About the role
☎️ About fonio
fonio.ai is a market leader in AI agents for SMBs. We started with phone agents and now also cover WhatsApp, web chat, email and a full AI phone system. We’re growing fast across Europe, the UK, the US and Brazil.
We grew from $1M to $10M ARR in under 12 months, then went from $10M to $20M in about 8 weeks. Today we serve 10,000+ customers.
We move fast, take ownership, give direct feedback, and avoid politics and unnecessary meetings.
Join one of the fastest-growing companies! 🚀
The Role
As a Motion Designer at fonio, you own the entire production pipeline for video content, from pre-production through animation to post-production including sound design. You do all of this yourself.
You work closely with our marketing team: the Creative Strategist provides concept and brief, the Content Creator shoots footage, and you turn that into animated, edited, and sound-ready final products that perform on Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and our website.
You take full ownership of the motion workflow end-to-end. We are deliberately not looking for a pure animation role that hands off to post-production. We want someone who understands that a great product video is half about sound.
Your Responsibilitites
- Pre-production: concept sketches, storyboards, asset creation (vector graphics, visuals, UI mockups, screen recordings)
- Animation: motion graphics for paid social (Meta, TikTok, YouTube), website, product showcases, tutorials, and internal formats
- Post-production: video editing, cutting, pacing, color, transitions
- Sound design: appropriate sounds, sound effects, music selection, mixing. You understand that sound is what brings product videos to life
- Executing creative briefs, turning concepts into finished, performance-ready videos
- Iterating based on performance data: what works, what doesn't, and why
- Building a reusable motion asset library (templates, components, brand elements)
What to Expect
- Full ownership over all of fonio's motion output, end-to-end, no handoffs
- Direct impact on an ad spend budget of over €700,000/month
- Close collaboration with the Creative Strategist, Content Creator, and Marketing Lead
- Short decision-making paths, fast pace, real autonomy
- Access to the latest AI tools for motion (Runway, Sora, Kling, etc.)
What You Bring
Must-haves
- 1–3 years of experience in motion design and animation
- Native in After Effects. There is no motion design without AE, and you work in it faster than most people work in PowerPoint
- Strong skills in a video editing tool (Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve, or comparable)
- Command of the full production pipeline: pre-production (asset creation, concepting), animation, post-production (editing, color, sound design), all in one person
- Sound design understanding. You know that a great product video is half about sound and can use effects and music to bring videos to life
- Solid grasp of motion graphics animation principles (timing, easing, anticipation, weight)
- Portfolio featuring digital and software product videos. We want to see that you can tell UI stories through motion
- Fluent in English (as this is our business language)
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Cinema 4D, Figma, or other design and 3D tools
- Experience with AI video tools (Runway, Sora, Kling, etc.)
- Background in performance creative environments (B2B SaaS, DTC, etc.)
What We Offer
- €65,000–100,000 gross annual salary (depending on experience)
- Equity
- Relocation support
- Daily lunch and dinner
- Equipment of your choice
- Regular team off-sites
- On-site in Vienna, working directly with the core-team
Hiring Process
- 15 min intro call
- Case Study
- 30 min skills interview (walk us through your case)
- 20 min culture call
How we hire?
We're AI-native, including in hiring. AI helps us to remain efficient, but people make every decision.
fonio is an equal opportunity employer. We hire for talent and ownership, whatever your background is.
Need an adjustment in the process? Just tell us.
Please send your CV in English. Then knock us off our feet 🚀