OVERVIEW
Morning Brew is seeking a motion designer to join our growing Design team! The Motion Designer will report to the Senior Motion Designer. The ideal candidate for this position has a strong background in design fundamentals, is passionate about design, possesses a strong sense of empathy, loves to help others, enjoys exceeding expectations on even the smallest tasks, communicates effectively, and is eager to learn.
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON
- Fill motion design requests proactively within their area of responsibility
- Work on projects of medium to high level of complexity
- Nurture and maintain relationships with their stakeholders
- Help establish new design guidelines and standards as needed
- Design Youtube thumbnails in collaboration with producers
- Be an individual contributor for specific motion design projects
- Archive their work in compliance with Design Team standards
- Pioneer the use of new tools and techniques
- Share your learnings with other designers
- Give useful feedback to other designers and stakeholders
- Use tools available to understand our users' needs
- Effectively elevate concerns to higher level designers / managers when necessary
- Perform other duties, as needed
QUALIFICATIONS
- 3-5 years (professional)
- Has a high level of competency with most common design and motion design tools, including After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, and more
- Understands how to implement principles of motion, pacing, and storytelling
- Experience building templates for other designers and non-designers
- Understands the video editing and exporting process, and how to package deliverables for video editors.
- Communicates in written and verbal form effectively
- Has experience giving and receiving design feedback
- Experience translating data into visuals like charts and infographics
- Able to consistently meet deadlines
- Can follow the lead of more senior designers but also has their own personal viewpoint and can contribute to the ideation process
- Experience in 3-D programs such as Blender, Cinema 4D, Unreal Engine, and Dimension is a big plus
- Be driven and self-motivated
COMPENSATION $50/HR (for a 35 hour week)
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What We Do
Got five minutes? We can make you smarter.
Morning Brew is the media company redefining the business news landscape through approachable, digestible—and not to brag—downright funny content. Across newsletters, podcasts, social media, and events, we reach an audience of over 3 million future and current business leaders.
Founded in 2015 by Alex Lieberman and Austin Rief at the University of Michigan, the company has grown to include products that are invaluable to its readers. With our flagship daily newsletter, our lifestyle and recommendations publication, Sidekick, and our podcasts Business Casual and Founders Journal, Morning Brew creates accessible content for anyone interested in business. And for the people who love to dive deep on an industry, we have Emerging Tech Brew, Retail Brew, Marketing Brew, and our new vertical HR Brew.
Along with our core values of curiosity, empathy, purpose, and having a challenger mentality, we are empowering business leaders—present and future—to make an impact on the world.
Oh, and yes, we have great swag.
