Studio: McLaren
Job Opening: Mid-Senior Motion Designer
Location: Woking, England, United Kingdom
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Work with designers to understand the project scope and objectives.
- Prepare conceptual layouts for the motion graphic project.
- Keeping abreast of advancements in animation as well as new technologies and techniques, contemporary trends in production design and popular music to deliver cutting-edge work.
- To deliver outstanding, cross-media creative to briefs that contribute to the ongoing development of our brand and touchpoints.
- Create highly engaging complex animations for a diverse array of media, including smartphones, tablets and the web.
- Encoding, converting and editing videos and adding effects/elements to enhance motion graphics.
- Assist in selecting appropriate audio, graphic and animation styles for the project. Familiarity with sound design and basic audio editing.
- Ability to interpret stakeholder briefs and respond with creative concepts of the highest standard, using our brand standards and wider best practice to inform your process and thinking.
- The creation of storyboards – Strong sense of timing, pacing, and visual storytelling.
- Participate in brainstorming sessions to share new design perspectives and ideas.
- Stakeholder Management – being able to interpret briefs and projects from stakeholders and line managers. To prioritize tasks, consider budget constraints and critical timelines. Managing stakeholder requirements efficiently and proactively through to project fulfillment.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Conceptualise motion design ideas through style frames, storyboards, and animatics to communicate your vision to internal teams and clients.
- Collaborate with the creative, strategy, and social teams to develop and execute motion design elements that meet project objectives and timelines.
- Actively participate in brainstorming sessions, contributing innovative ideas for motion design strategies and creative approaches.
- Examples of work demonstrating experience as a mid-senior motion designer either for an agency or brand.
- Ability to clearly articulate and present creative concepts in response to briefs.
- Ability to supervise, inform, and manage junior motion graphic designers, provide constructive feedback, and nurture new talent.
- Stay informed about the latest industry trends, tools, and technologies to introduce fresh and cutting-edge practices to the team.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with studio creatives.
- A minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a motion designer.
- Strong portfolio showcasing a wide range of motion design projects.
- In-depth knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (particularly motion design-related software ie After Effects and Photoshop).
- Additional secondary software knowledge is a plus: Cinema 4D, Renderer – Redshift.
- Excellent timekeeping and the ability to work under your own direction.
