Junior Motion Designer

Footballco; Leeds; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports media company in Leeds is seeking a Motion Designer on a 9-month fixed-term contract. The role involves creating engaging motion graphics for commercial partners, requiring expertise in After Effects and knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite. The successful candidate will work collaboratively, contributing ideas and demonstrating creativity while enhancing their skills within a vibrant team. A passion for design and an understanding of football culture will be advantageous, although not essential.

Qualifications

• Proficient in After Effects with experience in Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Strong understanding of composition, narrative, and typography.
• Ability to conceptualize and storyboard for video production.

Responsibilities

• Support creative output for commercial partners as a Motion Designer.
• Create motion graphics and video across digital and social channels.
• Communicate and present ideas clearly to the team.

Skills

After Effects

Photoshop

Illustrator

Composition

Typography

Video creation

Storyboarding

Organization

Communication

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Footballco is the world's leading football media company, built for the next generation of fans. Our mission is to give fans more of the game by building football communities that entertain, inform, and inspire action. We cover everything in football from news and analysis, original reporting, and social media content, to web stores, video, podcasts, newsletters, and live scores. With over 1 billion video views per month, 100 million social followers globally, and a reach of 800 million across web, social, and video platforms, Footballco is the world’s largest football media company and one of the largest digital media companies in sport globally.

What’s the role about?

This is a 9 month fixed term contract.

We are looking for a Motion Designer in Leeds to join our ever expanding global internal agency and support our creative output for our commercial partners. As a motion designer you’ll utilise your knowledge of After Effects to bring passion, creativity and a keen eye for detail across multiple points of delivery and clients! Your eager-to-learn attitude will broaden the scope of work, enabling you to develop your skills with us. Your enthusiasm for design and knowledge of up to date trends will help to bring content to life which is also showcased in your showreel and portfolio.

With relevant experience under your belt, you have working knowledge of agency processes, tackling creative briefs, and implementing creative feedback. You will be confident in presenting your ideas, communicating with the team and expressing your creative flair.

An in-depth understanding of football is preferred, however not essential. Football transcends all aspects of popular culture and so should your thinking.

What You have :

• Excellent After Effects skills with experience working in Photoshop, Illustrator and the adobe creative suite. • A good understanding of composition, narrative and pacing and a passion for typography. • Ability to conceptualise, storyboard and create video across digital and social channels. • Ability to produce graphical assets and styleframes. • Experience working in an agency-like setting. • Great organisation and communication skills with the team. • Confident presenting and explaining ideas. • Proactive, ambitious, detail-oriented attitude. • Collaborative and enthusiastic vibes for your craft. • A keen eye for text animation and upcoming type trends. • Design knowledge and outlook to bring a motion piece to life.

Footballco is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.