Motion Designer

ABOUT FONIO We grew from $1M to $10M ARR in under 12 months and now serve 10,000+ customers. Fonio is Europe’s market leader for AI phone agents for SMBs. Now we’re expanding globally and into new products. We move fast, take ownership, give direct feedback, and avoid politics and unnecessary meetings. Join one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies. YOUR ROLE As a Motion Designer at fonio, you own the entire production pipeline for video content, from pre-production through animation to post-production including sound design. You do all of this yourself. You work closely with our marketing team: the Creative Strategist provides concept and brief, the Content Creator shoots footage, and you turn that into animated, edited, and sound-ready final products that perform on Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and our website. You take full ownership of the motion workflow end-to-end. We are deliberately not looking for a pure animation role that hands off to post-production. We want someone who understands that a great product video is half about sound. YOUR RESPONSIBILITITES - Pre-production: concept sketches, storyboards, asset creation (vector graphics, visuals, UI mockups, screen recordings) - Animation: motion graphics for paid social (Meta, TikTok, YouTube), website, product showcases, tutorials, and internal formats - Post-production: video editing, cutting, pacing, color, transitions - Sound design: appropriate sounds, sound effects, music selection, mixing. You understand that sound is what brings product videos to life - Executing creative briefs, turning concepts into finished, performance-ready videos - Iterating based on performance data: what works, what doesn't, and why - Building a reusable motion asset library (templates, components, brand elements) WHAT TO EXPECT - Full ownership over all of fonio's motion output, end-to-end, no handoffs - Direct impact on an ad spend budget of over €700,000/month - Close collaboration with the Creative Strategist, Content Creator, and Marketing Lead - Short decision-making paths, fast pace, real autonomy - Access to the latest AI tools for motion (Runway, Sora, Kling, etc.) WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR MUST-HAVES: - 1–3 years of experience in motion design and animation - Native in After Effects. There is no motion design without AE, and you work in it faster than most people work in PowerPoint - Strong skills in a video editing tool (Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve, or comparable) - Command of the full production pipeline: pre-production (asset creation, concepting), animation, post-production (editing, color, sound design), all in one person - Sound design understanding. You know that a great product video is half about sound and can use effects and music to bring videos to life - Solid grasp of motion graphics animation principles (timing, easing, anticipation, weight) - Portfolio featuring digital and software product videos. We want to see that you can tell UI stories through motion - Fluent English, German at C1 level NICE-TO-HAVE: - Experience with Cinema 4D, Figma, or other design and 3D tools - Experience with AI video tools (Runway, Sora, Kling, etc.) - Background in performance creative environments (B2B SaaS, DTC, etc.) WHAT WE OFFER - €65,000–100,000 gross annual salary (depending on experience) - On-site in Vienna - Relocation package (if relevant) - Top equipment and access to the latest AI tools - Direct collaboration with founders and a strong marketing team - A product that scales, and creatives you'll actually see live and track the performance of HIRING PROCESS 1. 15 min hiring manager intro call 2. 45 min case and technical interview (including a short motion task) 3. 20 min conversation on culture, expectations, and details