About
Starling is building a digital bank that offers an alternative to traditional banks through proprietary technology, customer experience, and responsible banking.
Responsibilities
•Create high-quality motion design and animation for brand, marketing, campaigns, and social content
•Translate creative ideas and static designs into polished motion
•Develop and present motion concepts, storyboards, and creative explorations
•Own projects from initial concept through final delivery
•Collaborate with brand designers, writers, marketers, and creative teams
•Contribute ideas, references, and creative thinking throughout the design process
•Explore how motion can strengthen design work and respond to feedback through iteration
•Share knowledge, techniques, and inspiration with the wider studio
•Apply and evolve Starling's motion identity across touchpoints
•Maintain brand consistency while finding opportunities for creative expression
•Help refine motion principles, behaviours, and guidelines
•Explore animation techniques to solve creative challenges
•Bring fresh ideas and perspectives to the team and experiment with tools and workflows, including 3D and AI where appropriate
•Develop skills and improve the quality of creative work
Requirements
•Standout portfolio or showreel demonstrating motion design, creativity, and attention to detail
•Advanced proficiency in Adobe After Effects, exceptional 2D animation skills, and understanding of animation principles
•Strong sense of timing, rhythm, movement, and visual storytelling
•Strong design fundamentals, particularly typography, composition, and colour
•Experience creating motion for brand identities, campaigns, digital, and social content
•Understanding of how motion communicates brand personality
•Ability to develop ideas independently and take work from concept to final delivery
•Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite and wider design workflows
•Attention to detail, collaborative mindset, and passion for motion design
Nice to have
•Video editing experience
•Experience with 3D software such as Cinema 4D or Blender
•Curiosity about emerging creative tools and techniques
Conditions
•37.5-hour work week, with shifts between 9am and 5:30pm, Monday to Friday
•Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
•Company-enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme with 7% employer contribution
•Private Medical Insurance with Vitality, including mental health support and cancer care; partner discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith, and Peloton
•25 days of holiday, with public holiday allowance taken whenever preferred
•An extra day of holiday for your birthday
•Life insurance at 4x salary
•16 hours of paid volunteering time per year
•Option to buy or sell annual leave, including up to five extra days off
•Generous family-friendly policies
•Annual leave increases with length of service
•Incentivised refer-a-friend scheme
•Perkbox membership with retail discounts, a wellness platform, and weekly free and boosted perks
•Access to Cycle to Work, salary-sacrificed gym partnerships, and electric vehicle leasing
