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Fully remote position
This position is listed as fully remote. Applicant location: Nigeria.
Motion Designer/Animator
Employment Type: Full-time
Work Mode: Remote
Compensation: ₦400,000–₦500,000 per month, depending on experience and skill level
About the Role
A creative agency is seeking a talented and detail-oriented Motion Designer/Animator to join its team on a full-time, remote basis.
The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of motion design, animation, video editing, and visual storytelling. You will collaborate with the creative team to transform concepts, scripts, campaign ideas, and client briefs into engaging visual content for digital platforms.
This role is suitable for a creative professional who can combine technical proficiency with strong artistic judgment to produce polished, compelling, and brand-aligned visual experiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Create engaging motion graphics, animations, and visual effects for campaigns, advertisements, social media, presentations, and other digital platforms.
- Edit and produce high-quality video content that meets the agency’s creative and technical standards.
- Translate creative briefs, scripts, storyboards, and concepts into compelling visual stories.
- Collaborate with designers, video editors, copywriters, creative directors, and other team members on client and internal projects.
- Develop storyboards, style frames, transitions, typography animations, and other visual elements required for production.
- Incorporate sound effects, music, voice-overs, and other audio elements into video and animation projects where necessary.
- Use AI-powered tools and workflows to improve creative production, animation, ideation, and delivery.
- Ensure that all creative outputs are consistent with the client’s brand identity and project objectives.
- Manage multiple creative assignments while meeting agreed deadlines.
- Review and refine animations based on feedback from clients and members of the creative team.
- Export and optimize visual content for different platforms, screen sizes, formats, and social media requirements.
- Organize project files and maintain an efficient production workflow.
Required Skills and Competencies
Applicants should demonstrate strong proficiency in:
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- AI tools and workflows for creative production and animation
- Motion graphics and visual-effects production
- Video editing, colour correction, and post-production
- Typography, composition, timing, pacing, and visual hierarchy
- Storyboarding and visual storytelling
- Video optimization and export settings for different digital platforms
Ideal Candidate Profile
The successful candidate should:
- Have a strong creative eye and excellent attention to detail.
- Be able to communicate ideas clearly through animation and visual design.
- Understand how to turn basic concepts into engaging visual experiences.
- Be comfortable working independently in a remote environment.
- Collaborate effectively with a multidisciplinary creative team.
- Be receptive to feedback and able to revise work professionally.
- Manage time effectively and deliver quality work within deadlines.
- Stay informed about emerging trends, tools, and techniques in motion design, animation, and digital content production.
- Demonstrate originality, consistency, and strong problem-solving abilities.
Application Requirements
Interested candidates should submit:
- An updated CV
- A showreel or portfolio containing relevant motion-design, animation, and video-editing projects
How to Apply
Send your application to Chidera.Mbagwu@milu.media.
Email subject: Motion Designer/Animator – [Your Name]
Only applications accompanied by a relevant showreel or portfolio should be submitted.
