OVERVIEW

Morning Brew is seeking a motion designer to join our growing Design team! The Motion Designer will report to the Senior Motion Designer. The ideal candidate for this position has a strong background in design fundamentals, is passionate about design, possesses a strong sense of empathy, loves to help others, enjoys exceeding expectations on even the smallest tasks, communicates effectively, and is eager to learn.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL BE WORKING ON

– Fill motion design requests proactively within their area of responsibility

– Work on projects of medium to high level of complexity

– Nurture and maintain relationships with their stakeholders

– Help establish new design guidelines and standards as needed

– Design Youtube thumbnails in collaboration with producers

– Be an individual contributor for specific motion design projects

– Archive their work in compliance with Design Team standards

– Pioneer the use of new tools and techniques

– Share your learnings with other designers

– Give useful feedback to other designers and stakeholders

– Use tools available to understand our users’ needs

– Effectively elevate concerns to higher level designers / managers when necessary

– Perform other duties, as needed

QUALIFICATIONS

– 3-5 years (professional)

– Has a high level of competency with most common design and motion design tools, including After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, and more

– Understands how to implement principles of motion, pacing, and storytelling

– Experience building templates for other designers and non-designers

– Understands the video editing and exporting process, and how to package deliverables for video editors.

– Communicates in written and verbal form effectively

– Has experience giving and receiving design feedback

– Experience translating data into visuals like charts and infographics

– Able to consistently meet deadlines

– Can follow the lead of more senior designers but also has their own personal viewpoint and can contribute to the ideation process

– Experience in 3-D programs such as Blender, Cinema 4D, Unreal Engine, and Dimension is a big plus

– Be driven and self-motivated

COMPENSATION $50/HR (for a 35 hour week)