[Hiring] Motion Designer @Afternow

Role Description

We're looking for a midweight Motion Designer to join us on a three-month, full-time freelance engagement. You'll bring digital products, brands, and ideas to life through animation, supporting Afternow's own marketing and case studies, and a handful of marketing assets for client projects.

• Animate Product Visuals: Turn product interfaces and UI designs into clear, polished motion, from feature walkthroughs to short product teasers.
• Create Brand Reveals and Explainers: Produce brand reveal videos and explainer videos that stay true to each brand's identity, from storyboard through to final delivery.
• Support Afternow Marketing and Case Studies: Build animated assets for our website, social channels, and case studies that show our work at its best.
• Support Client Projects: Contribute motion assets to client projects, applying and extending the brand systems our team has created.
• Collaborate and Iterate: Work closely with designers, strategists, and project leads, and make revisions based on team and client feedback.
• Manage Your Own Workload: Keep several pieces moving at once, communicate clearly on progress, and deliver on time.

Qualifications

• Midweight: 3+ years of motion design experience
• Agency, tech company, or freelance background
• Proven experience animating product visuals and digital interfaces
• Experience producing brand reveal videos and explainer videos
• Strong portfolio showing both craft and storytelling

Requirements

• Autonomous and proactive: You take ownership and move things forward without waiting to be asked
• Highly organized: You manage multiple pieces at once and consistently hit deadlines
• Brand-minded: You care about animating brands faithfully, not just beautifully
• Quality-focused: You hold a high standard under a fast, varied workload
• Clear communicator: You share progress early and take feedback well

Benefits

• Full-time, 3-month contract
• Fully remote work
• Flat monthly fee of €3,000–4,000 gross, depending on experience

Company Description

We are partners in your digital journey. We bring together strategy, design, and technology to build systems that flex as your future unfolds. Afternow creates the digital systems brilliant companies are built on. Strategy, identity, web and product design, and technology that scales. Every part of the process supports and informs the other, creating an environment that works today and adapts to wherever the business goes next.

• Since 2012, we've grown from our roots on Island Krk, Croatia, to a fully remote team of more than thirty talented people working across the globe.
• We've partnered with companies including AWS, ThoughtSpot, Progressive, Descartes, ShipBob, Quillbot, Teachable, Crisp, CloudZero, Kinetik, and many more.
• 4.6 Glassdoor Rating — Join our team and discover why our people consistently rate us so highly.