DEPT is a Growth Invention company built to help the world's most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We're 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.
JOB PURPOSE
This position sits in our Marketing & Technology service based in London. We combine data, technology, creative content, and paid media to crack brands' business problems & drive revenue through a variety of digital marketing solutions like ad campaigns, augmented reality, and chatbots. Our clients include ASOS, Just Eat Takeaway, Twitch, TikTok, and The White Company.
As a Junior Creative Motion Designer, you are a rising talent with a hunger to learn and a passion for visual storytelling. You will support the team in bringing ideas to life through movement, helping to shape concepts from the initial storyboard to the final render. You have a keen eye for detail, a solid grasp of animation principles, and a desire to develop your art direction skills within a fast-paced, world-class agency.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
* Support Visual & Motion Direction: Help shape the trajectory of projects from initial concept to final delivery, ensuring motion is a core part of the creative solution.
* Master Visual Storytelling: Develop creative ideas rooted in narrative, pacing, and structure, learning how to tell a brand's story through movement.
* Design & Animate: Create high-quality motion assets across various campaigns and formats, maintaining a high standard of craft.
* Uphold Brand Standards: Learn to define and protect look-and-feels, styleframes, and motion languages, ensuring all work remains consistent with brand identities.
* Develop Art Direction Thinking: Work alongside seniors to translate static concepts into dynamic motion systems that align with the overarching creative intent.
* Collaborate & Execute: Partner closely with designers and creatives, ensuring your motion execution stays true to the project's original vision.
* Stay Curious: Keep your finger on the pulse of motion trends, new tools, and emerging AI techniques to keep DEPT at the forefront of the industry.
WHAT YOU BRING:
* Emerging Art Direction Mindset: A strong sense of visual judgment and the confidence to contribute ideas that help craft a project's visual story.
* Motion Design Foundation: Solid skills in animation with an innate understanding of timing, framing, and how to evoke emotion through movement.
* Brand Awareness: An interest in acting as a brand guardian, with the ability to adapt your style to suit different visual systems and brand guidelines.
* Narrative Craft: Experience (or a high potential) in creating styleframes and visual systems that support narrative-driven motion.
* Technical Spark: Proficiency in the core motion toolkit, with drawing skills or frame-by-frame animation experience considered a significant plus.
* Future-Facing: A genuine curiosity around AI tools and an interest in how they can support and evolve the creative process.
* A Compelling Showreel: A portfolio that demonstrates your potential in concepting, craft, and high-quality motion storytelling.
WE OFFER:
* A flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days from the office, depending on location).
* An excellent salary based on experience and equal pay policies
* Pension, free private healthcare, mental health support, and company sick pay scheme.
* 26 days paid holiday (plus UK Bank Holidays).
* Refreshments are provided in the office all week, as well as drinks at 4 pm on a Thursday.
* Help getting you to work with a season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme.
* Enhanced family friendly policies to support new parents.
* Social and Cultural Events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations.
* Inspirational Talks, bringing the outside in with regular guest speakers and events.
* Learning and Development, supporting your growth with continuous opportunities to learn and advance.
* Buddy Programme: You will be paired with a 'Buddy' to help you through your first weeks' at DEPT.
* A reputation for doing good. DEPT has been a Certified B Corp since 2021 and named 'Agency of the Year' at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
* Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT you'll get
WHY DEPT?
We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world's most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.
We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.
At DEPT, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
At DEPT, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.
Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.
We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.
Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.