Hire vetted offshoreMotion Designers.
Sprint Labs recruits, vets, places and manages vetted independent motion designers across Asia for companies in Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada and the UK. You interview and direct them like an in-house hire. We handle the contractor agreement, fees, payments and engagement support.
- Full-time, dedicated, managed by Sprint Labs
- Named shortlist in 5–10 business days
- One flat monthly seat cost, no placement fee
- Role-specific AI training included
Recorded intros, prior work and references.
Get a motion designer shortlist
Named, vetted candidates with recordings and rates. No account, no call required.
How much does an offshore motion designer cost, and how does hiring one work?
A motion designer through Sprint Labs costs roughly USD 1,550–1,800 per month all-in at mid-level and USD 1,900–2,200 for senior — one flat seat cost with no recruitment fee and no entity required. A good hire makes your product and brand move without a studio invoice. Named shortlists land in 5–10 business days.
Embedded in teams across six markets
How fast can I get a candidate started?
Tell us the role
Two minutes, no account. Seniority, start date, anything specific.
We recruit and vet
Skills tests, a working session and reference checks against your brief.
You meet a shortlist
Named candidates with recordings, prior work and a flat monthly seat cost.
They start, we manage the engagement
Contracts, contractor fees and payments, time off, performance concerns and replacement sit with Sprint Labs. Role-specific AI training is available from their start, scheduled when it suits you.
Same role. A fraction of the cost.
Mid-Senior annual seat cost compared with hiring the same role locally in Australia, including employer on-costs.
- Dedicated full-time hire — included
- Contracted and managed by Sprint Labs — included
- Replacement at no extra cost — included
- Dedicated full-time hire — included
- Contracted and managed for you — not included
- Replacement at no extra cost — not included
Local figure: midpoint of the AUD 80,000–85,000 salary range (Indicative. SEEK job ads, Sydney, Oct 2026 (n=4), 2026) plus default employer on-costs. Sprint Labs figure: typical Mid-Senior price (band midpoint) × 12, converted from USD at the mid-market rate of 2026-11-05. Indicative only.
What does a strong motion designer change?
Motion work — product explainers, animated ads, UI micro-animation, title systems — is normally bought project by project at studio rates. As a seat it becomes a standing capability, and offshore motion designers trained on After Effects and Cinema 4D produce studio-standard output at a fraction of the cost.
What they own
- Animate product explainers and campaign videos
- Build and maintain a brand motion system
- Produce animated ad variants for paid channels
- Create UI animation and Lottie assets for product teams
- Storyboard concepts before production
What skills should a motion designer have?
- After Effects
- Cinema 4D / Blender
- Motion graphics
- Product explainers
- Lottie / Rive
- Storyboarding
- Sound design basics
- Brand motion systems
- Figma
How your motion designer learns to work with AI
Motion work starts with storyboards and ends with tidy, reusable project files. Training shows your motion designer where AI can help explore concepts, generate assets and handle repetitive production steps, with brand motion rules and usage rights reviewed throughout.
Storyboarding explainer concepts
Turn a product explainer script into storyboard frames, style options and a shot list before any animation starts in a tool such as After Effects.
Storyboards are reviewed against the script and brand motion system, and product details shown on screen are confirmed with the product team.
Generating and preparing assets
Use AI to create textures, background plates or rough 3D references, then rebuild or refine them for use in animated ads and title sequences.
Generated assets are checked for licence terms and visual artefacts, and nothing goes into client work without rights confirmed.
Scripting repetitive production steps
Draft expressions or scripts that automate repetitive animation tasks, such as resizing ad variants or updating text layers across a template.
Scripts are tested on a copy of the project file, outputs are checked frame by frame, and the file is named and organised for handover.
Using a practice explainer script and synthetic brand guide, they produce a storyboard, one animated scene and a reusable template, documenting where AI was used and which generated assets they rejected.
Available once your team member starts, scheduled when it suits you. No additional training fee.
Explore our AI training programme →Brief the role in two minutes. Shortlist in days.
Motion Designer seat cost, USD per month.
Indicative monthly fee covering the contractor's fee, recruitment and vetting, contracts, payments and FX, management support, replacement and role-specific AI training. There is no separate recruitment fee; your exact quote is generated in-app. Benchmarks in USD, reviewed .
