Group Manager - Motion Graphics & Editorial

Adobe•San Francisco, CA

45d•$118,300 - $259,800•Remote

About The Position

We’re looking for a highly skilled and very energetic candidate to come help us evolve & expand our internal Motion Graphics & Editorial team. This role sits within the Adobe Global Marketing Organization in the Video Production COE, and will lead and manage our in-house motion and editorial team. Initial focus is on building the team producing video content at velocity for lower to mid-funnel & rapid-response work, including shortform videos (usually :06 - :59) for product & feature releases, PR & Comms, advertising, paid and organic social, and more across a wide array of channels and specs. But this role will help evolve and lead our greater motion and editorial team as well. This is an important new role in a dynamic dept. The ideal candidate will: Be ready and able to build and manage teams and build & evolve team infrastructure, workflows, pipelines, and assets, and systems. Be very experienced in fast-turn motion and animation workflows, tools, methods, and storytelling, and working in a fast-paced, complex, deadline driven environment. Be AI fluent and passionate about finding ways to automate and optimize motion animation workflows and tasks towards efficiency.

Requirements

Deep experience (10 years +) in traditional motion graphics and animation work at agencies, post-houses, and/or brands
State of the art motion tool ability & comprehension
Adobe After Effects & Premiere Pro skills essential
Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, and other industry standard motion, editorial, design, and 3D tools & workflows
Strong proficiency in frame.io and general DAM / MAM & archiving systems
AI experience & fluency. Knowledgeable on AI and automation tools in the post, motion, animation, and social space
Can efficiently build & manage templates, asset libraries, systems and processes
Understanding of and experience making effective work across all channels, specs, and sizes
Excellent shortform, advertising, and social storytelling skills
Experienced animating vector product UI with precision
Strong design background, and attention to detail, including typography & type animation expertise
Strong people manager
Great communication skills
Strong multi-tasking and prioritization in deadline driven environment

Responsibilities

Build and manage teams
Build and evolve team infrastructure, workflows, pipelines, and assets, and systems
Produce video content at velocity for lower to mid-funnel & rapid-response work
Create shortform videos (usually :06 - :59) for product & feature releases, PR & Comms, advertising, paid and organic social, and more across a wide array of channels and specs
Evolve and lead the greater motion and editorial team
Automate and optimize motion animation workflows and tasks towards efficiency