Mid-Weight Motion Designer - Fixed Term Contract
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Description

We're always on the lookout for talented Motion Designers
If you're interested in coming on board for an initial fixed term contract
And you've got at least 4 years experience creating branded content
We'd love to hear from you

You are a passionate Animator/Motion Graphics Editor with strong design skills and a keen interest in branded content creation and social media. An ambitious and passionate motion & graphic designer who has experience creating scroll-stopping content. You’re part of a passionate and fast growing content team and working across our portfolio of clients. Your day to day will focus on creating multi-channel content for brands both big and small across a diverse range of industries.

You are keen to grow and develop, and want to work with a creative, dynamic team of legends (if we do say so ourselves). As part of a hard working and relaxed culture at ITCH you’re someone who loves being part of a team, generating ideas and approaching filmmaking with a creative outlook!  

You will be working across the Adobe suite, taking content from the in-house editors to then create and add motion graphics, as well as designing and building 100% pure animations. You’ll have the desire to be involved in the ideation stage of creative projects wherever possible and enjoy working in a fast paced environment, with the ability to juggle multiple projects and multiple deadlines. 

Drawing on your design fundamentals; whether creating short-form animations designing brand guidelines, you will seamlessly be able to integrate graphics and text into engaging and slick deliverables. Finally above all someone who loves using motion graphics and animation to tell great stories.

Key Skills
  • 4 Years Experience in creating social first motion graphics
  • Highly experienced with Adobe Creative Suite (including Premiere, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
  • Expert knowledge of After Effects
  • Some working knowledge of Audition 
  • Knowledge of workflows within a post production environment
  • HD codecs and workflows
  • Strong all-round design skills, with a good understanding of typography and branding
  • Good understanding of 2D animation principles
  • Good understanding of digital marketing & social media
  • Ability to manage the successful delivery of fast paced media projects to the required standard and deadlines
  • High attention to detail and strong organisational skills
  • An enthusiasm for sharing and discussing ideas as part of the creative ideation stage
  • Proficiency in using communication and project management tools (ideally Slack and Monday.com)
  • Extremely hard-working and willing to take on additional responsibilities as required
Responsibilities
  • Make things move!
  • Ideate and create motion graphics elements including text animation, 2D vector animation, animating logos and where relevant adhering to brand guidelines
  • Managing briefs from concept through to completion, making sure it hits the required deadlines and meets the agreed criteria and design style
  • Create bespoke graphic elements and think of new ways to illustrate core messaging across creative assets
  • Create visually striking style frames that push the creative boundaries for each project
  • Translate brand assets into custom motion graphics elements
  • Collaborate with other members of the creative team to drive creative innovation and produce video content to the highest possible standard
  • Manage creative requirements, expectations, and deadlines for your projects
  • Creating informative animations and assets from static images to tell a complete story
  • Skillfully turning concepts and style frames into visually striking, comprehensible animations that resonate with target markets
  • Responsible for developing creative concepts into world-class branded content across multiple touchpoints
  • Take ownership of your entire part of the design process from concept to delivery
  • Working with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure solutions meet or exceed our clients’ strategic objectives
  • Working on multiple projects/tasks of varying complexities, meeting deadlines and supporting your team members to meet theirs
  • Contribute to establishing the workflows within the team including freelancers
  • Following the correct design processes and creating high-quality deliverables for projects
  • Be on hand to support and skill share with any junior members of the team
  • Helping the Studio Manager scope projects and giving time estimates needed to complete your work
  • Provide regular updates to the Accounts team on all projects that you’re working on
Perks

Salary is £28k - £38k

We also have a great perks scheme at ITCH, which we'd love to share with you, if this role was to become permanent

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