Motion Designer
Duelbits
Cloud
Lead Motion Designer
Directive
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
Visit company websiteJob Level
Senior
Tech Stack
Java
About the role
- Assist in designing and creating storyboards, mood boards, and design frames
- Research and analyze best design techniques and solutions to create motion graphics
- Create engaging animations that connect with the target audience and achieve the target objectives
- Manage the entire lifecycle of short-form video creation for internal and external projects
- Produce content and assets for use across a wide variety of media, including social media, mobile platforms, web, and emerging media
- Take initiative on projects to over-deliver new and innovative solutions
- Adhere to brand guidelines in ways that still push creative boundaries
- Work with clients and internal stakeholders to understand the brand, audience, and intended message to create a strategic, high-performing video product
- Create original designs that communicate the desired intentions in a visually creative, unified way to current and prospective clients
- Coordinate all production requirements, potentially including VO and music, and provide final approval notifications
Requirements
- A robust portfolio of completed motion graphic projects is required for consideration
- Expert-level knowledge of Adobe Suite and additional industry-leading motion graphics design software (AfterEffects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, Cinema 4D, Blender, Animate, etc)
- Someone who is always looking for new technologies and platforms to create motion content - including emerging generative AI platforms.
- Superb visual and conceptual skills to solve problems and create novel solutions
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to build your designs into a multi-channel strategy
- Ability to both fully own a project and also collaborate as a member of a team
- Bachelor's degree in Art, Graphic Design, or a related discipline is highly preferred (but not a deal-breaker)
- Bonus Points:
- Strong character animation skills
- Proficiency in Java for After Effects
- 3D motion graphics abilities
Benefits
- We have a set living wage at Directive
- Medical, dental, vision plans, disability, and life insurance coverage for you and your family that fit your lifestyle
- Including a 100% employer-paid plan for you and a 50% employer contribution for your dependents
- Mental - Access to certified therapists through Spring Health, membership to Headspace
- Physical - Gympass
- Unlimited PTO (2-week minimum), Paid Company Holidays, Your Birthday Off, End of Year Recharge (Closed December 24 - January 1), Paid Parental Leave
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) with a 3% company match
- Annual bonus based on tenure, which scales in total amount over time
- Annual Anniversary Trip with peers and executive leadership for fun and entertainment!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
motion graphicsstoryboardinganimationcharacter animation3D motion graphicsJava for After Effectsvisual designconceptual designmulti-channel strategydesign techniques
Soft skills
problem-solvingcreativityinitiativecollaborationcommunicationanalytical skillspresentation skillsattention to detailclient managementstrategic thinking
