Motion Graphics Designer

Lagos , Nigeria
Full-Time

About MAX:

MAX is a team of passionate people building digital infrastructure to deliver the future of mobility in Africa and Emerging Markets. We attract people with conviction who are willing to bring new ideas and perspectives to a problem that affects everyone on the planet. 

At MAX, you’ll have a unique opportunity to align your passion with a meaningful mission. 

You will get a real opportunity to grow and make a real lasting impact on the lives of millions of people, and help deliver access to safe, reliable, affordable and sustainable transportation. 

Role Overview

We are looking for a talented Mid-Level Motion Graphics Designer with strong video editing skills to join our creative team. The ideal candidate should be proficient in creating engaging 2D and 3D motion graphics, custom illustrations, and animations that bring concepts to life.

You will be responsible for designing and producing high-quality explainer videos, product demos, promotional content, and customer testimonial videos to simplify complex ideas and enhance our brand storytelling.

Additionally, you will edit and enhance raw footage, integrate animations, transitions, and sound, and manage video projects from concept to completion, ensuring they align with our brand and objectives.

Job Roles & Responsibilities

  • Create engaging motion graphics for branding, marketing assets, social media, and digital campaigns.
  • Design and animate original 2D and 3D motion graphics for explainer videos, product demos, promotional content, and customer testimonials.
  • Edit and enhance raw video footage, integrating animations, transitions, visual effects, and sound design for a polished final product.
  • Develop custom illustrations and assets for motion design projects, ensuring unique and visually compelling storytelling.
  • Utilize 3D modeling & animation to enhance motion graphics projects (if applicable).
  • Manage video projects from concept to completion, including storyboarding, scripting, and final execution, ensuring alignment with brand and marketing goals.
  • Collaborate with the creative and marketing teams to conceptualize and execute visually impactful video content.
  • Stay updated on industry trends, tools, and techniques to continuously improve motion design quality and innovation.
  • Ensure consistency in design and animation style, maintaining brand guidelines and visual identity across all projects.
  • Optimize motion graphics and videos for different platforms, ensuring high-quality output across web, social media, and digital advertising channels.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Design, Marketing, or related field (preferred but not mandatory)
  • 4-6 years of experience in a similar role.
  • Experience with VFX and compositing to enhance video content is a plus.
  • Strong illustration skills, with the ability to create custom graphics and assets for motion design in both 2D and 3D is a plus..
  • 3D experience in modeling & animation is a plus.
  • Ability to create and animate original motion graphics for branding, marketing assets, and social media.
  • Ability to edit and enhance raw footage, integrating animations, transitions, and sound for a polished final product.
  • Experience in storyboarding, scripting, and conceptualizing video content.
  • Strong understanding of video storytelling, pacing, and engagement strategies.
  • Ability to manage video projects from start to finish, ensuring quality and alignment with brand objectives.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment while meeting deadlines.
  • Knowledge of current design trends and emerging motion graphics techniques.

Benefits

Want to Join Us? Here’s Why You Should…

At MAX, we encourage diversity and are open to meeting just about anyone with the right passion and skill set regardless of looks, gender, sexual orientation, color, tribe, nationality, or disability.

The MAX Work Environment:

  • Drive: We are building a team where everyone is a Senior Associate and therefore run on internal motivation
  • Empathy: We have a clear understanding of the problem we are trying to solve and its impact on Africans, and we are committed to providing a lasting solution.
  • Humility: We are committed to continuous learning and improvement. We learn, unlearn, and relearn
  • Initiative: We welcome novel ideas and encourage creativity
  • Diligence: We take great pride in our work.
  • Candor: We value open and honest communication
  • Collaboration: We are a team of passionate, innovative optimists, solving challenging problems and creating an impact.
  • Bias for Technology: We automate everything

What You’ll Get:

  • Competitive pay & benefits
  • Unrivaled Learning and Development
  • Work with an exceptional Team, working in synergy and towards one goal and purpose.

Location and Travel:

The candidate will be based in Nigeria

About MAX:MAX is a team of passionate people building digital infrastructure to deliver the future of mobility in Africa and Emerging Markets. We attract people with conviction who are willing to bring new ideas and perspectives to a problem that affects everyone on the planet.At MAX, you’ll have a unique opportunity to align your passion with a meaningful mission.You will get a real opportunity to grow and make a real lasting impact on the lives of millions of people, and help deliver access to safe, reliable, affordable and sustainable transportation.Our Mission:We are Powering Africa’s Forward Movement, and this is being actualized through our transformative Mission: Making mobility safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable through the deployment of high-performance technology and operators.We are building the largest vehicle subscription and financial services platform for commercial drivers and transport operators across Africa. Our proprietary technology is enabling Drivers with no banking history to access low to zero emission vehicles, insurance, digital wallets and eHailing services on a subscription basis. From 2019 to 2020, we scaled from 200 to more than 10,000 drivers and have raised more than $40m to achieve our mission. Our goal is to serve 14million gig drivers across Africa's $250B mobility industry. In the short term, we are scaling our impact to 100,000 drivers across 10 cities in 3 countries.Our Values:In everything we do, we uphold these 5 values without compromise; Transparency: We’re taking everyone along for the ride. Integrity: We stand by our word to remain consistent with all parties, including you! Initiative: We prioritize ingenious ideas and nurture them which has brought us this far and we’re not stopping now. Partnership: We always keep the welcome mat rolled out on MAX Land; everyone is welcome. Safety: Safety to us at MAX means taking all road safety precautions, telling others about safety so that mobility is safe and comfortable for all. Our Impact: Financial Inclusion: We fill a critical funding gap for informal operators in Africa by arranging credit to drivers and micro-entrepreneurs who have few credible options. Economic Empowerment: We have onboarded +15000 drivers onto our platform with thousands more in the pipeline in a bid to fulfill the transportation needs in Africa. Sustainable Job Creation: We are creating direct and indirect jobs through income-generating assets, technology, and continuous skill development training. Transport Infrastructure: Our drivers are professionals and can guarantee high quality of service and safety to passengers. Environmental Sustainability: We are deploying electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, and battery swapping stations to propel the transition to clean mobility. Our Investors and Strategic Partners:MAX has raised $70m+ in funding to date, from strategic and financial investors including Lightrock (member of the LGT Group), Global Ventures, Yamaha, Mastercard, Shell Foundation, Novastar, Goodwell Investments, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Techstars, and DLM Capital. Its Series B first-close of $31m was delivered in December 2021 after which the company announced plans to scale Vehicle Subscriptions, Fintech Products, and Electric Vehicles (EVs) across Africa. Max expects that 31% of its fleet will be made up of EVs by 2024 and 69% by 2026.MAX is raising $100m+ within the next 12months to permanently transform mobility across Africa.

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