Graphic & Motion Designer - Octagon, Inc.

GRAPHIC & MOTION DESIGNER

Weber Shandwick, one of the world's leading marketing and communications agencies, is seeking a creative, passionate and unique thinker to join our New York office as a Graphic & Motion Designer. You'll join a growing and innovative team of art directors, designers and writers, working primarily with a global consumer electronics client.

The right candidate will be equally adept at design and motion graphics animation, deploying your skills across all motion and static elements of a campaign, from videos to out-of-home ads.

You will also be asked to think 'earned first,' in other words, develop ideas that are designed to travel organically through media and get people talking.

You'll have the chance to work closely with the brightest minds across the North American Weber Shandwick network, solving provocative client challenges as you develop in your creative career.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop video and motion design for both internal and customer-facing touchpoints (e.g., sizzle reels, out-of-home advertising, social media posts, product demos, etc.).
• Use video and animation editing software to produce eye-catching visuals and animated graphics on agile campaign timelines.

• Ability to translate existing campaign visuals into motion and develop net-new visuals adhering to brand guidelines.
• Ensure presentation designs are incredibly polished and visually tell a story (rather than relying on words-on-a-slide).
• Social media content design for both organic and paid media content.
• Create and execute original, persuasive, conceptual and visually compelling design work in line with agency and brand standards, including (but not limited to): iconography, logos, guidelines, typography, illustration, printed materials, etc.
• From concept to execution, bring an enthusiasm for solving design and marketing challenges throughout the life of a project, and amid stakeholder revisions.
• Have mastery of all major and design, video and animation software.
• Have basic HTML5 coding skills.
• Work with Art Directors to create compelling visuals and bring conceptual tactics to life.
• Display an understanding of digital and interactive design principals; we do not produce many websites or mobile apps, but need someone who can speak to and define those UX/UI needs when necessary.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of experience in video production, editing and motion graphics as well as design.
• Extreme comfort with all relevant motion and design software (Eg: Adobe Creative Cloud, including Premiere and After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), as well as presentation software (Eg: PowerPoint).
• Basic HTML5 coding skills.
• Self-motivated entrepreneurial and endlessly curious.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage your own time in a deadline-driven environment.
• Experience with social media platforms and a working knowledge of their best practices.
• An interest in staying on top of emerging platforms, mobile design and development trends.
• Must have a portfolio (share anything that conveys the way you think or approach assignments, even if it was never produced).

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Education in advertising design and conceptual thinking is preferred.
• Bonus skills: illustration, photography, retouching, filmmaking, etc. Any artistic passion points are always a plus.
• Knowledge of or strong interest in consumer electronics a plus.

NOTE: If you are selected for an interview, please come prepared to discuss and showcase your art direction portfolio and walk through your conceptual/strategic creative approach to assignments (show us how your brain works). Use whatever work or case studies necessary to best represent these areas of expertise.

Weber Shandwick is a leading global communications network that delivers next-generationsolutions to brands, businesses and organizations in major markets around the world. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, we have won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry. Weber Shandwick was named toAd Age'sAgency A-List in 2020 andBest Places to Work in 2019. Weber Shandwick was also honored asPRWeek'sGlobal Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, andPRovoke'sGlobal Agency of the Year in 2015, 2017 and 2019. The firm earned 25 Lions at the 2019 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Data-led, with earned ideas at the core, the agency deploys leading and emerging technologies to inform strategy, develop critical insights and heighten impact across sectors and specialty areas, including brand and B2B marketing, healthcare marketing, change management, employee engagement, corporate reputation, crisis management, data and analytics, technology, public affairs, social impact and financial communications. Weber Shandwick is part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). For more information, visithttp://www.webershandwick.com

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays - Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

NYC Salary range: $64,400 - $80,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee's/applicant's background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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