Senior Motion Designer (Marketing)

TL;DR

Senior Motion Designer (Marketing): Create and optimize motion design and video assets for marketing campaigns across various channels, with an accent on storytelling, audience understanding, and performance. Focus on leading video projects end-to-end, developing reusable templates, and maintaining brand consistency and quality.

Location: Manila

Company

Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands and their consumers.

What you will do

• Create motion design and video assets for marketing campaigns across paid, social, web, email, and product launches.
• Lead video projects end-to-end: concepting, storyboarding, animation, editing, and final delivery.
• Partner closely with marketing, brand, and growth teams to translate briefs, messaging, and strategy into engaging motion.
• Design and adapt videos for multiple channels and formats (short-form, long-form, vertical, horizontal).
• Optimize creative for performance while maintaining brand consistency and quality.
• Develop reusable motion templates and systems to scale campaign production.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in motion design and video editing, ideally in a marketing or brand environment.
• Portfolio showcasing campaign-driven motion work and polished video storytelling.
• Expert-level skills in After Effects, Premiere Pro (or similar), Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Figma (or equivalents).
• Strong understanding of marketing fundamentals: audiences, messaging, platforms, and KPIs.
• Experience creating assets for paid media and social platforms (Meta, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, etc.).
• Clear communication and strong cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience working on performance-driven or growth marketing campaigns.
• Knowledge of AI tools.
• Familiarity with A/B testing, creative optimization, and content localization.
• Basic sound design, music selection, or color grading experience.
• Experience working in a fast-paced or scaling marketing organization.

Culture & Benefits

• Directly impact campaign performance, brand awareness, and growth.
• Help define how motion and video scale across the marketing ecosystem.
• Collaborate with marketers, strategists, and creatives from concept to launch.
• Influence creative direction while staying hands-on.
• Work within a multinational and diverse team of 750+ Smartlies from 60+ nationalities.
• Contribute to an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and heard.