Motion Designer – Contract
Playground Games
contract
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Leamington Spa • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Unity
About the role
- Design and animate motion graphics for trailers, social content, livestream overlays, and community campaigns.
- Capture and edit high-quality game footage and screenshots from various platforms (Console, PC, in-engine).
- Collaborate closely with the directors, capture artists, and developers to stage, compose, and capture compelling game material.
- Edit and produce engaging video content using Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects for both internal and external purposes.
- Develop storyboards, visual concepts, and 2D art assets for video and motion content.
- Apply strong graphic design principles to all visual outputs, ensuring clarity, consistency, and brand alignment.
- Work with the team to define and maintain the visual style of marketing and community assets.
- Review and refine video, motion, and graphic content based on feedback from stakeholders, ensuring high standards of quality and alignment with creative vision.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in motion design, gaming, and digital media.
Requirements
- Proven experience in motion design, graphic design, or post-production within the games, entertainment, or creative industries.
- Strong proficiency in Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro.
- Solid understanding of animation principles, typography, visual storytelling, and 2D art.
- Demonstrated ability to create high-quality 2D art and graphic design assets for digital media.
- Experience creating assets for social media, YouTube, and community platforms.
- Highly skilled in game capture, cinematography, lighting, and editorial.
- Familiarity with cinematic or sequencing tools (Unreal, Unity, Motion Builder, etc.) is a plus.
- Ability to take constructive feedback and incorporate it into revisions.
- A portfolio showcasing motion design, graphic design, and 2D artwork relevant to gaming or entertainment.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance available if required
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
motion designgraphic designpost-productionanimation principlestypographyvisual storytelling2D artgame capturecinematographylighting
Soft skills
collaborationfeedback incorporationcreativityattention to detail