Freelance Motion Designers
At Superside, we’re building a network of world-class freelancers with deep automation and templatisation expertise to support our creative teams during period of high-volume production.
We’re looking for versatile Freelancer Motion Designers who can plug into our workflows with speed, precision, and creative excellence and know how to systematize motion production at scale using tools like Storyteq, CompsFromSpreadsheets, expressions-driven templates, and CSV-based workflows.Joining this pool means you’ll go through a light vetting process so we know you’re ready to jump in when opportunities open.
We keep our roster small and selective to ensure quality, and we’re committed to building long-term, collaborative relationships.
What You'll Do
- Design, optimize, and maintain scalable motion templates for high-volume production across social, digital, and campaign assets.
- Create Storyteq templates, including parameter mapping, asset structuring, variable fields, logic setup, and ensuring seamless ingest of CSV/XML data.
- Use compsfromspreadsheets (or similar tools) to drive automated asset generation from structured datasets.
- Design and animate motion graphics with polished, brand-consistent execution when automation isn’t required.
- Collaborate with Superside’s Motion, Creative Ops, and Automation teams to define efficient workflows, identify automation opportunities, and improve template performance.
- Implement expressions, rigging systems, and best-practice templatisation for reusability, consistency, and speed.
- Troubleshoot file structure, render issues, dynamic text layout challenges, and automation edge cases.
- Balance creativity and efficiency to deliver high-quality work on tight timelines.
What You'll Need to Succeed
- 5+ years of experience in motion design, including real experience creating automated or templated motion systems for large-scale production.
- Proven expertise in After Effects templatization, including:
- Efficient file structuring
- Expression-driven automation
- Precomp rigging
- Dynamic text, layout, and replacement workflows
- Hands-on experience with Storyteq (required or strongly preferred):
- Building modular templates
- Using datasets (CSV/XML)
- Creating logic-based behaviours
- Understand templating best practices
- Troubleshooting automated rendering workflows
- Familiarity with tools like compsfromspreadsheets, dataclay templater, or similar spreadsheet-to-composition automation solutions.
- Strong knowledge of After Effects, expressions (JavaScript), and templated production pipelines.
- Ability to work with brand guidelines and adapt them for efficient automated output.
- Clear, proactive English communication - able to document setups, surface risks, and collaborate efficiently in a remote environment.
Hiring Process Timeline
To keep our freelancer list high-impact and ready to deploy, we run a light vetting process to ensure each person is a great fit when the right project opens up.
Call with a Talent Partner
This is a short call to explain the types of projects we usually work on and check if they align with your experience and ambition.
Assessment
A take-home case will be assigned, followed by presentations to vet your skills.
You're part of our list
If successful, you'll be added to our freelance list and contacted as soon as we need your services.
Why join the list
- Collaborate with Superside’s AI Consulting team on exciting, high-impact projects.
- Work with enterprise brands who are serious about AI transformation.
- Get early access to project-based opportunities in creative automation.
- Work flexibly, remotely, and alongside a global team of experts.
