Senior Motion Designer

Description of the offer

Our lively digital advertising agency is seeking an experienced and talented motion designer to join our creative team! This person will help create short- to mid-length videos as part of our post-production workflows, as well as design other creative for digital and traditional advertising campaigns for our progressive political and responsible corporate clients.

Responsibilities:

• Have a great attitude, a willingness to learn, and to work hard

• Collaborate with the creative and strategy teams to brainstorm, conceptualize, and execute impactful, client-ready advertising creative, often on tight deadlines

• Work on every phase of the production workflow from scripts, style frames and storyboards, color-correcting selects and stringouts from raw footage, to rough and final cuts
• Assist in the day-to-day organization, logging, and media management of new content
• Design motion graphics including kinetic typography, animation, and data visualizations
• Translate scripts/storyboards/creative direction into engaging, effective motion and audio
• Generally, assist the creative team in creating assets for digital and traditional advertising campaigns

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of motion design and video editing experience, preferably at an agency
• Demonstrated familiarity with current 2D motion design principles, trends, and best practices
• Ability to provide and receive feedback in a positive and constructive manner
• Strong organizational and time management skills and attention to detail
• Proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite (especially After Effects, Premiere Pro, Audition, Illustrator, and Photoshop)
• Familiarity with the post-production video workflow, including content sourcing, organization, editing, color correction, sound mixing, and delivery
• Experience working with both raw footage and stock
• Strong sense of timing, typography, and color
• Experience working independently or with a team on multiple competing tasks and demands in a fast-paced environment
• Experience designing advertising creative is a plus (but not a prerequisite), especially in progressive politics or advocacy

Benefits:

C+K offers a full benefits package that includes: medical insurance (Platinum-level reference plan is 100% paid by employer), options for dental and vision insurance, 401(k) with company contribution, short-term disability, flexible spending accounts, transportation benefits, paid time off, and paid holidays, among other benefits. C+K is an equal opportunity employer.

Location:

This position is remote within the continental United States, or in-office (including flex schedules between office/home) in Washington, DC (a small number of location exclusions apply). At this time, we are not able to sponsor visas and require non-temporary authorization to work in the US.

Compensation:

Compensation is commensurate with experience and skills, but our compensation assumption for this position is a base salary of $80k-89k with significant bonuses based on company and individual performance (averaging 1-3 months’ salary).

How to Apply:

Please send your résumé, cover letter, and a link to a portfolio/reel that includes 5-15 samples of your best work to email. Any additional non-video creative you would like to show us is also welcome.

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