Senior Motion Graphics Designer — Independent Contractor Scarab Digital | Vancouver-based | Hybrid | Remote- across Canada considered A senior contract role for a highly accountable designer who can shape visual direction, mentor others, and carry the hardest builds without losing the story. We are looking for a Senior Motion Graphics Designer to join Scarab Digital as a freelance independent contractor on active productions. This role is for a high-trust senior who can carry difficult builds, help shape visual direction, interpret evolving vision needs, and strengthen the team around them while still being deeply hands-on.

This is project-based contract work, but not one-off thinking.

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 the senior level, this role goes beyond personal output.

We need someone who can help define the right visual direction inside a moving production, translate abstract ideas into systems the team can execute, and mentor through context, feedback, and example. Design and animate complex UI/FUI and on-screen graphics systems for film and television. Help shape, clarify, and elevate artistic direction in collaboration with production and other creatives.

Take on the most challenging builds and step in when a project needs stronger direction,



stronger judgment, or stronger execution. Push design beyond the expected when it strengthens the scene, while still protecting the brief, story need, and production reality. Protecting ego more than protecting the quality of the outcome. 7+ years of relevant experience, with a portfolio that clearly supports senior-level judgment and execution.

Expert command of After Effects, Illustrator, Protopie, Figma, Cinema 4D and Photoshop. ~ High-end design fundamentals across typography, layout, composition, color, rhythm, and motion. ~ Strong portfolio in film, television, games, title work, or comparable narrative interface work. ~ Ability to move fluidly between concept, art direction, build, revision, and final delivery. Confidence in client- or stakeholder-facing creative conversations when occasional consultation is necessary.

Evidence of systems thinking: not just excellent frames, but coherent visual logic. How we work with contractors This is freelance independent-contractor work with project-based scopes, schedules, and deliverables.

We are looking for a true senior collaborator: someone who can be trusted with meaningful responsibility quickly. Our strongest contractor relationships tend to become long-running because trust, judgment, and consistency matter here. We are not looking for one stereotype of a senior creative.

Category - Senior Motion Designer Core tools - Expert After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Protopie, Figma If you are the kind of senior who brings vision, clarity, accountability, and strong execution into the room.

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