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Senior Motion Graphics Designer / Video Editor

Senior Motion Graphics Designer / Video Editor

High Level:

Maxis is looking for someone to join our creative team and help pitch our products and establish our visual identity. In the role of Motion Graphics Designer and Video Editor, you will edit, design, repurpose existing assets and bring them to life through high-quality and creative motion graphic animation and videos that follow Maxis brand guidelines. This role is for someone with excellent aesthetic judgment, knowledge and enjoyment of technical-creative assignments. You are an organized/detail-oriented motion graphic designer and video editor with a diverse skill set. You have an expert knowledge of Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Premiere and Photoshop. You will play an important role in every stage in the creative process, from conceptualization to final edits.

You will report to a member of our leadership team.

Responsibilities:

• Create engaging multimedia video content through authoring graphics, designing compositions, layouts, illustrations and animation for internal presentations
• Conceptualize and edit video projects, including selecting program format for final output, capturing/importing media, organizing raw media, exporting footage, creating and inserting static and motion graphics, titling, adding music/voice-over/sfx, media management, and archiving project media
• Manage video library
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and share ideas
• Prepare design plan, concept, and layout for motion graphic projects
• Help develop visual styles across multiple Maxis projects
• Build templates and overlays that will be used on videos
• Follow Maxis brand guidelines in ways that still push creative boundaries

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of relevant industry experience
• A portfolio of motion graphics design demonstrating scope, creativity, process, and new ideas
• Experience using motion design and editing software (After Effects, Premiere, Cinema 4D, but also Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Working knowledge of 2D/3D graphics and motion principles and design standards
• Comprehend and uphold client brand style guidelines, producing suitable work across multiple styles
• Mediate creative problems to arrive at the best solution
• You carefully review of your work

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience designing and authoring static graphics for presentations