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Sr. Animator/2D Motion Designer
About the Role
You'll be a senior creative force on high-profile brand marketing campaigns spanning social content, hero video, motion graphics, and typographic animation. Operating within a dedicated client team, you'll own the animation process end-to-end — from concept and pre-production through final delivery — collaborating with creative directors, producers, illustrators, and animators across a global team.
At this level, nobody oversees your craft — you set the bar. You're expected to drive quality and efficiency, mentor junior and semi-senior animators, push new techniques and tools, and serve as an internal ambassador for generative AI in the animation workflow.
What You'll Do
- Own the full animation lifecycle — pre-production assessment, creative scoping, execution, and final delivery — across social assets, complex hero videos, and multi-platform campaign toolkits.
- Lead early-stage creative ideation alongside art directors and creative leads, translating briefs and copy into high-quality motion work across formats, languages, and dimensions.
- Build and optimize production templates that improve speed and consistency for the broader global animation team.
- Maintain brand integrity across all deliverables — consistent across ad formats, platforms, and languages — while proactively flagging risks and unfeasible timelines before they become problems.
- Champion and integrate generative AI tools into your workflow, staying ahead of market trends and helping the team adopt new techniques and software.
- Present work and contribute to creative conversations with support from the craft director; collaborate with producers and cross-functional teams across multiple offices worldwide.
- Support and mentor junior and semi-senior animators, actively sharing progress, problems, and creative solutions across the team.
What You Bring
- 5+ years of professional experience in motion design and 2D animation, with a portfolio demonstrating ownership across brand campaigns, social content, and hero video production.
- Advanced proficiency in After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma — you know how to do the basics right, and when to break the rules for creative effect.
- Hands-on experience with generative AI tools — Runway, MidJourney, Adobe Firefly, Whisk, or similar — with a genuine drive to stay current as the toolset evolves.
- Strong visual design sensibility across typography, colour, layout, and composition in both static and motion contexts.
- Proven ability to manage your own time, flag risks early, and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines — independently, without hand-holding.
- Intermediate to advanced English proficiency (written and verbal) — enough to work fluidly with international teams, communicate blockers clearly, and present creative work.
- Collaborative mindset — equally comfortable leading a creative direction, mentoring a junior, or taking notes from a craft director.
Nice to Have
- 2D character animation
- 3D animation (C4D / Blender)
- Storyboarding
- Lottie / Rive
- Agency / production background
- Social platform specs (Meta, TikTok, YT)
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About Monks
Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc, where our culture centers on how we show up for the work and for one another. That begins with the commitment to strive for mastery—taking deep pride in our craft and creating work that sets the bar. In everyday execution, we drive momentum by choosing bold action rather than waiting for certainty. Above all, our teams are stronger together, bringing diverse perspectives into a unified team that communicates with clarity, trust, and mutual respect.
This commitment to craft and innovation translates directly into widespread industry acclaim: Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services and a leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Digital Marketing Agencies. It ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization (2025), Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2026 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in the Human-Machine Interaction Team category. Additionally, Monks.Flow earned AI-based Marketing Solution of the Year at the 2026 AI Breakthrough Awards and a 2026 Global Generative AI Award in the Agentic Marketing Innovation category. Finally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.