Junior Motion Designer

Who we are

As a 100% independent and 100% employee-owned agency, we are driven by an independent spirit and believe in the power of the collective. We foster a culture that enables and expects all departments to make our brands impossible to ignore.

The design department

Designers take a transdisciplinary approach to all forms of art and design. They have a strong interest in collectivity and collaboration and welcome complementary perspectives. They ask all the right questions before they begin to solve anything. Designers are tasked with thinking about a brand's long-term goals and then painstakingly working with typography, illustration,

logos, and other design elements to create deliverables. In short, design is thinking made visual.

The Role

Part of what makes a Motion Designer is an insatiable curiosity that always has them asking 'why?' and 'what if?'. It's this desire to always push for better that makes our Motion Designers so successful. At 22squared, this Motion Designer is a graphic designer with excellent motion expertise. Together with the Lead Designer and Head of Design on design or motion projects, you will combine your superpowers to tackle these exciting challenges together. Our Motion Designers are able to work within all graphic and visual design disciplines in order to bring creative concepts to life through motion. Your approach to creative problem-solving and your insights on culture at large will be an inspiration to those around you, in and out of the Design department. If you're on the hunt for a place where you're given the support and freedom to fail, to be inspired, to grow, to take risks. If you're looking for a creative agency on a mission to create work that's authentically human and impossible to ignore, well, you've come to the right place. We're hiring talent now. Acquiring perspective always.

Responsibilities• Actively listens to and understands briefs and responds with articulate ideas and written materials.• Taps into other depts early and often to strengthen the work.• Asks clarifying questions to understand the assignment, feedback, and client's business needs.• Internally, identifies, expands, and develops outstanding motion design ideas and executions with oversight from the Lead Designer and Head of Design.• Collaborates and builds relationships with colleagues across disciplines.• Establishes conceptual ideas at the beginning of the project, creating visually and conceptually engaging graphics, animations, and visual elements from conception through production.• Takes ownership of work; able to meet timelines and deadlines with moderate supervision.• Proactively offers progress updates and seeks guidance where appropriate.• Collaborates with Art Directors and Copywriters to ensure visual tone and style are matching.• Delivers Impossible to Ignore work from concept to execution.

Management

• Capable of working independently in a WFH environment and being held accountable to agency business hours.• Proactively communicates any amount of time spent offline for personal appointments as needed with enough lead time.• Completes timesheets in a timely manner.

Expectations• Understands and works toward maintaining high quality of craft in motion graphics, graphic design, and attention to detail on creative deliverables.• Contributes to both client and internal concepts, storyboards, animations, and deliverables as assigned.• Works under the direction of the Lead Designer and Head of Design to create design and/or motion deliverables while maintaining the client's brand standards.• Familiar with motion graphics and video processes from the storyboard phase to animation production.• Brings forward provocative proactive ideas based on current industry trends, emerging tech and pop culture.• Has a strong knowledge of technology and how design and motion graphics work effectively across mediums.• Stays current on the latest industry trends as well as emerging tech.• Maturity to understand that with great work comes day-to-day work.• Have an entrepreneurial spirit and coachable attitude with an eagerness to improve craft.• A detail-oriented and pragmatic problem solver.• Participation in new business pitches if necessary.

Culture• Embraces and contributes to diverse and inclusive perspectives and participates in agency DEI programming and initiatives.

Qualifications• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Digital Media Design, or Advertising/Portfolio school.• 2+ years agency experience.• Exceptional portfolio that demonstrates a strong understanding of animation and graphic design and the ability to think visually with an eye for design, typography, and motion.• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Illustrator, After Effects, and Premiere• Familiarity with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma. Video editing and 3D experience are a plus!