Motion Designer

Starling is building a digital bank that offers an alternative to traditional banks through proprietary technology, customer experience, and responsible banking.

• Create high-quality motion design and animation for brand, marketing, campaigns, and social content
• Translate creative ideas and static designs into polished motion
• Develop and present motion concepts, storyboards, and creative explorations
• Own projects from initial concept through final delivery
• Collaborate with brand designers, writers, marketers, and creative teams
• Contribute ideas, references, and creative thinking throughout the design process
• Explore how motion can strengthen design work and respond to feedback through iteration
• Share knowledge, techniques, and inspiration with the wider studio
• Apply and evolve Starling’s motion identity across touchpoints
• Maintain brand consistency while finding opportunities for creative expression
• Help refine motion principles, behaviours, and guidelines
• Explore animation techniques to solve creative challenges
• Bring fresh ideas and perspectives to the team and experiment with tools and workflows, including 3D and AI where appropriate
• Develop skills and improve the quality of creative work

• Standout portfolio or showreel demonstrating motion design, creativity, and attention to detail
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe After Effects, exceptional 2D animation skills, and understanding of animation principles
• Strong sense of timing, rhythm, movement, and visual storytelling
• Strong design fundamentals, particularly typography, composition, and colour
• Experience creating motion for brand identities, campaigns, digital, and social content
• Understanding of how motion communicates brand personality
• Ability to develop ideas independently and take work from concept to final delivery
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite and wider design workflows
• Attention to detail, collaborative mindset, and passion for motion design
• Будет плюсом: video editing experience, experience with 3D software such as Cinema 4D or Blender, curiosity about emerging creative tools and techniques

• 37.5-Hour work week, with shifts between 9am and 5:30pm, Monday to Friday
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Company-enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme with 7% employer contribution
• Private Medical Insurance with Vitality, including mental health support and cancer care; partner discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith, and Peloton
• 25 Days of holiday, with public holiday allowance taken whenever preferred
• An extra day of holiday for your birthday
• Life insurance at 4x salary
• 16 Hours of paid volunteering time per year
• Option to buy or sell annual leave, including up to five extra days off
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Annual leave increases with length of service
• Incentivised refer-a-friend scheme
• Perkbox membership with retail discounts, a wellness platform, and weekly free and boosted perks
• Access to Cycle to Work, salary-sacrificed gym partnerships, and electric vehicle leasing