Motion Graphics Designer — Independent Contractor Scarab Digital | Vancouver-based | Hybrid | Remote-across Canada considered A contract role for designers who can own work, think in story, and become repeat collaborators as projects move. We are looking for a Motion Graphics Designer to join Scarab Digital as a freelance independent contractor on active film and television productions. This is project-based contract work with the intention of building ongoing working relationships with people we trust.

When the alignment is there, the relationship is meant to continue across projects rather than end after a single engagement. Most contractor collaborations are primarily remote. Vancouver-based designers are welcome to work hybrid or in studio when useful, but we do not treat physical presence as a substitute for ownership, creative judgment, or clear communication.

Scarab

Digital builds story-driven on-screen graphics for film and television: phones, text conversations, social interfaces, laptop screens, search results, dashboards, surveillance visuals, broadcast graphics, radar systems, and speculative UI/FUI. The work needs to read instantly on screen, feel native to the world of the story, and help move the narrative forward. At this level, we need someone who can work independently, make strong creative calls, and contribute more than directed execution.

Design and animate UI, FUI, and other on-screen graphics for film and television.

- Create believable systems for phones, messaging, search, social feeds, laptop files, dashboards, broadcast screens, and other story surfaces.




- Interpret scripted creative direction, and production constraints into clear visual solutions.
- can take a creative risk without losing readability or breaking the production need.
- robust contract and studio experience is welcome.
- Expert working ability in After Effects, Illustrator, and Photoshop.

Bonus

Protopie experience • Strong design fundamentals across typography, layout, composition, color, and motion.

- A portfolio that shows narrative interface work, on-screen graphics, or highly relevant adjacent work.
- Film, television, trailer, title, game, or narrative design experience.
- Experience with screen graphics that feel real-world, functional, and native to a live-action environment.
- How we work with contractors • This is freelance independent-contractor work with scoped deliverables and project-based timelines.
- we are not just building a speculative roster for someday.
- We want people to do their best work from their strengths, not spend energy pretending to be a different kind of creative just to match an outdated mold. Category - Motion Designer Typical level - Typically 3–6 years in relevant motion/design work Core tools - After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Protopie, Figma Stage Ownership, taste, film/UI/FUI relevance, collaboration style, accountability. Help Identify your personal strengths and see how your skills and strength fits into the team If you are looking for a freelance relationship where the work is real, the standards are high, and your contribution can turn into repeat collaboration, send us work that shows how you think.

📌 Motion Graphics Designer Independent Contractor (Vancouver)
🏢 Scarab Digital
📍 Vancouver