Motion Graphics Designer — Independent Contractor

About the role

Scarab Digital is seeking a freelance Motion Graphics Designer to create story‑driven on‑screen graphics for film and television productions. The role is project‑based, with the aim of building long‑term collaborations across multiple titles, and can be performed remotely or hybrid from Vancouver.

Key responsibilities

• Design and animate UI, FUI, and other on‑screen graphics for film and television.
• Create believable systems for phones, messaging, search, social feeds, laptop files, dashboards, broadcast screens, and other story surfaces.
• Interpret scripted creative direction and production constraints into clear visual solutions.
• Push concepts beyond the obvious when the story benefits from a bolder approach.
• Balance taste, function, speed, and clarity under real production timelines.
• Work independently while staying connected to the team, the brief, and the larger story goal.

Required profile

• Move things forward without needing constant supervision.
• Understand the difference between something that looks cool and something that works on screen in the story world.
• Take creative risks without losing readability or breaking production needs.
• Care about the whole outcome, not just the assigned task.
• Bring a point of view and explain choices clearly.

Required skills

• After Effects
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• Protopie (bonus)
• Figma
• Cinema 4D