Have an onboarding animation created
Help every new employee settle in faster with a clear onboarding animation that highlights exactly what matters. Animation Agency custom 2D and 3D explainer animations tailored to your onboarding process, from a warm welcome to practical instructions and compliance. We translate policies and culture into easy-to-understand visuals that you can use in pre-boarding emails, your LMS, or intranet. Everything is designed in your brand style, personalized, and scalable. This makes onboarding consistent, clear, and enjoyable for everyone. Want to make complex information clear for new employees? See how an explainer animation can help.
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Why an onboarding animation?
A strong first impression determines how quickly someone feels at home. With an onboarding video or animation, you can immediately provide new colleagues with context: who you are, what matters to you, and how daily processes work. Animation simplifies complex information, bridges language barriers, and ensures consistent explanations, regardless of who is conducting the training. This saves time, reduces questions and errors, and lowers the risk of early turnover.
Animation is also flexible. You can easily add or replace modules as processes change, and create versions tailored to different locations, roles, or languages. Whether you choose 2D or 3D animation, you’ll get a clear, brand-consistent narrative that’s always available. It’s helpful for new employees, efficient for HR and team leads, and measurable within your LMS.
Types of onboarding animations
Welcome animation
Introduce your brand, mission, values, and key team members in a brief, warm welcome. Perfect for pre-boarding, so new hires feel connected even before their first day on the job. Showcase your culture, outline expectations, and immediately convey a trustworthy image of the organization. An effective way to do this is with a short explanimation.
Instructional and how-to animation
Explain step by step how processes, tools, or systems work. Think of tracking hours, logging in securely, or requesting time off. Clear visuals and a calm voice-over reduce the learning curve and result in fewer support requests during the first few weeks. Learn more about instructional animations for onboarding. Do you work with software or an app? Then consider a SaaS onboarding explainer.
HR, Safety, and Compliance
Make policies concrete and easy to understand—from privacy and codes of conduct to occupational health and safety, emergency response, and safety protocols. By visualizing scenarios, information sticks better and you ensure compliance. This is a useful, reusable module for your onboarding process and e-learning.
Training and e-learning modules
Bring product knowledge, service workflows, or machine operation to life with microlearning animations. Offer short, bite-sized lessons that employees can take in the LMS, including quizzes and certification. Ideal for role-specific onboarding. For product usage, a product instruction animation works particularly well. Learn more about animation for internal training and onboarding.
FAQ or Practical Information
Answer frequently asked questions in a single, clear animation. Where can I find what I need? How do I request time off? Where is the emergency response plan? A concise FAQ animation lowers barriers and saves time for HR and team leads, without compromising on user-friendliness.
Proud partners
We are privileged to work for these wonderful brands and are proud of the trust we have earned from our 700+ customers.
"I loved working with Animation Agency. They provided excellent animations, understood our brand from the start, and were also a joy to work with."
Dana Connor
TransIP
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B2B Marketing Director
"Smooth collaboration and beautiful end result! Animation Agency knows how to quickly empathize with the company and the assignment. Excellent work and thanks for the cooperation!"
Sten de Poppel
KMWE Toolmanagers
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Online Marketer
"The quality of their work was excellent, and I'd recommend them to anyone looking for reliable and skilled animation support."
Michal Kaniorski
Puzzle
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Design Lead
Our working method
We start with a thorough intake session to define your objectives, target audience, context, and KPIs. Based on this, we develop a creative concept and script that perfectly align with your onboarding goals and brand identity. We then create style frames and a storyboard to validate the design, pacing, and tone of voice. This allows you to see in advance what the onboarding animation will look like, and enables us to make targeted adjustments.
Once approved, we handle voice-over casting and recording, create 2D or 3D animations, and add sound design and subtitles. You’ll receive clear review points and revision rounds to ensure everything is accurate in terms of content and visuals. We deliver in all necessary formats for intranets, LMS platforms, email, or digital signage, including short versions and language variants if desired. Fast, personalized, and with an eye for detail.
Costs and lead time
The cost depends on the length, complexity, whether it’s 2D or 3D animation, the number of languages, and the number of versions. As a market-based estimate, a custom 2D onboarding animation lasting 60 to 90 seconds typically costs between 3,500 and 7,500 euros. For 3D animation, this usually ranges from 6,000 to 15,000 euros, depending on the level of detail and assets. Multilingualism, additional modules, or illustrations can affect the price. We’re happy to help you create smart bundles by topic, so you can expand modularly.
The turnaround time is typically two to six weeks from script approval, depending on the number of feedback rounds and the scope of the project. Do you have a strict launch date or start date for a group of new employees? We’ll schedule the process to meet your deadline.
