OtherFolk® is a design and production studio specialising in B2B content, branding, and digital experiences. We partner with marketing teams to create distinctive work across whitepapers, long-form reports, presentations, websites, digital advertising and motion.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior Motion Designer to join our team on a freelance basis. You will focus on turning ideas into clear, engaging motion content across social advertising and B2B explainer formats. The role is production-led, with an emphasis on clarity, pacing and craft, while keeping everything on-brand and ready for real-world use. Please note that although OtherFolk® is a fully remote studio, you must be a UK-based freelancer to join our roster.
Job Responsibilities
- Create motion content for paid social, including short-form ads designed for performance across platforms.
- Develop explainer-style animations that simplify complex products, services or processes into clear, structured narratives.
- Produce variations and cutdowns for campaigns, optimised for different formats, durations and placements.
- Translate scripts, storyboards and static designs into engaging motion with strong pacing and visual clarity.
- Create on-brand motion systems, including typography, transitions, iconography and simple illustration where needed.
- Design and animate diagrams, UI sequences or product flows to support understanding.
- Work from brand guidelines and static assets, ensuring consistency across all motion outputs.
- Prepare files for delivery across platforms, ensuring correct formats, specs and optimisation.
What We Are Looking For
- 7+ years' experience in motion design, with a clear focus on B2B content.
- A strong portfolio showing social ads, explainer animations and similar short-form motion work.
- Excellent sense of timing, pacing and visual hierarchy in motion.
- Experience simplifying complex information into clear, engaging animated content.
- Confidence working across After Effects and related tools.
- Ability to create or adapt simple illustration, iconography and diagrams for motion.
- Understanding of how motion is used across paid social and digital channels.
- Comfortable working from supplied brand guidelines and content, while improving clarity and consistency.
- Strong communication skills, reliability and a calm, organised approach to deadlines.
What we offer
- Flexible, remote working.
- A supportive and collaborative working relationship with a studio that values expertise and craft.
- Regular opportunities to work on well-defined B2B projects with thoughtful clients.
- A studio that actually pays on time!
How to apply
If this sounds like a good fit for you, please send us:
- Your CV or LinkedIn profile.
- A portfolio showcasing your best motion work across social ads, explainer content and similar formats.
Email your application to work@otherfolk.studio with the subject line 'Freelance Senior Motion Designer Application'.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Please note: OtherFolk® is a small independent studio, and while we truly appreciate all applications, we’re not always able to respond to everyone. Unfortunately, this means if you don’t hear back from us your application wasn’t successful at this time. Thank you for your understanding. 🙏🏻
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