Senior Motion Designer (Performance Creative)

Monks • New York City, NY

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Monks is looking to expand our creative service capabilities by hiring a full-time Senior Motion Designer. Reporting to the Associate Director of Animation, you will be a trailblazer helping to build the creative offering for a top performance marketing agency. You will partner with our media buying team and alongside clients to develop creative that drives results. We are looking for a fast, flexible go-getter with a sharp eye, adept skills, and the drive to deliver top-notch creative for our clients.

Requirements

• 4-6 years technical experience with motion design and video editing, preferably at a performance-focused agency
• Portfolio is required
• In-depth knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite with proficiency in Adobe After Effects and Premiere
• Experience in paid media ad animation
• 4 year college degree (preferably in design) or equivalent work experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience with HTML5 ad animation
• Experience using Gen AI tools for ad builds and concepting
• Experience building versioning workflows or working with automated versioning tools
• Familiarity with Google suite
• B2C and B2B experience

Responsibilities

• You’ll be responsible for animating paid media ads for digital channels (including but not limited to Facebook, Google, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube) both net-new and from existing client materials.
• You’ll be somewhat of a motion generalist, at times jumping from animation into short-form video editing.
• Collaborate with our designers and producers, working together to create ads driving performance results for our client’s media programs
• Strong time management, leading multiple motion-based projects with tight timelines
• Project managing yourself, fluidly jumping between multiple projects
• Owning revision + resizing projects for our largest clients
• Conceptualize animated content optimized for paid media channels
• Possessing an understanding or willingness to learn paid media channel best practices
• Fluency in the Adobe Creative Cloud, focused in After Effects + Premiere Pro
• Effectively communicate animation concepts, ideas and limitations to creative and non-creative teammates.
• Will be asked to articulate animation choices and defend decisions
• Offer new angles, best practices and practical solutions to our motion design workflows
• Openness to team and client feedback
• Be eager to push the limits within your work and your personal development

Benefits

• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
• 401k with company contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
• Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network
• A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
• Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees