Graphic Designer & Motion Artist

This role involves overseeing and delivering high-quality design and animation for The Drum and its customers, while managing design projects from inception to completion and ensuring brand consistency across all platforms. Key tasks include generating concepts, producing visual design for print and digital media, creating short-form animations for social media, and delegating tasks to junior staff or freelancers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and deliver high-quality design and animation for The Drum and our customers
• Manage design projects from beginning to end ensuring consistent and good communication and relationships with all stakeholders
• Maintain and improve design standards
• Generate concepts and ideas, and produce visual design in both print and digital media including motion graphics
• Ensure brand consistency across all platforms
• Be pro-active in creating ideas and developing products and keeping up to date with current trends
• Delegate tasks and provide support to the team
• Ensure workload is managed in an efficient and timely manner
• Identify and provide solutions to any problems that arise
• Co-ordinate and liaise with clients and suppliers with a professional attitude
• Responsible for training others on systems/software as required
• Create short-form animations and video content for social media and digital platforms
• Design titles, kinetic text, lower thirds, and transitions

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional design experience
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Excellent listening and communication skills
• Tenacious and resilient
• Ability to take ownership of tasks
• Knowledge of best practices for video content on all platforms
• Familiarity with video formats, file compression, and frame rates
• Highly organised and able to work in a fast-paced environment to tight deadlines
• Ability to multitask
• Excellent time management
• Be very organised and extremely accurate in tasks
• Can cope with stressful situations and find solutions
• Comfortable working with several internal teams/stakeholders
• Highly personable
• Excellent ability to build rapport
• High level of customer service

Benefits

• 28 days holiday / 27 days PTO
• Pension or 401k retirement plan
• Company-wide discretionary bonus scheme based on business performance
• Enhanced above industry standard family leave package
• x2 paid volunteering days a year
• Company-wide mentoring programme
• Employee referral bonus
• Company social events
• Hybrid working
• Early finish on Fridays
• Dog friendly offices
• Eye care vouchers and contribution towards glasses
• Learning & Development fund/opportunities

Key Skills