[ref. w35411918] Motion Designer - Hitchin
Job Purpose
To create animated content across the Greyhound Racing UK Social Media platforms
The position is fully remote with occasional travel for team meetings and greyhound events. Full support for working from home will be provided including provision of equipment and an allowance for the working environment. This is an exciting opportunity for to join a forward thinking organisation and make a positive difference to promote greyhound racing and homing.
About us
The Greyhound Star was formed over 40 years ago as a newspaper to promote greyhound racing. It has now become an online publicity and promotional vehicle for the greyhound racing industry with big ambitions to increase publicity and coverage across the UK population.
We’re leading the way when it comes to pushing greyhound racing forward and we’re truly passionate about greyhound welfare and improving the sport’s image. You’ll find us to be a company that’s focused on being an employer of choice where people thrive, and your voice is truly heard.We empower our colleagues to do great work by investing in learning, personal development, and technology.
Principal accountabilities and responsibilities include:
- Designing animated social media content
- Producing animated data visualizations
- Creating brand animations
- Developing motion style guides
- Creating animated templates
- Supporting live broadcast graphics
- Producing promotional animations
- Expert in After Effects
- Strong understanding of animation principles and ability to animate data/info-graphics
- Knowledge of social media specs and brand guidelines
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Understanding of video codecs
- Real-time graphics knowledge
- Render optimization skills
- Template creation ability
- 3D experience and sports/broadcast experience are advantageous