Motion Graphics in Chicago
Professional motion graphics services for Chicago businesses. Strategy, execution, and results.
Our Motion Graphics Services in Chicago
- Animated explainer videos for products, services, and complex concepts
- Social media motion graphics packages optimized for Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and YouTube
- Logo animations and brand motion identity elements for Chicago businesses
- Data visualization and infographic animations for investor and client presentations
- Product demo videos and SaaS feature showcase animations
- Animated ad creative for paid digital campaigns
- Event and conference opening motion sequences for Chicago industry events
- UI animations and micro-interaction design for digital products
- Technical and process visualization for manufacturing and industrial clients
- Internal training and onboarding animation for large enterprise clients
- Multi-format delivery optimized for every platform and distribution specification
Industries We Serve in Chicago
Financial Services and Fintech: The Loop and River North financial corridor uses motion graphics for client presentations, investor communications, product education, and digital advertising. CME Group ecosystem companies and Loop-area financial advisory firms both require motion content that reflects their institutional quality standards.
Technology Startups: The companies at 1871, in Fulton Market, and across Chicago's growing tech ecosystem need animated pitch support, product demo videos, and social content that communicates technical products clearly to non-technical buyers and investors.
Healthcare and Life Sciences: Northwestern Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, and the broader Illinois Medical District healthcare ecosystem use motion graphics for patient education, clinical training, research communication, and professional audience marketing.
Consumer Brands and Retail: The consumer brands in Wicker Park, Logan Square, and along the Magnificent Mile use motion graphics for social media content, digital advertising, and brand storytelling that earns engagement in competitive feeds.
Restaurant and Hospitality: Fulton Market's nationally recognized restaurant scene and Chicago's hotel and event venues use motion graphics for social media content, event marketing, and digital advertising that matches the experience quality of their physical offerings.
Manufacturing and Industrial: The manufacturing companies across Chicagoland use technical animation for trade show presentations, sales support, and training content that explains complex products and processes accurately and accessibly.
What to Expect
Step 1: Creative Brief and Discovery. We start by understanding your audience, your communication objective, and the specific outcome you want the animation to achieve. We discuss visual style, review examples that resonate with your brand, and establish scope, timeline, and deliverable specifications.
Step 2: Script and Storyboard. We develop the script and a visual storyboard that maps the animation beat by beat. This aligns the story, pacing, and visual approach before animation begins. Changes at this stage are far less costly than changes after animation production starts.
Step 3: Design and Animation. We design visual assets, animate them with approved timing and motion, and integrate voiceover, music, and sound design. We provide a work-in-progress preview at a defined milestone for client feedback before completing the final animation.
Step 4: Delivery and Optimization. We deliver finished files in all required formats, optimized for social media, website embedding, presentation use, and any broadcast or out-of-home distribution channels. Source files are provided for future adaptation.
Frequently Asked Questions
A 60-second animated explainer typically takes three to four weeks from concept through final delivery, including a revision round. Shorter social media animations can complete in one to two weeks. Complex projects with original character animation, extensive storyboarding, or multiple deliverable formats may take six to eight weeks. We provide specific project timelines in the scope document before work begins.
A social media animation package typically starts around $1,500 to $3,500 for a set of platform-optimized assets. A fully produced 60-second explainer video including script, storyboard, design, animation, voiceover, and audio typically runs $4,000 to $12,000 depending on animation style and complexity. Character animation and 3D work command higher rates. We provide detailed estimates after a discovery conversation.
Yes. We offer full-service production including scriptwriting and voiceover coordination. We can also work from a script your team provides. For Chicago clients without dedicated copywriters, we recommend our scriptwriting services because a weak script undermines even the strongest animation. Script quality is the single most important determinant of whether an explainer video achieves its communication objective.
We deliver optimized files for every platform in your distribution plan. Standard deliverables include landscape MP4 for YouTube and websites, square MP4 for Instagram feed, vertical MP4 for Instagram Reels, TikTok, and Stories, and a high-resolution master file. We also provide source files on request for clients who need future editing capability.
Yes, when source files are maintained. We recommend retaining source files so future updates, whether changing a price point, updating a product feature, or refreshing brand colors, do not require starting from scratch. We offer maintenance and adaptation services for clients who need ongoing motion content updates as their products and brand evolve.
Yes. We coordinate professional voiceover talent, license background music appropriate to your brand, and handle audio mixing as part of our full-service production. We can work with in-house voiceover or an existing brand voice if your organization has established audio identity. Chicago's active voice acting and audio production community gives us access to strong local talent for clients who want that connection. Chicago's creative standards are high. Work that matches them builds the brand equity your business deserves. Contact Running Start Digital to discuss your motion graphics project and create content that performs in this market.