Motion Design
Showreel - Approaching Social-First Motion
OVERVIEW
A selection of social-first motion work from 2021 to 2025, exploring how motion can hold attention, guide understanding, and make digital content feel more engaging across social and campaign touchpoints.
Across these projects, my role included motion design, storyboarding, animated typography, visual pacing, illustration-based animation, and adapting brand assets into motion for different formats and platforms.
Role
Scope
Team
Timeline
00:05–00:07
Studio Chen Chen — Animated Brand Motion
00:10–00:16
Never Sit Still — Illustrated & Animated
00:30–00:36
Carve and Stitch — Illustrated & Animated
00:36–00:38
We Know Video — Illustrated for Motion
All Other Segments
Personal Work — Designed, Illustrated & Animated by me
© Rights and credits belong to the respective studio, shared for portfolio purposes
2021 - 2025
Animated Identities, Motion Branding, Social Motion, Visual Storytelling
Motion Designer and Illustrator
PROBLEM
Creators have only 3 seconds to earn attention in a crowded social feed
Retention is Harder to Earn
If the first few seconds don’t feel relevant, people scroll, making reach, engagement, and conversion harder
Staying Relevant is Harder to Sustain
Brands need content that can stay fresh without losing consistency
Content Takes Longer to Adapt
Creators cannot just repost the same asset everywhere, each platform behaves differently
DESIGN CHALLENGE
How do we make motion earn attention across platforms before people scroll?
Audience
Make the first few seconds feel relevant to grab attention
Brand
Stay recognisable without losing identity
Platform
Adapt to behaviour on how each platform is used
STRATEGY & DECISIONS
The Responsive Motion System
3 Second Hook
Create a strong first impression within 3 seconds with visual contrast, novelty, and sound design
Design for Platform
Shape motion around each platform’s audience and behaviour
Build to Adapt
Create motion assets that can flex across new trends and platform features without starting from scratch
AI-ASSISTED WORKFLOW
AI-assisted motion thinking for faster, smarter social-first content
Faster Technical Problem-Solving
Used AI to write and troubleshoot expressions in After Effects and Cavalry, helping test motion ideas more efficiently
Motion Physics Exploration
Used ChatGPT and Runway to imagine motion physics and material behaviour before refining the final animation direction
Connecting Motion to Audience Behaviour
Used AI to support thinking around attention, pacing, recall, and marketing psychology, so movement choices were tied to communication goals, not just visual style
RESULT & TAKEAWAY
The motion system created a recognisable social language for each brand, helping content feel more consistent and adaptable across marketing touchpoints
Reusable Motion Language
Type reveals, transitions, loops, and graphic behaviours were built as reusable parts, allowing the brand to respond to trends without rebuilding from scratch
Platform-Shaped Motion
The motion was adapted through timing and format so each piece felt native to the platform while still using the same visual language
Speed with Clarity
The first moments were designed to hook quickly, then slow down around key messages so the content stayed readable and easy to understand