What it costs
An offshore motion designer through Sprint Labs costs about USD 1,200 to 2,200 per month, all-in.
| Seniority | Monthly all-in rate USD | Approximate monthly AUD | Local salary, Australia AUD per year | Local salary, US USD per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate | 1,200 to 1,550 | 1,714 to 2,214 | ||
| Mid-Senior | 1,450 to 1,800 | 2,072 to 2,572 | ||
| Senior | 1,750 to 2,200 | 2,500 to 3,143 |
USD ranges use the role's existing all-in rates across recruitment markets. AUD is an indicative conversion using Sprint Labs mid-market billing FX feed, dated 2026-10-21: AUD 1 = USD 0.69997032. Actual quotes use the rate at billing.
Local figures are annual salaries, not monthly all-in staffing costs. Blank cells mean no reliable, seniority-specific benchmark has been verified. No salary percentiles have been relabelled as seniority bands.
- Entry
- USD 1,300–1,550
- Mid
- USD 1,550–1,800
- Senior
- USD 1,900–2,200
- Entry
- USD 1,250–1,500
- Mid
- USD 1,500–1,750
- Senior
- USD 1,800–2,100
- Entry
- USD 1,200–1,450
- Mid
- USD 1,450–1,650
- Senior
- USD 1,750–2,000
- Entry
- USD 1,250–1,450
- Mid
- USD 1,450–1,700
- Senior
- USD 1,800–2,100
Entry-level covers capable candidates with 1–3 years' experience, best where the work is well defined and supervised.
Brief the role in two minutes. Shortlist in days.
Interviewing a motion designer.
Ask for the project file
A tidy, well-named, re-usable After Effects project separates production designers from one-off showreel builders. Ask how they would hand the file to someone else next quarter.
Work sample beats CV claims
Sprint Labs screens every motion designer on a short, realistic task drawn from the work you actually need done, then sends you the output alongside the CV. You see the standard before you spend an interview slot on it.
English and communication are scored
Written and spoken English is assessed and you get a voice recording before you interview, so you know how this person will land in a client call, a Slack thread or a handover note.
Add AI accent conversion for $1/hour per user.
If the role spends time on the phone, our AI accent conversion neutralises accent in real time so every call lands clearly with your customers — without losing the person behind the voice.
Real-time neutralisation
Accent is softened live on the call, with latency low enough that the conversation still feels natural.
Their voice, preserved
Tone, pace, warmth and intent stay theirs. It is your actual team member on the line, just easier to follow.
Your existing phone system
Layers over the softphone or dialler you already run. No porting, no new platform, nothing to retrain.
Hire a motion designer from Asia.
Questions about hiring an offshore motion designer.
How much does an offshore motion designer cost?
Around USD 1,550–1,800 per month all-in at mid-level and USD 1,900–2,200 for a senior motion designer.
Can one person cover both video editing and motion?
Some can, at a cost. If your volume is mostly cutting footage with occasional animation, hire an editor with After Effects skills. If motion is the product, hire the specialist — the craft ceiling is meaningfully higher.
What AI skills will my motion designer learn?
Your motion designer learns to use AI to storyboard concepts, generate and prepare assets, and script repetitive production steps in their animation tools. Assets are checked for usage rights and brand fit, scripts are tested on project copies, and final work is approved. Tool use depends on what your business approves.
Do I need a local entity to hire a motion designer offshore?
No. You sign a Master Services Agreement and Work Order with Sprint Labs, and Sprint Labs engages the motion designer as an independent contractor. We handle contracts, fees and payments, engagement support and one monthly invoice. You direct the work day-to-day exactly as you would an in-house hire.
How long does it take to hire a motion designer through Sprint Labs?
Most briefs produce a named, vetted shortlist within 5–10 business days. From there you interview, choose, and we handle the offer, contract and onboarding — typical brief-to-start is three to five weeks depending on the candidate's notice period.
What happens if the hire is not the right fit?
Tell us within the first 30 days and we replace them at our cost. After that, engagements carry a 60-day cancellation notice, which protects the contractor and gives you time to hand over work, but if you want to swap rather than offboard, we run a replacement search in parallel at no additional recruitment cost.
Is AI training included with this placement?
Yes. Once your team member starts, they can enrol in role-specific AI training with no additional training fee. You choose when they enrol, and the self-paced modules run during their normal working hours.
Can the training align with our tools and AI policies?
Yes. The course teaches general skills on practice material, and how your team member applies them depends on the tools, access and AI policy your business approves. If certain work must stay AI-free, they follow your rules. Third-party software subscriptions aren't included and are agreed during onboarding.
Brief the role in two minutes. Shortlist in days.
What other roles are often hired alongside?
Brief the role. See a shortlist within 5–10 business days.
Named, vetted candidates with recordings, prior work and references — plus a flat monthly seat cost in your own currency.
