Senior Motion Graphics Artist - London

Trailer Park; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment marketing agency in London is seeking a Senior Motion Graphics Artist to join their Dark Burn Creative team. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in motion design with Adobe After Effects and the ability to manage quality and timelines for production assets. This role includes mentoring and collaborating with creative leads, making it essential to have strong technical skills and a team-oriented mindset. Apply today to join a company committed to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• 5+ years motion design experience with Adobe After Effects.
• Creative leads knowledge in motion graphics.
• Photoshop, Illustrator and design experience is a plus.
• Editorial experience is a plus.
• VFX, compositing, or 3D animation experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage quality and timeline of assets in production.
• Collaborate to develop creative based on approved asset briefs.
• Mentor other MGX team members.
• Mentor other members of the team.
• Identify and resolve resource dependencies and roadblocks.

Skills

Motion design experience with Adobe After Effects

Knowledge of plugin suites like Red Giant

Photoshop experience

3D animation knowledge

VFX

Compositing

3D animation

Tools

Adobe After Effects

Photoshop

Illustrator

Video CoPilot

Job description

Overview

Dark Burn Creative, a division of Trailer Park Group (TPG) is one of gaming's most prominent and growing entertainment marketing agencies, specializing in global content creation, trailers/promotions, and gameplay capture. We combine our creative storytelling expertise with large-scale production resources, uniquely positioning us to create, market, and distribute gaming content for our diverse client portfolio of top gaming development companies and major brands.

This role will be for the Dark Burn Creative London team, and based at the Trailer Park Group UK office in London.

About the role

A Senior Motion Graphics Artist works closely with both the producers and directors to manage the quality and time required for assets in production, as well as fosters a welcoming and encouraging working environment in the office.

• Works on problems of diverse scope where editorial and/or motion graphics challenges require deep knowledge both on a technical, creative, and franchise level.
• Uses good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Networks with internal personnel in their own area of expertise.
• Receives little instruction on day-to-day work, general instructions on new assignments.
• Investigates and explores options; generates viable alternatives; recommends the best solution; makes a final decision. Makes decisions that impact their project or initiative. Consults with leaders, peers and those affected to understand the impact of the decision.
• Understands game features, brand pillars, targeted audience, and campaign positioning in depth.
• Provides creative leads with insights of content creative and quality expectations.
• Accurately captures and documents asset requirements, delivery specs, USPs, and other asset dependent requirements.
• Works closely with creative leads to gain a detailed understanding of concept, deliverables, and creative tone.
• Captures, understands and communicates asset dependencies that may impact others within the team.
• Drives/Collaborates to develop and design the creative based on approved asset briefs.
• Guides and mentors other members of the MGX team.
• Communicates with people with various technical backgrounds.
• Actively participates in team dailies, providing their thoughts, ideas and feedback in a constructive manner.
• Identifies and tracks internal and external dependencies for their tasks.
• Identifies resourcing and dependency issues with their tasks; proactively resolves roadblocks.
• Manages day-to-day tasks and all projects assigned to them; proactively provides feedback to lead/manager on status of tasks and any changes required in duration, scope of work, and/or completion date.
• Prioritizes problems to solve based on the production/resource/creative objective, short term/long term impacts keeping in mind the overall organizational goals.
• Responsible for risk identification, mitigation and contingency planning.
• Creates detailed plans on how to tackle difficult problems.

About you

• 5+ years motion design experience with Adobe After Effects. Knowledge of plugin suites such as Red Giant, Boris Continuum, GenArts Sapphire, Video CoPilot would be beneficial
• Photoshop, Illustrator and design experience is a plus
• Editorial experience is a plus
• VFX, compositing, or 3D animation (especially roto, 3D titles, situated graphics and VFX touch-ups) are a plus

At Trailer Park Group, we want to improve the state of our world. We are responsible for driving equality and inclusion in our communities and workplaces. We are committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We view everyone as an individual and understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it’s about belonging. We celebrate that everyone is unique, which makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces differences and represents our global clients and teams.

We can’t wait to learn more about you. Apply today!

Equal Employment Opportunity: Trailer Park Group is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.