Motion Graphics Designer (Contract)

Position Title: Motion Graphics Designer (Contract)
Employment: 10 - 25 hours per week, up to 35 hours per week, Contracted
Location: Remote or Phoenix, AZ
Travel: 10-20%
Start Date: April - July 2025

Turning Point USA is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk. The organization’s mission is to identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of freedom, free markets, and limited government. Turning Point USA believes that every young person can be enlightened to true free market values. Since its founding, Turning Point USA has embarked on a mission to build the most organized, active, and powerful conservative grassroots activist network on high school and college campuses across the country. With a presence on over 3,500 campuses, Turning Point USA is the largest and fastest-growing youth organization in America.

Summary:

The Events Motion Graphics Designer position is responsible for creating 2D and 3D graphics, and visual effects for the Turning Point USA’s Events Productions team. The specialist works closely with the creative lead and video editors to ensure project requirements are fulfilled in a timely manner. The Turning Point USA Events Productions team is responsible for creating concert style presentations, speaker walk-outs, event introductions and other video assets to be played on massive stage LED walls.

This position is intended to be a contract position to start, with potential for full-time employment in the future. The lighter work weeks may be between 10-15 hours. Heavier weeks near events could be up to 25 hours a week.

Responsibilities:

• Animating branding; including logos, text, backgrounds and design elements in specialized resolutions and formats.
• Conceptualizing new ideas that bends the rules of the brand guides without breaking them in an eye-catching and impactful way.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure creative content is produced with our brand, goals, and schedule in mind.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Adobe creative suite, particularly in After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator is a must
• 3D Modeling and animation software (Blender, Maya, Cinema 4D or the like)
• Strong Portfolio of previously completed design projects

Desired but not required Skills and Experience:

• Visual Effects Experience
• Prior Experience with Events
• Prior Schooling or Professional Experience in Motion Graphics
• Experience with character animation (2D or 3D)
• Experience with particle systems

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Occasional tight deadlines, stretches to complete assignments
• Potential travel to our events

Success Factors: (personal characteristics that will enable success)

• Attention to detail
• Willing to take direction
• Creative
• Flexibility
• Adaptability
• Communicative
• Self starter and Self-motivated
• Innovative Nature

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