Senior Motion & Video Designer

Reports to Motion & Video Director

Job Summary

Supporting Creative Services excellence by delivering a wide range of high-quality motion and video projects efficiently. Interrogating and challenging briefs, working closely with account teams, Creative Team Leads and Creative Leads, applying creativity and a keen eye for detail to ensure optimal and innovative solutions to client requests. Supporting consistent delivery of optimized outputs efficiently across the team.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Producing high quality, visually appealing and technically accurate materials on schedule and according to brief:
  
  
  • Producing animated materials for screen
  • Following brand guidelines and creative concepts initiated by senior creative team
  • Supporting with creative concept ideation, working closely with Creative Leads, and creation of storyboards where required
    
    
• Interrogating briefs thoroughly to fully understand expected outcomes, applying experience to ensure all requirements are met to deadline
• Pushing creative boundaries to exceed customer expectations
• Interpreting and challenging creative briefs, where appropriate, and driving collaboration within and across creative and account teams, to ensure the best possible solutions are delivered efficiently
• Supporting the Motion & Video Director, inputting into production planning, estimates/scoping, and effective management of internal and external resources
• Actioning all requested amends carefully and accurately 
• Effectively proof-reading and quality checking own work before returning, taking responsibility for errors and showing willingness to address feedback
• Reviewing the work of colleagues for creative calibre, quality and accuracy
• Proactively identifying, proposing and implementing improvements in quality of visuals in active projects
• Understanding and interpreting brand guidelines, ensuring outputs are brand compliant
• Seeking support when required and demonstrating ability to rationalize and defend design decisions
• Working with Creative Services Management and freelance staff/suppliers, as required, to ensure timelines are communicated and deadlines met
• Supporting a continuous improvement environment
• Adhering to all relevant internal, client and industry guidelines and SOPs, including maintaining agreed filing structures, naming conventions and version control

Line Management (optional)

• Provide and oversee the provision of effective line management, supporting the career and personal development of assigned line reports and department members
• Ensure all line reports and department members undergo performance review and have appropriate objectives and development plans in place
• Rapidly address under-performance and initiation of active management plans to support individuals, as required

Experience, Skills, and Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent with a creative portfolio or showreel
• Ability to take and interpret creative briefs, working closely with senior creatives and account teams
• Ability to take design concepts and produce supporting animated deliverables for use across a wide variety of creative platforms
• Experience in developing animated/video materials, experience in medical/healthcare communications advantageous
• Experience at a similar level within an agency, managing projects, staff and external suppliers
• Expertise in motion design
• Enthusiasm for innovation in design, software and learning new skills
• A solid understanding of core design principles, including use of colour, typography, spacing, information hierarchy and white space; accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, particularly After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator and Photoshop
• Experience working with any other Adobe Creative Suite or UI design software, such as Figma, advantageous
• Experience using 3D software such as Cinema 4D or Maya
• A creative approach to problem-solving and an open-minded attitude
• Good organizational skills and proactivity, with excellent written/oral communication skills
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, multi-tasking and working to tight deadlines
• Ambition, enthusiasm and a team player mentality

Travel Requirements

• As required by business needs