What does a Motion Designer do?

I’m sure I’m not the only one who has experienced this.
You’re doing some small talk with someone. Maybe you’ve just met them, maybe you’re getting to know them, maybe it’s just your neighbor that you’ve just crossed while going back to your appartement.

And there the dreaded question comes up: “so what do you do for work?” 

I usually respond with “I’m an illustrator and animator” followed with “I mostly do drawings and advertising videos”, and trust me that follow up is very important since most of the time people start thinking I work as a children’s entertainer.
For reference in Italian (my native language) the word “animator” refers to both 2D/3D animation and kids entertainment. Apart from the language difference, I’m sure I’m not the only one whose family still doesn’t know what you do for a living.

So that’s where the idea of this video comes from. Having some sort of presentation of what it is that I do for work and put it together in a nice way with some music, as a good motion designer normally does. Although I’m sure I’m still going to have to explain what’s this all about to a lot of people.
Inspired by the work “What is a Motion Designer” by Obapt.ae.