Description

This Senior Motion Designer will join a growing in-house AV creative team at the center of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios creative development, where your motion design and animation expertise will reach millions of global viewers. As a Senior Motion Designer on this team, you'll shape entertainment marketing by creating compelling motion graphics and animations that elevate our marketing campaigns, enhance brand storytelling, and captivate global audiences across Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios platforms. In this role, you'll tell on brand, forward-thinking visual stories that deliver on the strategic objectives of marketing and creative briefs, while ambitiously pushing the boundaries new creative. You will collaborate closely with internal teams, from editors, designers, creative directors, strategists, post producers, to cross-functional partners. You will participate in regular AV team creative reviews and provide feedback to help raise the creative bar and share technical expertise. This full-time role is required to work on-premise, not remotely.

Key job responsibilities

Raise the bar creatively, delivering best-in-class motion design and animation that surprise and delight our global customers
Develop and execute creative concepts for motion graphics that align with the Prime Video brand and Amazon Studios titles
Insist on the highest standards, meeting and exceeding marketing objectives through compelling and innovative video creative
Collaborate and brainstorm with editors, creative directors, producers, other designers and cross-funtional partners to bring original content to life visually.
Utilize industry-standard software and tools to create high-quality motion graphics that meet project deadlines.
Stay up-to-date with industry trends, techniques, and emerging technologies to continuously improve and innovate our visual content.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously, from concept to final delivery, ensuring all graphics meet the highest quality standards.
Review and provide feedback on motion graphics created by team members to maintain consistency and quality across all projects.
Work closely with the creative and production teams to ensure all graphics are delivered on time and within scope.
Develop and maintain relationships with external vendors to expand our creative capabilities as needed.
Continuously review and provide feedback and recommendations to improve the overall visual quality and style of our work.
Demonstrate an ability to parse marketing strategies and creative briefs and work with various teams to build solutions.
Grow versatility of animation skills to accommodate various project needs and tonal expressions.
Communicate strong pre-visualization skills including storyboarding, style frames, motion theory, and typography.
Contribute to a shared passion for visual storytelling and popular culture.

A day in the life

Connect with the creative team to review campaign needs and align on priorities.
Brainstorm design concepts for a Prime Video brand promo or interstitial cards for an originals multi-title spot.
Create style frames and storyboards for stakeholder review
Animate custom graphics for social media promotions
Collaborate with editors on show package development for a teaser
Present design concepts for a campaign to marketing teams and creative directors
Optimize existing assets for different platform requirements
Mentor editors developing motion design skills and provide technical guidance and creative direction
Partner with editors, producers and post-production managers to track deliverables and timelines

About The Team

This internal AV Creative Studio lives at the cross-section of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios. We ideate, develop and execute bar-raising and evocative video creative that amplify our Amazon MGM Studios Originals and Prime Video’s unique identity and value proposition to drive brand love and customer awareness.

Basic Qualifications

8+ years of driving compelling creative strategy and execution at an agency or in-house creative team experience
Bachelor's degree
Experience leading creative development of innovative creative from concept to delivery
Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines
Strong portfolio demonstrating typography, animation, and design expertise

Preferred Qualifications

Experience developing cross-functional relationships with product, consumer research and marketing teams to develop strategy and consumer insights that drive compelling creative executions
Experience managing creative (internal team of designers, copywriters, external agencies and freelancers)
Experience presenting creative concepts effectively to senior executives

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $127,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $210,300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Company - Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A3077427

Senior Motion Designer, Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios

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