The opportunity
You’ll be responsible for bringing brands to life through dynamic motion graphics, working across diverse projects for clients including global corporations, household names, and innovative startups. This role requires someone who can seamlessly blend technical expertise with creative storytelling to create compelling brand experiences.
Here’s what you’ll be doing
Brand motion and animation
- Developing motion design concepts that bring to life visual identities, creating logo animations, brand reveals and animated visual identity systems
- Using 2D and 3D skills to develop animations for brand campaigns, digital touchpoints and experiential projects
- Collaborating closely with the design team to translate static brand elements into engaging motion pieces
- Develop motion templates, and visual and technical guidelines for consistent brand application
Content creation and production
- Producing high quality motion for various platforms including social media, web, broadcast and digital displays
- Applying a good knowledge of the technical requirements of different platforms, adapting and optimising content as required
- Creating animated explainer and sales videos, brand films and promotional content
Creative development
- Contributing to creative concepts and storyboard development, working closely with the designers and creative directors, seeing projects through from initial ideation or provided storyboard to final execution
- Present motion concepts for internal review and to clients
- Staying current with industry animation and motion trends — contributing new ideas and techniques.
Here’s what we’d love to see
General experience
- 3-6+ years’ professional motion design experience, preferably within brand design agencies or similar
- A strong portfolio demonstrating brand-focused motion, with 2D, 3D and ideally video editing examples
- You have experience working with brand guidelines and translating them into motion systems
- You have experience managing multiple projects and working to regular deadlines
Technical proficiency
- Must have:
- Adobe After Effects – advanced knowledge including expressions, scripting and plugin use
- Adobe Creative Suite – expert level in Photoshop and Illustrator for asset preparation
- Adobe Premier Pro – Video editing and post-production skills for longer-form content
- Would love to see:
- Cinema 4D – Strong 3D modelling, animation and rendering capabilities
- Experience with character animation
- Experience in video editing, grading and sound editing for both animation and video (TV) advertising
- At least an intermediate knowledge of sound editing and SFX
All about us
Mr B & Friends is a Bristol-based agency with an office in London and a global perspective – our clients range from entrepreneurial start-ups to global brands such as LEGO and Coca-Cola, and we work frequently with clients in the USA and Asia. Our expertise lies in three areas – brand strategy & identity, brand communications and employee experience. We are sector agnostic, working equally across B2B and B2C, but with particular strength in tech, leisure, manufacturing, property and sport.
With a full-time staff of c.30 people, we’re well placed to handle complex strategic projects entirely in-house, while still feeling like the energised, supportive team we’ve been from the start.
The ‘Friends’ in our name isn’t spin. We look after our people – many have been with us for five or more years (and there’s loyalty bonuses that go along with that).
If it’s glory you’re after, then we win awards too, including the likes of The Drum and the Transform Awards. But really, it’s a bi-product – our focus is building great relationships with clients who come to us for exciting and effective work.
We also have a great Employee Benefits scheme called The Friends Pact. There are an additional 27 employee benefits outside salary, holiday and pension on offer for all the team to enjoy. Full details will be shared during the recruitment process.
If you really want to ‘get’ our culture, then you have to understand our brand promise – Never Ordinary. It’s the lens we apply to everything we do. It’s our commitment to high quality standards and work that stands apart.
Your place in the team
You’ll be part of a creative team of c.12 full-timers – a mix of designers, art directors, artwork and animation. You’ll be part of a two-person motion team, reporting to the Motion Lead but working closely with the Creative Directors, writers and designers. We see motion as an important growth area for the agency, so if you’re up for promotion and management in the future, the opportunities will be there.
You’ll also get involved in agency projects outside of client work – whether that’s helping us craft our own agency credentials, improving our culture and processes, organising company events on the Play Team, or supporting the agency Growth Team to bring to life strategic agency initiatives.
Essential information
- Location: This role is based in our Bristol office, with the option to work remotely 2-3 days per week
- Contract Type: Full-time, permanent
- Team: Creative
- Reporting to: Motion Lead
- Package:
- Salary: £35k (Mid), £42-45k DOE (Senior)
- Workplace pension
- 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Additional benefits detailed in ‘The Friends Pact’ (currently incl. half day Fridays). Full details will be shared during the recruitment process.
How to apply
In the first instance, please email your CV and showreel/portfolio to:
Nathan Crosby
Creative Director
nathan.crosby@mrbandfriends.co.uk
Selected applicants will be invited to a face-to-face interview where they’ll asked to demonstrate their creative and technical process across 2-3 relevant projects. A shortlist of interviewees will be asked back to a second in-person interview to meet other members of the team.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds and encourage candidates to apply even if they don’t meet every formal requirement listed. We value potential, passion, and diverse experiences alongside traditional qualifications. If there’s anything we can do to make your application or interview process more accessible (eg questions in advance, alternative formats, extra time), just let us know.
