Senior Designer / Motion Designer

Akcelo is an independent, award-winning brand experience agency founded in 2019, with 200+ staff across Canada, the US, the UK, and Australia. We build brands for the experience era - creating unique, end-to-end brand experiences that connect across the customer journey. Our integrated in-house capabilities span strategy, creative, design, content, technology, and activation.

The Role
We’re seeking a Senior Designer to deliver world-class design and craft for our global clients. This is a unique opportunity for a design visionary who’s equally fluent in static and motion design - someone who thrives at the intersection of brand identity, storytelling, and dynamic digital experiences.

As a creative designer, you’ll create and deliver the vision for visual design excellence - elevating work across campaigns, brand systems, content, activations, and digital experiences. You’ll inspire clients to embrace bold, strategically grounded ideas that are emotionally resonant and visually unforgettable - work that moves audiences and drives real impact. While motion design isn’t the core focus of the role, experience bringing design to life through animation or motion is a strong plus.

Key Responsibilities

Creative & Craft

• Develop brand systems, campaign aesthetics, and visual identities from concept to execution
• Champion excellence in visual design across brand touchpoints: print, digital, DOOH, social, and activations
• Bring static creative to life when needed through motion, animation, or dynamic content
• Explore creative innovation using emerging tools and technologies such as AI (e.g. Midjourney), motion tools, and 3D software
• Stay ahead of design and culture trends, making recommendations towards what’s next

Motion & Hybrid Execution (Not mandatory but will set you apart)

• Apply motion thinking to enhance design systems and storytelling where relevant
• Contribute to brand videos, UI motion, or social animations when projects require it
• Collaborate with motion specialists and production partners to ensure cohesive execution
• Experience with tools such as After Effects, Premiere Pro, Cinema 4D (or Blender), or Figma motion plugins is a plus

Team & Project Leadership

• Lead projects from briefing through final delivery, ensuring innovation, quality, and efficiency
• Collaborate cross-functionally with creative directors, strategists, producers, and developers to deliver cohesive brand experiences

Strategic & Client Engagement

• Translate client briefs and brand strategy into impactful design solutions
• Present creative work confidently, articulating rationale with clarity and passion
• Identify new channels, formats, and platforms to unlock unexpected expressions of brand storytelling

What We’re Looking For

• Proven craft in visual design, ideally within an agency setting
• Experience with motion or animation is a plus, but not essential
• Deep expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Figma, and familiarity with motion/3D tools such as After Effects, Cinema 4D, or Blender
• Strong portfolio of brand identities, design systems, campaigns, and digital experiences
• Sharp eye for detail, storytelling, and emotional resonance through design
• Solid understanding of digital platforms, social formats, and production workflows
• Calm, collaborative, and organised team member who thrives in a fast-paced creative environment
• Curiosity, ambition, and a future-facing mindset

Why Join Akcelo?

Over the last five years we smashed the ceilings created by established agencies and created some larger than life campaigns, innovative retail-tech solutions, threw some epic events, and besides happy clients, we took home the B&T Agency of the Year, Mumbrella’s Experiential Agency of the Year, and a number of APAC Effies.

And we are just getting started. You see, we believe in magic, and value the genuine, the experimental, the limitless, and the imaginative. We make, break and build things, without the fear of failure, and we share our time and our talents.  If that is something that excites you too, we want to hear from you!

Our team works collaboratively in office 4 days/week, work from anywhere Wednesdays, and some travel within the US and Canada. We offer a competitive benefits package, including 4 weeks’ vacation, personal/sick days, and a global advantage where after your workplace anniversary, we provide opportunities to work for a week from our Sydney, Australia office; Vancouver, Canada office; or from wherever you want to tack on to your personal travel plans!

Akcelo is committed to nurturing, creating and building a diverse environment. We encourage all applications from diverse backgrounds, identities, beliefs and abilities to apply for this or any role with us. If you resonate with the above, send in your CV, and let’s explore this journey together!