Motion Graphics Animator

New York, NY

We’re looking for a motion graphics animator who is passionate about movement, typography, color and composition. You love taking assets from graphic designers and bringing them to life with motion. You light up when pushing new visual possibilities within brand guidelines. You are eager to learn and are comfortable taking creative direction. You thrive in a culture that celebrates iterative design processes (many ideas, many revisions, lots of creative input — all in the name of shaping the best possible idea). You are detail-oriented and find great pleasure in implementing visual systems. You must love start-up culture, feel energized by team-oriented environments, and have an all-hands-on-deck attitude.

We’re looking for candidates with at least 5 years of professional experience. What we care about most is your animation and design abilities, your fascination with branding, your capacity to learn, your willingness to contribute, and your desire to methodically build something meaningful from the ground up. This role is a temp to hire opportunity.

Responsibilities:

Bring assets created by our graphic design team to life for various video deliverables (social media videos, eLearning, websites, presentations, etc.)
Create and deliver motion graphics in various media including web, mobile, etc.
Work with the design team to understand project scope and objectives
Edit videos and add motion graphics including subtitles
Work with team members to help translate their feedback into clear direction
Work with editors, producers and other designers to resolve technical and/or design issues
Edit raw video footage and add effects/elements to enhance motion graphics
Research and analyze best design techniques and solutions to create motion graphics
Assist in designing and creating storyboards
Participate in brainstorming sessions to share new design perspectives and ideas

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

BFA in Animation/Graphic Design/Communication Design or a similar field
Excellent animation, motion graphic and video editing skills
Strong typography and layout skills
Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite; specifically After Effects as well as Photoshop and Illustrator
Experience working in environments where you absorb feedback and turn around updates at a fast pace
Ability to take graphic animations and reformat them for a variety of proportions and formats
Understand resolution, dimensions and various graphic file formats
Ability to think creatively in order to identify and solve problems
Fluency with all major social media platforms (particularly Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram)
Impeccable organizational skills and ability to multi-task across different projects under tight deadlines
Natural curiosity and a kind-hearted disposition

Benefits

We offer a generous benefits package that’s competitive with larger companies (we believe in taking care of our team.) We work long hours, but we also rest. (Our whole company closes for 2 weeks in the summer and the week between Christmas and the New Year, so we can recharge). We’re committed to 50/50 gender balance, and diversity of all kinds — in our media properties, among our investors and on our team: women, minorities and anyone with an unconventional background are strongly encouraged to apply. Also, we only hire extremely nice people.