Sr. Visual Design - Instore & Motion Graphics [AQ-18597]

Aquent; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent Studios is seeking a skilled Visual/Graphic Designer to craft dynamic, brand-aligned content across channels in a hybrid office setting, in-office 2-3 days weekly.

Develop detailed designs, motion content, and channel assets while collaborating with art directors and production teams, upholding brand guidelines and storytelling in digital displays and retail environments.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating strong visual design aesthetic and direct contributions.
• Comfort designing across Motion, Print and OOH campaigns.
• Ability to adapt quickly and solve brand and business problems.
• 5+ years of relevant experience as a visual or graphic designer.

Responsibilities

• Create detailed designs, sketches, and mood boards to visualize concepts.
• Develop dynamic motion content with kinetic typography for digital displays and stores.
• Develop channel assets with placement, hierarchy and storytelling while aligning with brand guidelines.
• Maintain brand consistency across visual and retail content.
• Synthesize feedback from multiple sources and iterate rapidly.
• Collaborate with Photo Art Directors, Designers, Producers, and Production on complex work streams.

Skills

Portfolio

Motion design

Brand problem solving

5+ years experience

Tools

Figma

After Effects

Job description

*This role is hybrid and will require you to be in office 2 to 3 times a week*

Project Details

• Create detailed designs, sketches, and mood boards to visualize concepts and communicate ideas to the team
• Develop dynamic motion content with kinetic typography for use in digital displays and devices to enhance physical-to-digital narrative flow within stores.
• Develop what the channel creative asset looks like proposing placement, hierarchy, consistency and stories within the channel and pulls in content art direction from program creatives
• Partners with the team on how design systems and components should flex within each channel.
• Maintains brand consistency in all visual and retail content, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines and overall aesthetic.
• Synthesize feedback from multiple sources and iterate rapidly
• For complex or key work streams they may provide ‘input’ and collaborate with other team members such as Photo Art Directors, Designers, Producers, and Production to bring concepts to life

Minimum Qualifications (MQs)

• An online portfolio demonstrating strong visual design aesthetic and executions (featuring your direct contributions)
• Comfort designing across various campaigns and channels including Motion, Print and OOH
• Ability to adapt quickly and find solutions to brand and business problems
• 5+ years of relevant experience as a visual or graphic designer

Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

• Passion for design and technology
• Enthusiasm for developing, mentoring or inspiring other designers
• Past experience as a designer within a creative agency or in-house
• Displays inclusive behaviors both across your teams and within design

Software & Systems

• Figma
• After Effects

Client Description

Aquent Studios is a global creative studio that delivers scale, speed and efficiency to the world’s most recognized brands. We create the work that matters the most to them—work that has a real impact on their business. As an Aquent Studios team member, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with the largest and most influential companies in the world, solving design challenges and extending their brands across tactic types and platforms, including digital design, UI/UX, video, motion, content, print design, web development, and more. If you want to do work that matters in a collaborative setting that values ingenuity and personal growth, you have found the right place!

Other Requirements

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $120-$190K. However, final compensation level will be determined based on experience and scope alignment.