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Motion Designer
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
On-site · London, United Kingdom · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Experience
Mid-level · 3+ years
Job description
A founding Motion Designer role at Wordsmith, owning video and motion design across the company. The role involves creating launch videos, feature announcements, product animations, and social assets, and building a scalable motion system.
At a glance
- Work mode
- On-site · London, United Kingdom · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
What you'll do
- Create launch videos, feature announcements, and product animations
- Turn abstract workflows into clear visual stories that land quickly
- Build a motion system of templates, transitions, components, and export standards
- Produce social content, event openers, conference loops, and sales enablement assets
- Partner with writers, designers, and producers from concept to final delivery
- Help define how motion supports brand, growth, and product storytelling
- Use AI tools to improve quality, speed, and creative range
What we're looking for
- 3+ years of motion design experience, ideally in-house at a product or technology company
- Strong reel of shipped work you can talk through clearly
- Excellent taste and high standards for craft
- Strong narrative instincts — you can simplify dense ideas visually
- Ownership mindset — you're comfortable building a function, not just executing briefs
- High initiative — you spot gaps and move before being asked
- AI-first mentality — you actively use modern tools to increase quality and output
- Advanced skills in After Effects and Figma
- Comfortable in Premiere for editing
Nice to have
- Rive, Lottie, GSAP, or web motion
- 3D tools such as Cinema 4D or Blender
- AI video tools
- Experience building reusable motion systems or libraries
Benefits
- Ownership of motion at one of Europe's fastest-growing AI companies
- Real budget and mandate to build the function properly
- High-impact work seen by customers, prospects, and the market
- Close partnership with a senior marketing and design team
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity
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About Wordsmith
The legal operations platform for in-house teams
Wordsmith is building the legal operations platform for in-house teams. It brings legal work into one system: requests come in from across the business, AI agents handle the routine, lawyers stay in control where judgment matters, and every step is captured as work happens. Wordsmith is built for in-house legal, not law firms.
Mission
Help in-house legal teams move faster, reduce unnecessary external counsel spend, and become a function the business can run with.
Key facts
- Legal operations software
- Building the legal operations platform for in-house teams
- Built for in-house legal, not law firms
- One of Europe's fastest-growing AI companies
What they value
- Craft
- Speed
- Ownership
- High trust
- Pace and craft