Digital & Motion Designer

Job description

Location: Central London Reporting to: Head of Creative Role Type: Full-time About Us Avenir Collective - Building the future of beauty, personal care and lifestyle brands. We're building a new kind of consumer brand platform focused on trusted products, long-term value and meaningful growth. If you're excited by building brands, solving problems and working alongside collaborative, driven people, we'd love to hear from you. Your role at a Glance As a Digital & Motion Designe r, you will play a crucial role in bringing our brands to life through compelling, digital-first creative that drives engagement and commercial performance. Your main focus will be creating high-quality motion graphics, video content and campaign assets across multiple channels, ensuring every touchpoint is on-brand, platform-native and delivered to an exceptional standard , by working in collaboration with Brand, Growth, Ecommerce and Product teams. This role is ideal for someone with a creative eye for detail and a proactive, adaptable mindset, who is excited to work in a fast-paced, growing business with a talented team. Your work will directly impact Avenir Collective's portfolio of consumer brands, helping shape how millions of customers discover, engage with and experience our products across every digital channel. Location & Flexibility Full-time, permanent role based at our modern office in Holborn, London 40 hours per week, 9 am to 6 pm with a one-hour lunch This position is hybrid, with the expectation to go to the office 2-3 days per week Key Responsibilities Create motion graphics, animations and video content across social, paid, ecommerce and digital platforms. Build and maintain brand systems, guidelines and Figma templates across multiple brands Execute 360 campaign creative across social, paid, email, retail and trade Own end-to-end short-form video production: shoot support, edit, grade and delivery Build reusable motion template libraries in After Effects and Figma per brand Translate brand creative into digital-first, platform-native formats Produce and adapt assets across all ratios and specifications: 9:16, 1:1, 16:9 and beyond Art direct and support on-set content capture for product and lifestyle shoots Use AI video and image tools (Adobe Firefly, Runway or Kling, Midjourney) as part of your daily production workflow, and Claude, ChatGPT or Perplexity to research trends, references and platform best practice ahead of production About the Ideal Candidate 3–6 years in digital and motion design: in-house or agency, FMCG or consumer brand Portfolio showing motion, video and digital work across multiple platforms and formats Expert in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly After Effects and Premiere Pro Figma: motion handoff, templates and design systems Expert in Photoshop and Illustrator Comfortable using Claude, ChatGPT or Perplexity for research and ideation, alongside AI production tools (Adobe Firefly, Runway, Kling, Midjourney) Confident using or a comparable tool to track deliverables and deadlines Strong understanding of platform specs across social and ecom channels Eye for brand consistency and quality across every format and output Comfortable producing work at pace across multiple brands simultaneously Preferred experience: Able to self-shoot social content: stills and short-form video to a high standard Comfortable in front of and behind the camera for UGC-style and product content Experience with Cinema 4D, Blender or 3D motion Beauty, personal care or wellness FMCG background, a growing priority as the team's focus shifts toward health & beauty Portfolio required: Show motion, video and digital channel work. Static-only portfolios will not be reviewed. Perks & Benefits Salary: £38,000 - £44,000 per year 30 days holiday + 8 UK bank holidays Pension contribution Scheme – 5% from you, 3% from us. Private Medical Insurance – Includes travel, vision & dental (Vitality) Work from Abroad – One month per year, anywhere in the world Bonus Scheme – Discretionary bonus, based on individual and company performance Mental Health Support – Free, confidential therapy via Spill Flexi-Fridays – Finish early one Friday per month Avenir Events – Quarterly meetups, celebrations & socials Vibrant Office – Runway East, Bloomsbury Avenir Collective is proud to be a disability-committed employer registered in the UK. If you identify as having a disability and meet all of the criteria set out in the job description, we would like to support you through the interview stage. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where all employees and applicants can flourish. Note: By submitting your application to join our talent pool, you consent to the collection and processing of your personal data in accordance with our privacy policy.