work for advertising, branded content and commercial post production across a range of formats, channels and audiences.
• Translate brand strategy, visual identity and creative direction into distinctive motion systems, behaviours and assets that feel coherent, expressive and ownable.
• Develop motion concepts, design routes, storyboards, style frames and animation approaches that bring brand language to life with clarity and craft.
• Lead the design and execution of motion graphics from concept through to final delivery, ensuring the work is visually exceptional, strategically relevant and technically robust.
• Work confidently in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly After Effects, alongside Cinema 4D to create high-quality 2D and 3D motion design outputs.
• Collaborate closely with creative directors, designers, editors, producers and clients to shape ideas, respond to feedback and refine work through an iterative creative process.
• Act as a senior motion craft specialist within the studio, helping define best practices, elevate creative standards and bring strong design judgment to projects at every stage.
• Contribute to the development of visual systems and motion toolkits that can scale across campaigns, platforms and content ecosystems while maintaining brand integrity.
• Present work clearly and confidently to senior creative stakeholders, articulating design rationale, motion principles and visual choices with authority.
• Explore and evolve how brands can behave in motion across film, digital, social, experiential and emerging formats.

Requirements

• Significant professional experience as a Motion Designer or Senior Motion Designer within a design studio, post production company, agency or advertising-focused creative environment.
• Exceptional portfolio showcasing sophisticated motion design craft, strong conceptual thinking and a clear ability to express brand identity through motion.
• Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly After Effects, with strong working knowledge of Cinema 4D.
• Excellent understanding of typography, layout, composition, timing, rhythm, visual storytelling and design systems.
• Proven experience creating motion work for brands, campaigns and commercial content in a way that feels strategically informed as well as creatively distinctive.
• Strong understanding of brand language and how identity systems can be translated into animation behaviour, transitions, pacing and moving image assets.
• Confidence working directly with senior creative figures, with the ability to discuss, challenge and evolve ideas in a constructive and credible way.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain motion choices and design thinking clearly to both creative and non-technical stakeholders.
• A high level of craft discipline, attention to detail and consistency across concept, design development and final output.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced commercial environment while maintaining calm, flexibility and quality.

Preferred

• Broader experience across CGI, 3D design, rendering or VFX workflows.
• Familiarity with post production pipelines and how motion assets move through compositing, finishing and final delivery.
• Awareness of AI tools and their application within motion design, concept development or workflow efficiency.

Benefits

• This role offers the chance to define a distinctive creative standard for WPP Production in the UK: partnering with exceptional specialists, influencing major brands, advancing the use of VFX, CGI and AI origination, and building work that is both beautifully crafted and fit for the speed of modern marketing.