Senior 3D Motions Graphic Designer at KingMakers

The "Senior" title and level will mean that your work will tend to be determined with your direct manager with intermittent guidance from your team and peers. Your work will need refinement by your manager and/or team periodically so that we can optimise the output and drive continuous improvement. You should identify opportunities to support and further develop your overall teams capability and dynamics. This can therefore benefit cross-functional engagement both within the team and across the business unit with peers and managers. 
Your work should understand the customer needs as it aligns to the overall mission. Whilst a lot of work will be routine and finite you should anticipate direct short term effects to customer needs and look to resolve these. Ensure you explore new methods of fulfilling your role whilst still leveraging predefined solutions. 

What You Will Be Doing:  

• Working directly alongside the Head of Creative Design as support for the day-to-day design and delivery of creative executions for the KingMakers brands. 
• Production of short and long form videos across social media (specifically Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) 
• Supporting creative leaders by participating in early campaign ideation and brainstorming
• Developing scripts including storyboards
• Creating a video and motion graphic calendar in partnership with the content team around key Football events throughout the season/year
• Provide graphic design and layout support as part of the Graphics Department
• Plan and liaise during all delivery stages for sign-off with Head of Design 

What You Need for This Role:  

• Outstanding, demonstrable skills in motion design
• Solid portfolio showcasing a range of video, graphics and motion animations demonstrating your ability to create engaging content
• Strong understanding about how animation captures the attention on social media and how it can be used across platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat
• Strong design, drawing, color composition, and conceptual ideation abilities with brand consistency throughout
• Advanced 3D design, software and compositing knowledge within a working environment
• Expertise and experience of application in Adobe After Effects and Premiere as well as Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere, demonstrated by a solid and creative portfolio
• Highly skilled in use of Cinema 4D software and V-Ray plugins
• Understanding of (popular) video storytelling techniques across social media (think LADBible, GamingBible, Buzzfeed)
• Knowledge of tv branding and general graphic design aesthetics/rules.
• Experience of tackling multiple graphical challenges under tight turnarounds, deciphering their key deliverables
• Ability communicate and impart technical knowledge and expertise on graphic design strategy to other internal teams
• A creative leader with strong communication skills (English, both verbal and written) you have the ability to confidently present ideas and concepts to groups of people as well as teaching new skills to other designers
• Managing workflow, and supporting the day-to-day design output and delivery
• Able to work autonomously and independently