Motion Designer

Role: Motion Designer

Reporting to: Creative Director

Salary: £40,000-£45,000

Location: London, UK

Who we are:

Founded in 2003, Substance is a digital marketing agency with over 80 people in London, L.A, Singapore and Buenos Aires. Our work is innovative and strategic, bringing passion, creativity and collaboration for each of our clients.

What we offer:

At Substance we enjoy, appreciate and recognise that everyone we employ has different needs and circumstances. We welcome applicants at all stages of their career and life journeys, working with the individuals we employ to provide flexibility and tailored support. Our aim is to provide fewer barriers and achieve positive balance, whatever life may have, hold or throw at you.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for a passionate and highly creative designer, equally skilled in video, graphics and motion, to create top level, original creative for Film, TV and Gaming clients like Disney, Paramount, Universal and Xbox. If you have the drive to be the very best in the field, to learn and elevate your skills on some of the most exciting projects around, this is the opportunity to join our fast-moving, growing team and take your work to the next level.

What you will be doing:

• Conceptualise and execute fresh creative concepts for social media, combining video, graphics and motion in new and exciting ways.
• Generate original, unique and impactful ideas, then present and explain your concepts internally and to our clients.
• Passion is key. You have a strong interest in the wider design community and keep up to date with the most innovative creative work out there, always seeking inspiration and sharing it with the studio.

What you can bring to Substance:

The ideal candidate is/has:

• A minimum of 4 years experience in a similar role, preferably within the Entertainment industry.
• Fluent across the Adobe suite, in particular After Effects, but also Photoshop/Illustrator and editing software. 3D skills would be a bonus.
• An understanding of, and interest in, branding and art direction; developing a look & feel for a film campaign for example, with innovative ideas, beautifully executed.
• A self-starter, you are keen to get stuck in and like to try out new things and problem solve.
• Idea-driven - make things look cool but have thought behind it.
• Collaborative - you’re happy to share your experience and are always open to feedback.
• Excellent design, typography, and layout skills.
• An understanding of marketing and audiences, especially in social media.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

Technical experience required:

• Strong experience across Social Media, online and offline media and broadcast
• A portfolio that shows a real passion for design, including:
• Creative ideas, well executed.
• Typographic excellence.
• Creating a brand or working within brand guidelines
• Sketching, storyboarding, styleframes. We want to hear about your process.
• We really want to see projects that you’re passionate about and proud of.

Please see our showreel to view the creative work we produce at Substance

Substance Global is striving to be a more diverse company - taking positive action to grow the diversity of our network - and our recruitment process seeks to eliminate aspects of unconscious bias. For this reason, all CVs received will have names and other personal identifiable information removed, so that those reviewing applications will do so on the basis of skill sets and aptitude alone. Selected candidates will next be appraised - either by set tasks or interview(s), or both - based on scoring criteria against the role’s required competencies.

Please also let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process.