Über diese Senior Animator & Video Editor (Temp) Stelle bei Monks
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About the Opportunity
We are looking for a highly skilled, versatile, and forward-thinking Animator & Video Editor to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for creating high-impact video assets and dynamic animations for editorial, digital, and social media platforms.
Our ideal candidate is a fast, flexible go-getter with a strong artistic eye and an eager curiosity for modern technology. You combine classic visual storytelling and traditional animation/editing workflows with cutting-edge Generative AI tools and advanced post-production techniques.
In this role, you will:
- Full-Lifecycle Production: Develop complex 2D animation and video projects from initial concept and design to final compositing, editing, and audio mastering.
- Motion Graphics & Animation: Create dynamic motion graphics, kinetic typography, character animations (2D & 3D nice to have), cel animation, and customizable motion templates.
- AI-Assisted Workflows: Integrate advanced Generative AI platforms into everyday workflows for visual generation, style exploration, asset creation, and video/audio processing.
- Adaptability & Optimization: Resize, adapt, and optimize video assets across multiple formats, platforms, and social media channels.
- Collaboration: Partner with Art Directors, Copywriters, and Creative Strategy teams to deliver technical and creative solutions to communication challenges.
Nice to Have Skills:
- Creative Concept & Storytelling: Generate creative ideas, storyboards, and scripts to build compelling audiovisual narratives for editorial and social platforms.
- Creative Concept & Storytelling: Generate creative ideas, storyboards, and scripts to build compelling audiovisual narratives for editorial and social platforms.
- 3D & Visual Arts Skills: Strong fundamentals in graphic design, illustration, organic and hard-surface modeling, texturing, lighting, and shading.
Required Experience & Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience as an Audiovisual Designer, Motion Graphics Artist, or Video Editor in agency, editorial, or entertainment environments.
- Bachelor’s Degree (BA) in Audiovisual Design, Animation, Digital Arts, Graphic Design, or related fields (desired).
- Core Technical Expertise: Expert-level knowledge in video editing, motion graphics, compositing, rotoscoping, tracking, color grading, and audio post-production (desired)
- Communication & Management: Strong organizational skills, creative problem-solving abilities, and the capacity to manage projects independently or collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Technical Skills & Toolset:
1. Editing, Post-Production & Color
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- DaVinci Resolve
- Topaz Video AI
2. Motion Graphics, Animation & Design
- Adobe After Effects (including Trapcode Suite & Lottie)
- Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
- Figma
- Cinema 4D & Blender
3. Generative AI & Next-Gen Tools
- Image & Concept Generation: Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Stable Diffusion, Comfy UI
- Video & Motion AI: Runway, Google AI (Veo3, NanoBanana, Whisk)
- Audio AI: ElevenLabs
4. Animation & Post-Production Techniques
- Animation: 2D/3D Character Animation, Cel Animation, Motion Graphics, Storyboarding.
- Visual Effects (VFX) & Compositing: Rotoscoping, Tracking, Compositing, Color Grading.
- 3D Pipeline: Organic Modeling, Hard-Surface Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, and Shading.
- Asset Management: Template Creation, Resizing, and Multi-platform Adapting.
About Monks
Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.
