Great new role for a Mid Weight Motion Designer familiar with current technologies used in developing engaging interactive content, to join their busy creative team.
The Mid Weight Motion Designer will be a team player with a passion for working in digital motion design and a hunger to learn and develop their own skills in a fast-paced environment. The Mid Weight Motion Designer will be responsible for creation animation and Flash banners. Only a small percentage of the role will be Flash with the majority of time spent creating 2D and 3D motion graphics for the agency's entertainment clients.
The role will include banner advertising, games, social media applications and other interactive assets. The Mid-weight Motion Designer will have a keen design eye, be familiar with current trends in online advertising, marketing and social media as well as the various ways of creating these experiences. Most importantly you'll be a resourceful, innovative designer, with a love of problem-solving and the ability to work to tight deadlines.
THE ROLE
You will report to the Head of Motion and will join the Motion/Digital team as an integral part of the creation and production of all digital assets. You will be:
*Required to work across a number of packages to create and adapt engaging and exciting banner adverts. This will involve finalising the assets in Flash but utilising other programmes such as Photoshop, After Effects etc.
*Working alongside the Head of Motion and Head of Design you will be tasked with producing neat, efficient designs and web-optimized assets across a wide varied of digital assets including micro-sites, games, social media assets and more
*Working with online advertising platforms and be familiar with different specifications and requirements for deploying assets to online placements
You will ensure work is provided on time and work with the Design, Motion and Audio Visual teams to ensure a smooth workflow between the design process and the development and build process of an asset.
Your primary duties will centre on the production of online ads and other assets; adapting assets to different formats and specifications; work with content delivery systems and FTP. Alongside your design flair you will also be a problem-solver and a bug-fixer, researching and investigating new trends, techniques and technologies putting them to use in our work.
The role encompasses various types of Motion/Digital design including:
*Online Banner advertising using various ad platforms
*Flash and Actionscript 3
*Design for HTML and CSS with current best practices
*Game development, physics, etc
*Social Media integration & APIs
*Analytics, tracking
SKILLS
FLASH: Designing and building banner ads, games, microsites and any other online assets
*Animation using the timeline and basic actionscript
*Familiarity with building ads for the Eyeblaster platform, Google/YouTube or Flashtalking would be a bonus
*Basic ActionScript 2 and/or 3
*Working with FLV
AFTER EFFECTS:
*Basic video manipulation and effects
*Typographic Animation
*Willingness to learn and develop
PHOTOSHOP/ILLUSTRATOR
*Opening/adapting large print assets for motion design
*Good Type design/layout
*Neat & Tidy
*Attention to detail
*Adherence to filing structures and working practices
ADOBE MEDIA ENCODER
*Optimising and encoding FLV for EyeBlaster ads and other online use
*Basic familiarity with optimising assets, working from files provided by Designers or Client etc.
SOCIAL MEDIA
*Basic skills such as sharing links and images through Facebook and Twitter
*Use of social media APIs through Facebook and Twitter
*Creating Facebook Apps and Page Tabs
*You will be familiar with a broad range of design tools
*An understanding of creative work, graphic design and advertising
*An understanding of a broad range of digital development platforms
*Must have creative flair and meticulous attention to detail
*The capability to organise, prioritise and meet deadlines
*Confident working with people at all levels
*Excellent verbal and written communication skills
*Enthusiasm, dedication and willingness to learn and to work hard
*Comfortable working on Mac but able to adapt to operating a PC
This is a great opportunity for a Mid-weight Motion Designer to join an upbeat and ambitious agency where you can develop your skills and see real career progression in a rewarding and challenging environment.