Remote Senior Motion Designer (Performance Creative)
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About The Role
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
Soft Skills
• 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
About You
The essentials:
• 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
Not a Must, But a Plus
• 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
At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.
Benefits
What We Offer
• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance - more about our coverage here!
• 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. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)
This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company’s then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.
Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.
Salary Range: $81,000—$97,000 USD
About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation
About The Role
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
Soft Skills
• 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
About You
The essentials:
• 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
Not a Must, But a Plus
• 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
At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.
Benefits
What We Offer
• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance - more about our coverage here!
• 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. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)
This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company’s then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.
Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.
Salary Range: $81,000—$97,000 USD
About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation