Motion Designer (Freelance) Job at Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc in New York

About Us
Golin is a progressive public relations agency with expertise ranging from brand-building and cutting-edge digital content to corporate reputation, healthcare advocacy, and measurement. Golin aligns earned-first, data-driven creative with the customer journey to deliver maximum impact for clients and reach a profoundly diverse global market. “Go All In” is the agency’s ethos and commitment to bravery over mediocrity.
We Go All In in everything we do. We’re especially committed to Go All In for our people. We challenge our employees to be Courageously Happy and have empowered them to do so by offering our LifeTime benefits program. Lifetime offers unlimited time off, enhanced family care, ridiculously good health and wellness benefits, and a monthly LifeTime stipend for the gym or hobbies. We really do want you to play as hard as you work!
Ready to go all in with us?

Job Overview
We are looking for an exceptional Freelance Motion Designer with a passion for motion and creativity. This is a great opportunity for an experienced designer looking for a varied role. Due to the nature of the world of healthcare and wellness, the work is always different and across a broad range of media. From developing branding for a medical symposium to storyboarding a social animation to wire-framing a website to developing ground-breaking data visualizations, no day is the same.

Our ideal candidate will have exceptional knowledge of the big three Adobe apps (InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop) alongside excellent knowledge of PowerPoint. For this role, experience in motion design and video production including use of Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects is a bonus. If you are a budding photographer, illustrator, or coder, even better!

A minimum of 3 years in a fast-paced studio environment is desirable as is the ability to work from your own initiative along with excellent time management. A strong portfolio demonstrating your skill as an integrated designer and creative thinker is a must.

Core Responsibilities

1. Contribute to all stages of creative development, from concept and storyboarding to animation/production and final delivery across a wide range of executions (2D, illustrative, greenscreen).
2. Stay up-to-date with current design trends, techniques, and processes.
3. Understand best practices for long- and short-form content across a variety of platforms.
4. Work in concert with a wide range of departments including client services, strategy, scientific, creative, design, and digital.
5. Work effectively with external vendors and internal colleagues to complete projects within timeframe and budget.

Experience/Skills Required

1. Ability to take concepts from initial brief through to final execution.
2. Professional-level mastery of Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
3. Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator).
4. Working with Cinema 4D is a bonus.
5. Experience with editing, color grading, and sound design is a bonus.
6. Familiarity with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
7. Strong storytelling, verbal, and written communication skills.
8. Ability to prioritize and work within tight timeframes.
9. Highly motivated to work from own initiative.
10. Attention to detail.
11. Organized and logical.
12. Confident and proactive.

Level of Experience
Minimum 3 years of studio/agency/in-house experience.

Qualification
Diploma or degree in graphic design or related subject.

Key Performance Indicators

1. Time management; meeting deadlines.
2. Quality of work.
3. Anecdotal client and team feedback.
4. Annual performance objectives and performance appraisal.

Golin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status.