Motion Designer

4 weeks ago

Atlanta, Georgia, United States Cox Enterprises Full time

The AJC's mission is to be the most essential and engaging source of news and information for the people of Atlanta, of Georgia and the South. To achieve that mission, we are transforming ourselves from a storied daily newspaper into a modern media company. A place where reporters, videographers, and digital gurus are delivering work across diverse creative platforms, industries and borders.
And we are looking for a Motion Graphics Designer to join our growing team.
THE JOB:
The Motion Designer will work closely with video and social producers to create motion graphic elements that elevate storytelling, add additional context, and improve audience engagement.
This candidate will contribute to the conceptualization and execution of the AJC's visual identity. They will contribute to projects, build bespoke graphics, and create templates that can be easily implemented across video and social teams.
This candidate is responsible for executing projects with guidance from creative leadership, including asset gathering, rotoscoping, versioning, template creation and overall design. This person must be able to take an existing design and execute it across a series of videos, while aiding in the creation of original, new designs. In this role, the designer will also create still graphics that improve audience engagement across social and AJC articles and platforms.
The ideal candidate is a voracious consumer of digital video and social platforms in its many forms. Strong editorial judgment and a knowledge of the digital and documentary landscape is required. Superior design, post-production, graphic and motion design is a must.
The Motion Designer will report to the Creative Director and must have strong design sensibility, experience in a deadline driven environment, technical skills with digital graphics and animations, and the ability to handle larger and more complex projects. This candidate is self-motivated, well-organized and eager to find creative solutions to challenging problems.
Additional Responsibilities:

  • Conceptualize and develop franchise and series treatments that are on brand, highly creative
  • Work independently and collaboratively
  • Support video producers in the implementation of graphics and templates
  • Proactively identify problems and find creative solutions
  • Juggle various short- and long-term projects while maintaining overall quality
  • Design thumbnails, headers, hero images and other supporting editorial imagery to elevate articles, our home page experience, and content on social platforms (ie: IG)
  • Contribute to workflows operate within the context of defined procedures
  • Create engaging, innovative, and relevant content
  • Maintain a consistent look and feel across all AJC platforms and social channels
  • Conceptualize new ideas for daily videos, series, and franchises
  • Strong communication skills, excellent teamwork and team-building skills

Technical Qualifications and Design Tools:

  • Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere and the ability to create and implement mogrts
  • Apple Keynote, Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Maxon Cinema 4D or similar 3d software, advance rendering techniques
  • Canva
  • Basic knowledge of Figma, a plus
  • , Airtable or similar

Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree with 4+ years of experience OR MS + 2 years or 8 years with no formal degree.
  • Works well under pressure
  • Extensive experience working in a fast-paced, news environment
  • Outstanding editorial judgment, critical and strategic thinking, and organization skills
  • Basic editing and post-production skills; knowledge of Davinci and color science, a plus.
  • Strong communication skills, excellent teamwork and team-building skills
  • Must be willing to work flexible hours and/or holidays and weekends as dictated by the news cycle or business needs

USD 64, ,400.00 per year
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary of $64, $96, The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.
About Cox
Cox empowers employees to build a better future and has been doing so for over 120 years. With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses - which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications - is forging a better future for us all. Ready to make your mark? Join us today
Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page .
Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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