Motion Design Director

The design team plays a pivotal role in offering creative solutions to brand, innovation, and experience challenges. Whether it's helping to define the experiential potential of a new brand strategy to expressing a powerful voice throughout a user's journey, we bring the best of design thinking to the rest of our practices.

As aMotion Design Director, you are a digital artist. The computer screen is your canvas, and your work can be found everywhere from smartphones to television, from handheld electronics to the web. You use motion graphics to communicate an idea, concept or story.

At Lippincott, you will develop thoughtful, immersive design solutions that lie at the intersection of brand and interaction design and bring a brand's story to life. You will use your high-end digital skills and expertise with interactive media software (graphic design, video editing, 2D & 3D animation) to design innovative, integrated solutions. You will help manage projects by coordinating with both junior and senior team members and with clients. In this role, you will continue to develop your leadership skills and a unique, discerning point of view as you contribute to the work.

On an average day, you will:

Design Creatively and Strategically

• Leveraging firm resources, initiate problem solving and develop preliminary concepts into refined, comprehensive motion graphics
• Help guide the design process from start to finish participate in team ideation, help advance all concepts, and check accuracy and quality of all deliverables to highest standards
• Develop and write detailed and organized design and motion guidelines

Research and Build Ideas

• Conduct design research, contributing to communications audits and moodboard creation
• Stay up-to-date on trends and new techniques in the design world, as well as best practices in both motion and user interface design, integrating those findings and understanding into the projects
• Probe more deeply into concepts and design solutions when confronted with inconsistent or questionable findings
• Develop strong and engaging case studies and public reference, including storyboarding, gathering materials, etc.

Manage Time and Projects

• Prioritize tasks to meet needs and deadlines across multiple projects and multiple teams
• Anticipate challenges that may affect project timelines and address with Partners on the project
• Work within budget and time constraints
• Participate in managing projects as required, taking a guiding role at times and prioritizing the workload for other motion designers
• Document and archive all work and files clearly and in a timely manner for team/studio access
• Begin to act as a mentor to more junior team members, providing design direction and assisting in their development
• Begin to assist in recruitment efforts

Communicate and Collaborate

• Communicate project objectives clearly to team members and clients
• Clearly articulate design ideas, share research findings and explain thought process to team members both in writing and in person
• Constructively participate in team ideation and design critiques
• Provide specific and actionable feedback to team members
• Assist in producing and occasionally delivering client presentations
• Be involved in maintaining the client relationship, acting as a Lippincott representative, working with and influencing junior client contacts, participating in client calls and meetings, and gathering and communicating feedback to the team
• Assist in producing new business pitches and proposals
• Share best practices with the broader Design team and provide hands on guidance to more junior motion designers

We look for you to:

Be Knowledgeable

• A design-related Bachelor's degree or equivalent portfolio (postgraduate degree a plus)
• 5+ years of motion/animation design experience in a professional setting
• A proven ability to apply basic design conventions to creative work across a range of experiences (digital, 3D, motion, UI/UX)
• The ability to incorporate inputs from strategy, research and other disciplines into design development

Be Skilled

• Strong experience with motion and animation software (Adobe After Effects and Cinema 4D)
• Experience with the Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe Premiere)
• Strong interest in animating for mobile UI and digital prototypes (Adobe XD, InVision, Principle, Sketch, Figma)
• Ability to prepare production-ready assets and to package files for distributionand digital implementation
• The ability to work autonomously in the face of complex assignments and seek clarity when necessary
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational and file management skills

Be Passionate and Motivated

• Demonstrate high quality design that balances creativity and rigor
• A drive to be adaptable and flexible to meet client and project needs
• A true enthusiasm for the evolution of design, motion graphics, branding and experience
• A passion for design that is both beautiful and functional
• An interest in digital design (apps and sites)
• An unparalleled work ethic and desire to contribute and collaborate with others
• A desire to proactively seek constructive feedback
• A desire to enhance and grow your skillset, learning about technology, media, production processes, design applications, and working methods