Hire an offshore motion designer for your agency
Animated ads, explainers, and motion graphics for video and social. Vetted for marketing agency work, placed in 21 days on average, and paid at cost with no markup on wages.
Free 30-minute call. Free replacement guarantee.
- Time to place
- 21 days on average
- Based in
- Philippines or Latin America
- Pay
- At cost. You set it.
- If it doesn't work out
- Free replacement
Static ads stopped being enough, and nobody on your team animates
Clients want motion in their ads and social content, and your designers either can't do it or can't spare the hours. A motion designer turns approved designs into animated ads, explainers, and templates you can reuse.
Signs it's time to hire a motion designer
- You turn down animation requests
- Video ads are static images with a zoom
- A freelancer handles motion and is never available
- Every animation is built from scratch
- Paid social results flatten because creative doesn't change
What your motion designer takes off your plate
- Animate ad creative for paid social
- Build titles, lower thirds, and logo animations
- Produce short explainer and product videos
- Resize and re-cut motion assets for each platform
- Keep a library of reusable templates per client
Every hire starts with our Delegation Blueprint, so the exact task list is built around your agency before we recruit.
Tools they work in
Who hires this role
What to look for in a motion designer
Junior
1–2 years
Animates existing designs from templates, and resizes and re-exports for each platform.
Mid-level
3–5 years
Creates animated ads and short explainers from a brief, builds reusable templates, and handles sound and timing.
Senior
6+ years
Develops motion concepts and style, handles 3D or complex animation, and directs other motion work.
Where a motion designer fits in your agency
- Reports to
- Your creative director or lead designer. In a smaller agency, you.
- What stays with you
- Creative direction and brand rules
- Final approval
- Client presentations
- What to measure
- Animated assets delivered per week
- Revision rounds per asset
- Assets reused from templates
The first 90 days
Days 1–30
Learns each client's brand and animates existing static creative.
Days 31–60
Produces animated ads from briefs and builds templates for repeat formats.
Days 61–90
Proposes motion concepts and keeps a template library per client.
Interview questions to ask a motion designer
You interview and choose who joins your team. These separate people who have done the work from people who can describe it.
- 01Show me your reel. Which piece was hardest, and why?
- 02How do you turn a static ad into six seconds of motion?
- 03How do you organize project files so someone else can edit them?
- 04A client says the animation feels 'cheap'. What do you change?
- 05How do you build a template a designer can update?
- 06How do you handle a brief with no storyboard?
The hire is one event. The system around it is the product.
Most firms hand you a hire and disappear. We stay. You get support as the owner, and your hire gets support of their own.
- Delegation Blueprint
- Before we recruit anyone, we map what to hand off first and turn it into a written role you approve.
- Client Success Manager
- One person who stays with you after the hire starts, not just until they do.
- VA Mentor
- Your hire has their own mentor, so you aren't the only one coaching them.
- Quarterly calls
- Every quarter we get on a call to see how the hire is working out and what to adjust.
What it costs, and what you're protected by
Paid at cost
You get one all-in price per hire: your hire's pay, at cost, plus one flat monthly fee from us. No percentage of wages and no hidden fees.
You set the pay
You set what your hire gets paid. We give you the benchmark.
The savings
Up to 70% savings in cost versus hiring the same role in the U.S.
Free replacement guarantee
If a hire doesn't work out, we replace them at no extra cost.
Questions we hear all the time
What's the difference between a motion designer and a video editor?
A video editor cuts and assembles footage. A motion designer animates graphics, text, and illustrations. Agencies doing both ads and long-form video often need both.
Do they need a powerful computer?
Animation is demanding on hardware. Raise equipment in the role definition so it is settled before day one.
Can they make templates our designers can update?
Yes. Reusable templates are one of the most useful things this role produces.
How does pricing work?
You get one all-in price per hire: your hire's pay plus one flat monthly fee from us. No percentage of wages and no markup on what your hire is paid. Your hire is paid at cost, and there are no hidden fees. We walk through the exact numbers for your roles on a call.
What if a hire doesn't work out?
If a hire doesn't work out, we replace them at no extra cost.
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