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Senior Motion Designer
Posted 24 Oct
What’s this role about? The Senior Motion Designer will lead motion design projects and drive the creative craft across global teams while integrating AI tools into the workflow. They will collaborate with the Design Director to elevate the agency's design practice and contribute to new business pitches.
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About Jellyfish Jellyfish | Move Faster. Smarter. Together. We’re an integrated global digital marketing business, reinventing marketing for progressive brands. Powered by human genius, cutting-edge tech and Generative AI, we create campaigns that move at the speed of digital. #MoveFaster #MoveSmarter #MoveTogether
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Responsibilities
- Reporting to the US Design Director, we are looking for an Senior Motion Designer who is conceptually-minded and craft-forward. You’ll be leading motion design work for some of the world’s greatest brands – with a focus on a large client undergoing a brand reinvention. You’re an expert in leading design and motion design tools like Figma and After Effects (and even some 3D tools) but have also started to bring the latest AI tools into your craft and you’re excited about how you can blend these two things going forward. You'll excel in a dynamic, international environment – working across teams in the US, UK, and Mexico. You’re obsessed with design, and brands who put movement at their heart of everything they do. You’ll work hands-on, but also be a motion design leader across the global agency.
- Drive the Motion Design craft across all projects - leveling up all work across traditional and AI-forward projects.
- Strive to deliver award-winning motion design whilst ensuring that all work strongly delivers against the brief and client and business objectives.
- Work hands-on in design tools like Figma and After Effects and by leveraging the latest GenAI tools where appropriate.
- Work directly with the Design Director, US to level up the design practice at Jellyfish
- Collaborate with team of designers in the US and Mexico daily - helping lead some projects as well as providing oversight for more junior team members.
- Contribute to fast moving new business pitches
- Be a strong creative voice for design in general - and how we can be more motion-forward in all of the design work we deliver to our clients.
- Regularly share your team’s latest creative work with your Design Director and VP Creative, working closely for development and sign off.
- Build relationships and influence with designers in the US, UK and Mexico.
- Create groundbreaking visual ideas to promote brand engagement.
- Defend and improve ideas in response to client feedback
- Review work with the Design Director, Creative VP and ECD, take feedback and action their direction across the team.
Qualification
- Creative Agency Experience: 6+ years in a motion design role at top advertising agency and/or design studio
- Craft excellence: Proven track record of creating high-craft client work.
- Embrace of AI’s creative potential: Enthusiasm for the use of AI in creative work (where appropriate) - supported by a strong background and commitment to creative craft.
- Trends & Culture: Expertise and continued awareness across digital, social, AI tools and emerging advertising trends.
- Strong Communication: Excellent team and client communication and presentation skills.
- Global expertise: Experience working with global brands on high-profile, heart-of-culture campaigns.
- Hands-on approach: With tools such as the full Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Google suite, ChatGPT, Midjourney, Nano Banana and other AI-driven creative solutions.
- Note: We emphasise skills, expertise and behavioural attributes over years of experience and traditional degrees. If you want to join our collaborative team, we invite you to apply today with your resume in English.
Benefits
- Healthcare insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Life insurance
- Paid leave for primary caregivers
- Paid leave for secondary caregivers
- Flexible working hours
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