Motion Graphics Designer Volunteer

Description

FriendnPal is seeking a creative and passionate Motion Graphics Volunteer to help communicate our mission of making mental healthcare more accessible through engaging visual storytelling.

FriendnPal is a multilingual, AI-powered mental health platform that combines digital mental health support, behavioural insights, and access to human therapists to help people better understand their emotional wellbeing and access timely support.

In this role, you will transform ideas, campaigns, product features, mental health insights, and impact stories into compelling motion graphics and short-form videos for digital platforms. You will collaborate with our marketing, communications, and product teams to create visual content that educates audiences, raises awareness about mental health, promotes our services, and strengthens our brand identity.

This opportunity is ideal for someone passionate about animation, visual storytelling, digital media, mental health advocacy, and social impact. You will gain practical experience working with a mission-driven digital health startup while building your creative portfolio through meaningful projects.

This is a voluntary, unpaid position with responsibilities, schedules, and deliverables agreed upon in advance.

Key Responsibilities

Create engaging motion graphics, animated videos, and short-form visual content for social media, campaigns, and digital marketing.

Develop animated explainers showcasing FriendnPal's platform, features, services, and impact.

Turn scripts, storyboards, concepts, and briefs into visually compelling animations.

Produce content for platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and WhatsApp.

Support mental health awareness campaigns through educational animations, infographics, and storytelling.

Collaborate with the marketing, communications, design, and product teams to develop creative concepts.

Create animated promotional materials for product launches, partnerships, events, and community initiatives.

Maintain consistency with FriendnPal's brand identity, visual guidelines, and communication objectives.

Edit videos by incorporating typography, transitions, sound, illustrations, subtitles, and other relevant elements.

Adapt content into different formats and aspect ratios for multiple digital platforms.

Ensure content is accessible, culturally sensitive, inclusive, and appropriate for mental health communication.

Incorporate feedback and revise creative work to meet agreed objectives and deadlines.

Organise and maintain project files, source assets, and final exports.

Keep up with motion design trends, animation techniques, and digital storytelling practices.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Demonstrable interest or experience in motion graphics, animation, video editing, or visual storytelling.

Familiarity with tools such as Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Blender, Canva, CapCut, or equivalent software.

A creative mindset with strong attention to detail, composition, typography, timing, and visual consistency.

Ability to interpret creative briefs and communicate ideas through engaging visuals.

Good communication, time-management, and collaboration skills.

Willingness to receive feedback and work within agreed timelines.

A portfolio, showreel, or samples of previous creative work is an advantage.

Preferred Qualities

Passion for mental health awareness, digital health, or social impact.

Interest in translating complex ideas into simple, engaging visual stories.

Understanding of social media content formats and audience engagement.

Ability to create culturally relevant and inclusive content for diverse audiences.

Initiative, reliability, and willingness to contribute creative ideas.

What You Will Gain

Practical experience creating motion graphics for an AI-powered digital mental health platform.

Portfolio-building opportunities through meaningful campaigns and product storytelling.

Collaboration experience with a multidisciplinary, impact-driven team.

Opportunities to contribute to mental health awareness and digital health innovation.

A certificate or reference may be considered based on the organisation's policy and the volunteer's contribution.

Responsibilities