Motion Designer, Growth - Remote

Replika•Lisbon, EMEA

4d•Remote

About The Position

Replika is hiring a Motion Designer for its growth team to create motion-led paid social advertising. The role owns the craft of video ads and UGC creatives from concept through final cut and launch, then uses campaign performance as creative input to iterate. The work spans Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and emerging channels, balancing polished motion with native-feeling UGC while maintaining Replika’s brand presence. This is a fast-paced, high-volume role working alongside producers and user acquisition managers. The position is a three-month contract, with the opportunity to extend or convert to permanent.

Requirements

A strong motion design portfolio.
Hands-on mastery of After Effects, Figma, and the Adobe Creative Suite, as well as other useful visual editing tools.
A strong eye for composition, colour, and easing.
Understanding of ad structure, including hooks, emotion, and calls to action, and the pacing needed to hold attention.
Ability to create attention-grabbing advertising that remains consistent with Replika’s brand.
Active use of AI models for image, video, and sound, and ability to incorporate generated media into a creative workflow.
Genuine interest in the product and its users.
Ability to work quickly and independently, deliver work, learn from results, and improve it without hand-holding.
Excellent English communication skills; C1 or higher is preferred.

Nice To Haves

A portfolio of ad creatives that performed in real paid campaigns.
Comfort with vibe-coding, including building small tools or automating workflow tasks; no computer science background is required.
A solid understanding of available AI models and an active interest in developments in the industry.
Proactivity in developing ideas and ability to write hooks and short ad scripts.
Comfort reviewing ad performance data in Meta Ads Manager.
Fluency in internet culture and ability to turn funny, shareable, or trending ideas into creative quickly.

Responsibilities

Concept and animate video ads and UGC creatives for paid social, from initial idea to finished, ready-to-run ad.
Develop and pitch creative concepts and hooks, then turn selected ideas into ads for testing.
Explore creative styles ranging from polished motion to raw, native-feeling UGC.
Produce new creative and variations at the pace required by paid social while maintaining quality.
Work with producers and user acquisition managers, and monitor market activity, to develop and iterate on effective creative.
Create and maintain an appealing, consistent Replika presence across social media.
Own paid creative motion design end-to-end, set quality standards, ship quickly, and continually improve work.