At a glance
- Experience
- 5+ years experience
- Location
- Sydney
About Monks
- Monks is a global, digital-first marketing, technology, and creative consultancy operating at the intersection of creativity, media, data, and culture. In APAC, our 700-strong team spans 14 offices across 11 countries, connected by a single, unified operating model.
- As pioneers in the AI digital media economy, we live an AI-first culture internally while helping enterprise clients shift from manual workflows to AI-native orchestration — scaling custom agent solutions (Monks.Flow), AI-driven campaigns, and next-gen AI search capabilities. By connecting brand strategy, media, data, and emerging technology around the consumer, we build intelligent platforms and content ecosystems for the world's leading brands. We foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where authentic collaboration fuels industry-changing work.
- The Role
- Monks is seeking an experienced Senior Motion Artist / Editor to join a regional creative team producing rapid-turn editorial and marketing content. Working in close partnership with client stakeholders and a distributed global team, this role will transform existing footage, design assets and approved content into polished, engaging video and motion deliverables.
- The ideal candidate combines strong editing instincts with motion-design expertise. You should be equally comfortable shaping an edit, animating graphics and timing visuals to audio, while working closely with the design team to maintain a cohesive visual system.
- An interest in AI, emerging technology and new approaches to creative production is essential.
About the role
- Monks is seeking an experienced Senior Motion Artist / Editor to join a regional creative team producing rapid-turn editorial and marketing content.
- Working in close partnership with client stakeholders and a distributed global team, this role will transform existing footage, design assets and approved content into polished, engaging video and motion deliverables.
Responsibilities
- Edit existing footage and approved content into clear, engaging video deliverables.
- Create motion graphics, animated typography, transitions and supporting visual elements.
- Apply established brand guidelines, motion principles and design systems across all work.
- Use existing content thoughtfully to make technical and editorial stories more dynamic and accessible.
- Time edits and animation precisely to voiceover, music and other audio elements.
- Partner with designers to adapt static assets, layouts, charts and graphics for motion.
- Work with technical writers and producers to maintain narrative clarity and content accuracy.
- Interpret briefs and feedback independently, identifying gaps and asking focused questions when needed.
- Create efficient workflows and reusable motion components that support rapid-turn production.
- Prepare organized project files that can be easily understood and continued by distributed teams.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in motion design, video editing or post-production within an agency, technology company or in-house creative organization.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro.
- Working proficiency in Figma, including navigating files, reviewing components and exporting production-ready assets.
- Strong motion-graphics, animation and editorial storytelling skills.
- Experience working with existing footage, static design assets, voiceover and music.
- Strong understanding of pacing, timing, composition, typography and audio synchronization.
- Ability to animate charts, diagrams and technical information clearly and accurately.
- Familiarity with established brand systems, templates and reusable motion toolkits.
- Strong file organization, version-control and self-QA practices.
- Interest in AI, emerging technology and production innovation.
Skills
- Adobe After Effects
- Premiere Pro
- Figma
- Motion Graphics
- Video Editing
- Animation
- Editorial Storytelling
- Audio Synchronization
- Version Control
