Motion Designer, Social

Athena Global Advisors•Philadelphia, PA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Social Creative Team within our Creative Agency produces engaging, impactful, thoughtful, exciting, and elevated content to represent a Fortune 30 brand across various social platforms. The Motion Designer in this group should be a highly enthusiastic creative who loves video and animation, finding joy in creating visual solutions. Color, typography, photography, animation, and compositions - you advocate for the power of design. The Motion Designer will work closely with other social media team members to create highly engaging content for multiple platforms. While the focus will be on social creative, we see the role as broader. The Motion Designer will also work with other teams holistically from end to end in a highly collaborative environment.

Requirements

Experience creating well-crafted visual assets for social media either in house or at an agency.
5+ years of motion design, animation, video editing experience with a strong portfolio showcasing video and social media work.
Excellent knowledge of Adobe CC – particularly, Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Firefly
Working knowledge of Figma, photography (mobile and DSLR), photo retouching, and photo editing

Nice To Haves

working knowledge of 3D programs (Blender, Cinema4D)
Lives and breathes social. Regularly uses social media platforms and is familiar with best practices, formats, and capabilities. Understands the nuances between TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, etc.
A self-starter who can develop animation from ideation to execution.
Ability to produce content quickly and extremely detail-oriented.
A collaborative attitude, can take feedback, and stay calm under pressure.
Cultural savviness. Awareness of cultural moments and trends that help improve the work.

Responsibilities

Create visually compelling video and motion assets.
Quickly ideate and execute a high volume of engaging content across multiple social media platforms, using primarily in-house resources.
Using existing creative assets, b-roll and photography, provide creative solutions and reimagine them for use in a social media context.
Editing video and creating animated assets.
Attend creative brainstorms, kick-offs, and reviews, contributing meaningful ideas.
Bringing a post-production perspective to shoots
Collaborate with the social creative lead, art director, and the rest of the creative team to bring social-first ideas to campaigns and project-related tasks.
Storyboarding and designing assets if needed
Continue to define the social media motion style guide, pushing creative boundaries while maintaining the brand's visual standards.
Understand the brand’s goals, strategy, and tone of voice.
Follow the direction of creative leadership on best practices, ideating, and execution.
Create content that makes measurable and impactful connections with target audiences.
Leverage performance metrics and insights provided by the social and analytics team to influence creative ideation and execution.
Stay up to date with relevant social media trends to help optimize creative performance.
Collaborate with teammates or work solo on rapid-fire requests, tight timelines, and longer-term projects.
Contribute to a great work environment that celebrates everyone’s success.
Add your skills to the team.
Be proactive and share design references and inspiration to raise the quality of the work.