Senior Motion Designer

Senior Motion Designer

Salary: £47,000 dependent on experience plus company benefits

Location: Capital House, 85 King William Street, London EC4N 7BL

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Shifts: 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday between the hours of 8am-6pm

Break: 30-minute lunch, unpaid

Work format: Hybrid (four days worked in office per week)

Williams Lea is looking for a Senior Motion Designer to join our team!

Williams Lea is the leading global provider of skilled, technology-enabled, business-critical support services, with long-term trusted relationships with blue-chip clients across investment banks, law firms and professional services firms. Williams Lea employees, nearly 7,000 people worldwide provide efficient business services at client sites in often complex and highly regulated environments, from centralised Williams Lea onshore facilities, and through best cost company offshore locations.

Purpose of the Role

We are seeking an energetic, client-facing Mid/Senior Motion Designer to play a key role in the creation and execution of video and animated content. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical requirements to stakeholders, manage project timelines, and set clear expectations.

This role is central to the development, implementation, and maintenance of a cohesive visual identity system. Responsibilities include designing a wide range of content such as digital assets, social media visuals, data visualizations, marketing materials, internal communications, and reusable templates.

A solid understanding of cross-media design principles and production workflows is essential to ensure visual consistency and strategic alignment across all outputs. We’re looking for a true team player with a collaborative mindset, ready to contribute creatively and work closely with others to bring ideas to life.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaboration: Work closely with the Creative Director and team to align and support larger media and creative goal
• Motion Design Specialist: Act as the in-house expert on animations, collaborating with the video editor to conceptualize, storyboard, edit, and create engaging, high-quality content for a wide range of campaigns
• Innovation: Take the initiative on projects, providing new and innovative solutions while adhering to creative and brand guidelines
• Creative Execution: Ensure the animations and designs follow briefs and guidelines, while pushing creative boundaries to create standout content
• Template Creation: Design graphic and video templates for use by other team members and client teams to maintain consistency across assets

Knowledge and Skills Required

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in a creative agency or an in-house creative team, with a focus on motion graphics and video content
• Portfolio: A strong portfolio showcasing a variety of engaging and inspiring motion graphics content, including short videos
• Branding Expertise: Solid understanding of branding and the ability to communicate brand messaging effectively through videos and animations
• Creative Thinking: Ability to demonstrate strong creative thinking and apply it across all projects, ensuring flawless design execution
• Industry Experience: Experience in the financial or corporate sector is advantageous
• Client Brief Development: Take ownership of client briefs, ensuring designs align with brand guidelines and strategic objectives
• Technical Expertise: Advanced knowledge of Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro
• Design Tools: Expert knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Illustration Skills: Strong illustration skills and the ability to adapt your creative approach to different project needs

Rewards and Benefits

We believe in supporting our employees in both their professional and personal lives. As part of our commitment to your well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays(pro-rata for part time roles)
• Salary sacrifice schemes, retail vouchers – including our TechScheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TV’s, laptops and computers or household appliances.
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Health Assessments
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Discounted gym memberships
• Referral Scheme

You will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer who is dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects!

Equality and Diversity

The Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like to make a reasonable adjustment to enable you to make an interview please contact us at [email protected](we do not accept applications to this email address).

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