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    "description": "<p><span style=\"color: rgb(22, 46, 79); font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold\">Motion Graphics Designer — Independent Contractor</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic\">Scarab Digital | Vancouver-based | Hybrid | Remote-across Canada considered</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">A contract role for designers who can own work, think in story, and become repeat collaborators as projects move.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(22, 46, 79); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">The opportunity</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">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.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">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.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(22, 46, 79); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">What the work is</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">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.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">At this level, we need someone who can work independently, make strong creative calls, and contribute more than directed execution. You should be able to interpret a brief, see where the opportunity is, and turn that into work that reads clearly on screen and elevates the scene.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(22, 46, 79); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">What you will do</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Design and animate UI, FUI, and other on-screen graphics for film and television.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Create believable systems for phones, messaging, search, social feeds, laptop files, dashboards, broadcast screens, and other story surfaces.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Interpret scripted creative direction, and production constraints into clear visual solutions.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Push concepts beyond the obvious when the story benefits from a bolder approach.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Balance taste, function, speed, and clarity under real production timelines.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Work independently while staying connected to the team, the brief, and the larger story goal.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(22, 46, 79); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">You will do your best work here if you…</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• move things forward without needing constant supervision.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• understand the difference between something that looks cool and something that works on screen in the story world.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• can take a creative risk without losing readability or breaking the production need.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• care about the whole outcome, not just your assigned task.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• bring a point of view and can explain your choices clearly.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(22, 46, 79); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">What usually does not work here</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• A purely marketing or agency lens with no interest in cinematic storytelling.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Over-designed work that ignores usability, pacing, or story function.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Dependency on a high iteration feedback loop.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• A need for slow cycles when the production reality is fast-moving.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Low-accountability collaboration habits.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(22, 46, 79); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">Core requirements</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• 3–6 years of relevant professional experience; strong contract and studio experience is welcome.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Expert working ability in After Effects, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Bonus Protopie experience</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Strong design fundamentals across typography, layout, composition, color, and motion.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• A portfolio that shows narrative interface work, on-screen graphics, or highly relevant adjacent work.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Confidence working independently under deadlines.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(22, 46, 79); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">Strongly preferred</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Film, television, trailer, title, game, or narrative design experience.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Experience with screen graphics that feel real-world, functional, and native to a live-action environment.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• UI/FUI system thinking, not just single-shot styling.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Working knowledge of Figma, Cinema 4D, and ProtoPie.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Experience giving and receiving concise, useful feedback.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• Evidence of taste: not trend-chasing, but clear judgment.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(22, 46, 79); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">How we work with contractors</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• This is freelance independent-contractor work with scoped deliverables and project-based timelines.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• The work is real and current; we are not just building a speculative roster for someday.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• We value repeat collaboration and tend to keep working with people who reliably make the work better.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">• We appreciate people who operate like true partners: clear, accountable, and solutions-oriented.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(22, 46, 79); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">Our inclusive approach</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">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. We care about contribution, craft, perspective, and accountability. We welcome designers from different backgrounds and paths, and we encourage candidates to apply even if they are stronger in some areas than others, as long as the core role fit is genuinely there.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(22, 46, 79); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">What strong candidates usually bring</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Category - Motion Designer</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Typical level - Typically 3–6 years in relevant motion/design work</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Core tools - After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Protopie, Figma</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Strong indicators - Independent execution, strong judgment, UI/FUI thinking, deadline reliability</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(22, 46, 79); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">Application process</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Stage</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">What we’re looking for</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Portfolio + short application</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Relevance, judgment, communication, and whether the candidate understands the role they are applying for.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Structured questions</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Ownership, taste, film/UI/FUI relevance, collaboration style, accountability.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">CliftonStrengths Assessment and Interview</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Help Identify your personal strengths and see how your skills and strength fits into the team</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(22, 46, 79); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">A note from us</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">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. We are looking for people who make the team sharper.</span></p>",
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