Senior Motion Designer

This is a Full Time Job

DESCRIPTION:

Senior Motion Designer, Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios

This Senior Motion Designer will join a growing in-house AV creative team at the center of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios creative development, where your motion design and animation expertise will reach millions of global viewers. As a Senior Motion Designer on this team, you'll shape entertainment marketing by creating compelling motion graphics and animations that elevate our marketing campaigns, enhance brand storytelling, and captivate global audiences across Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios platforms.

In this role, you'll tell on-brand, forward-thinking visual stories that deliver on the strategic objectives of marketing and creative briefs, while ambitiously pushing the boundaries of new creative. You will collaborate closely with internal teams, from editors, designers, creative directors, strategists, post producers, to cross-functional partners. You will participate in regular AV team creative reviews and provide feedback to help raise the creative bar and share technical expertise. This full-time role is required to work on-premise, not remotely.

Key job responsibilities:
• Raise the bar creatively, delivering best-in-class motion design and animation that surprise and delight our global customers.
• Develop and execute creative concepts for motion graphics that align with the Prime Video brand and Amazon Studios titles.
• Insist on the highest standards, meeting and exceeding marketing objectives through compelling and innovative video creative.
• Collaborate and brainstorm with editors, creative directors, producers, other designers, and cross-functional partners to bring original content to life visually.
• Utilize industry-standard software and tools to create high-quality motion graphics that meet project deadlines.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, techniques, and emerging technologies to continuously improve and innovate our visual content.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, from concept to final delivery, ensuring all graphics meet the highest quality standards.
• Review and provide feedback on motion graphics created by team members to maintain consistency and quality across all projects.
• Work closely with the creative and production teams to ensure all graphics are delivered on time and within scope.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external vendors to expand our creative capabilities as needed.
• Continuously review and provide feedback and recommendations to improve the overall visual quality and style of our work.
• Demonstrate an ability to parse marketing strategies and creative briefs and work with various teams to build solutions.
• Grow versatility of animation skills to accommodate various project needs and tonal expressions.
• Communicate strong pre-visualization skills including storyboarding, style frames, motion theory, and typography.
• Contribute to a shared passion for visual storytelling and popular culture.

A day in the life:
• Connect with the creative team to review campaign needs and align on priorities.
• Brainstorm design concepts for a Prime Video brand promo or interstitial cards for an originals multi-title spot.
• Create style frames and storyboards for stakeholder review.
• Animate custom graphics for social media promotions.
• Collaborate with editors on show package development for a teaser.
• Present design concepts for a campaign to marketing teams and creative directors.
• Optimize existing assets for different platform requirements.
• Mentor editors developing motion design skills and provide technical guidance and creative direction.
• Partner with editors, producers, and post-production managers to track deliverables and timelines.