Remote Senior Motion Designer (Performance Creative)
About the position Monks is looking to expand our creative service capabilities by hiring a full-time Senior Motion Designer. Reporting to the Associate Director of Animation, you will be a trailblazer helping to build the creative offering for a top performance marketing agency. You will partner with our media buying team and alongside clients to develop creative that drives results. We are looking for a fast, flexible go-getter with a sharp eye, adept skills, and the drive to deliver top-notch creative for our clients. Responsibilities • You’ll be responsible for animating paid media ads for digital channels (including but not limited to Facebook, Google, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube) both net-new and from existing client materials. • You’ll be somewhat of a motion generalist, at times jumping from animation into short-form video editing. • Creative: Collaborate with our designers and producers, working together to create ads driving performance results for our client’s media programs • Strong time management, leading multiple motion-based projects with tight timelines • Project managing yourself, fluidly jumping between multiple projects • Owning revision + resizing projects for our largest clients • Conceptualize animated content optimized for paid media channels • Possessing an understanding or willingness to learn paid media channel best practices • Fluency in the Adobe Creative Cloud, focused in After Effects + Premiere Pro • Self-starter, problem-solver & team-player • Effectively communicate animation concepts, ideas and limitations to creative and non-creative teammates. • Will be asked to articulate animation choices and defend decisions • Offer new angles, best practices and practical solutions to our motion design workflows • Openness to team and client feedback • Be eager to push the limits within your work and your personal development Requirements • 4-6 years technical experience with motion design and video editing, preferably at a performance-focused agency • Portfolio is required • In-depth knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite with proficiency in Adobe After Effects and Premiere • Experience in paid media ad animation • 4 year college degree (preferably in design) or equivalent work experience Nice-to-haves • Experience with HTML5 ad animation • Experience using Gen AI tools for ad builds and concepting • Experience building versioning workflows or working with automated versioning tools • Familiarity with Google suite • B2C and B2B experience Benefits • Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance • Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays • 401k with company contribution • Paid parental leave • Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being • Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network • A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more! • Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. Apply tot his job