Motion Designer for Brand and Creative
Every day, millions of people rely on WeTransfer to share their creative ideas.
WeTransfer believes creative thinking changes the world, so we help people bring their ideas to life through a collection of beautifully obvious tools. Beyond the WeTransfer.com platform where 50 million people send one billion files every month, we have the storytelling platform WePresent, quick slide-making tool Paste, immersive sketching app Paper, and inspiration-capturing tool Collect. We design and deliver delightful experiences that continue to feel obvious and intuitive to millions of people—from our moms to your favorite artists.
As a certified B-Corp, WeTransfer aims to be a sustainable and responsible tech company, balancing people, planet, and profit. The Creative Studio is our in-house creative agency which oversees everything we put out into the world. Our team of designers, developers and project managers work closely with our product, marketing, advertising and editorial teams. Together we help design, plan and publish projects that capture the imaginations of millions of users and our global audience.
So, the work we do matters. Come and be a part of it.
We are the Creative Studio, WeTransfer’s in-house creative agency which oversees everything the company puts out into the world. Our team of designers, copywriters, developers and project managers works closely with our product, marketing, advertising, and editorial teams. Together we guide, create, and publish projects that capture the imaginations of millions of users and our global audience.
WeTransfer stands for freedom, creativity, simplicity, and humanity. It is your responsibility to make sure we inspire and reflect these values wherever WeTransfer shows up. From our evolving product line-up to our editorial arm WePresent, across research & innovation projects like Ideas Report and our Influence podcast; WeTransfer defends the space for creativity in more ways than most people are aware of—and we need your help to tell the world about it.
About the role
We are extending WeTransfer’s brand identity and we’re looking to grow the team to bring the brand to life through motion design; developing our motion language and delivering on a wide variety of briefs and opportunities that come into the Studio on a weekly and monthly basis.
We are seeking a passionate maker, with the talent and skills to convey information and emotion through motion graphic design and visual storytelling. Given the collaborative and sometimes fast-paced nature of the work, a structured approach is expected; always looking to evolve systems and processes. You are committed to continuously pushing the creative envelope and helping to ensure stylistic cohesion and consistency across projects—whether created internally or by external creative partners.
You will be working closely with brand designers, copywriters, product designers, and motion design peers—playing a major role in establishing the craft within the Creative Studio and WeTransfer at large. You will report into a Senior Motion Designer that will act as a sounding board and mentor in your daily work and will help guide your career and professional growth.
What you will be doing
- Participating in the development of WeTransfer as a rich, multidimensional brand
- Helping to define and scale a motion design system
- Leveraging motion design to convey information while strengthening our audience’s visceral and emotional connection with WeTransfer
- Working alongside our diverse team of creatives on a wide range of deliverables, from brand and project identities to explainer videos.
- Taking responsibility for timely delivery and meeting high quality standards of the work
What you bring to the table:
- A strong portfolio of work that showcases and demonstrates the creative qualifications for the role
- 3+ years of working experience, at agencies or at a studio, and ideally some time spent going deeper into a single brand
- Progressive and ahead of trends, embracing new technology and defining innovative ways to leverage time and motion to tell stories
- Actively engaged with what’s happening in the world of arts & culture
- Strong in storyboarding, pitching ideas, and presenting creative work in a compelling way
- A team player, demonstrating positive and empowering behavior
- Ability to translate briefs into great pieces of work
- Broadly interested in motion design, ideally from brand identity building to UI (micro) animations
Hard requirements
- Skilled in the essential tools of the trade; After Effects, Premiere, Audition, Illustrator, Photoshop. Ideally an interest or experience with 3D tools such as Cinema 4D or Blender
- Basic understanding and proficiency in Figma
- Excellent team and communication skills
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)
WeTransfer is an equal opportunity employer and we pride ourselves on the diversity of our people. We welcome you, and everything that makes you—well, you. That includes your gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, or disability status.
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