Job Description:
What you should know
We’re a start-up with a fifty-year history and we’re shaking things up. As the AI era continues to evolve, we’re moving with it. Expanding our offerings to serve a broader global audience. An audience that is highly intelligent and extremely time poor. That’s where you come in – bringing things to life.
The senior video/motion designer role here is set to make a big difference in how we communicate. You don’t need to be told how powerful motion graphics and video are in delivering a potent payload. You’ll be contributing to a truly disruptive brand in a me-too market. Differentiating using your talent and expertise.
We’re looking for a creative with keen video editing + motion graphics skills who effectively influences and is willing to get involved in concept work as well as the day-to-day business of thumb-stopping video and animation production.
What you’ll do
* Design and animate on-brand content across a variety of formats – campaign videos, product animations, social videos, internal reels, and digital experiences
* Bring our digital products to life with animated and or video work that sets us apart and becomes the standard others aspire to
* Develop storyboards, styleframes, and animatics that clearly communicate animation intent and bring creative concepts to life
* Cooperate in the creation and development of creative solutions to some tricky and abstract propositions, providing creative input and animation expertise throughout all phases of production
* Edit video to make the ordinary interesting and the interesting compelling
* Be the go-to knowledge expert for all things moving and great ideas
* Establish and upholding guidelines around our video and animation content
* Create an animation style that fits with our brand visual identity
* Support internal requests for employee communications, events, global town halls and initiatives
* Control video assets via our DAM, giving people access to what they need and curating content
Requirements:
* Required: Submit with your application a portfolio and show reel that crackles with excitement (video/animation) in any and all media
* Required: 5+ years of professional creative/design experience (including video editing and/or animation)
* Required: Mastery of Adobe CC programs (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere/After Effects/Animate)
* Preferred: A creative agency background, used to the rough and tumble of creative ideation
* Keen interest in staying current on creative trends, new tools, formats, and platform standards and innovating the creative approach
* Curiosity about generative and automation-assisted design tools to improve creative workflows and outputs
* Ability to manage creative projects from conception through implementation
* The strength to stand up for your ideas and the humility to accept criticism – and an excellent ability to navigate between the two
* The all-important capability to listen – not just to what’s said, but to really understand what is meant and to have the strength to ask questions
* Ability to integrate feedback from various internal and external stakeholders and transform that into beautiful end products
* Exceptional skill in maintaining ownership over several projects at once
* Ability to meet tight turnarounds and thrive in a fast-paced environment
* Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to positively interact with external and internal stakeholders at all levels
As a global organization, Datasite knows that diverse perspectives are essential to our success. We’re committed to maintaining a diverse workforce to serve our customers around the world. Datasite is an equal opportunity employer (EEO) and furthers the principles of EEO through Affirmative Action.