Motion Designer - TEKsystems
Seattle, WA 98101
About the Job
Our client in the food and beverage industry is looking for a motion designer to support their upcoming digital menu release. Candidates are required to have a online portfolio that showcases animation.
Top Skills' Details
1. 5+ years of collaborating and presenting their own work while adhering to brand guidelines
2. 5+ years of advanced working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud product (must have prior work experience with web app/platform and CS software's to create animated motion design)
3. 5+ years experience translating marketing strategy into persuasive digital first motion-based layouts and engaging concepts from storyboarding to final assets
Description:
We are looking for an innovative, forward-thinking, and highly skilled Lead Motion Designer to join our Content Innovation team. This person will be a self-motivated and open-minded candidate with solid visual design and motion design capabilities and a comprehensive understanding of how brand can express themselves across a digital brand ecosystem.
Key projects:
• Working on highly visible and highly critiqued customer facing items
• Working on the digital menus
• Educational panels for new releases
Daily Responsibilities:
• Create engaging motion graphics for in-store digital signage that set a high bar for digital storytelling that consistently engages our customers
• Be a passionate student of all things digital, particularly in-store digital signage and digital advertising.
• Stay current with industry trends, tools, and technologies to continuously improve the quality and innovation of motion graphics production.
• Create and maintain motion design systems and principles for consumer facing in-store digital signage.
• Collaborate closely with marketing team members, stakeholders, and designers to create concepts that meet their goals and expectations
• Translate marketing strategy into persuasive digital first motion-based layouts and engaging concepts from storyboarding to final assets.
• Have a solid understanding of design principles and best practices specific to digital (e.g. typography, color theory, layout, information hierarchy)
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
This person should have strong design principles, excellent design rationale communication skills, natural curiosity, and work well with a mix of independent work/team collaboration. This person will be the only motion designer on the team so they need to be able to lead this charge independently and be an expert within motion design and design system creation.
• 6 to 10-years of experience in motion graphics design, preferably from agency or direct to consumer in-house environments.
• Advanced working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud product (must have prior work experience with web app/platform and CS softwares) (Adobe Experience Manager Assets experience is a plus)
• Expert Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator) and other industry-standard motion graphics software. 3D animation software experience a plus.
• Portfolio that showcases contributions to interactive consumer facing experiences and demonstrates originality, innovation, strong visual storytelling and visual aesthetics.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to present concepts, prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
• Experience creating digital motion design in a similar industry
• Be able to present their own work, and working within the brand guidelines
DISQUALIFIERS:
-heavy on video editing
-no examples of animated motion design
We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected
classification. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits
and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. This temporary role may be eligible for the following:
- Medical, dental & vision
- 401(k)/Roth
- Insurance (Basic/Supplemental Life & AD&D)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health and Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HAS & DCFSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time off/Leave (PTO, Vacation, or Sick Leave)
About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.