Media Players - Motion Designer

Company Introduction
Media Players is looking for a talented motion designer to join our fast-growing and multi-disciplined team. We're on a mission to become the world's leading data-driven sports marketing and data analytics agency. If you would like to be part of helping us reach our goal, please get in touch. Candidates must provide a link to an online portfolio and have experience working in gambling or sports.

Job Description
In your role as a motion designer, your day-to-day tasks will consist of collaborating with other teams to define requirements, iterate on design solutions, and contribute expertise for various digital products.

One of the key aspects of your role is creating digital assets for a wide range of platforms, including display advertising, and paid and organic social media.

Responsibilities
As our motion designer, your responsibilities will include designing digital assets, testing them, and optimizing them based on their performance. Responsibilities also include staying up to date on industry trends and the latest digital design software.

More responsibilities in detail:

• Participate in design discussions and give feedback during planning and strategy meetings
• Test assets and optimize based on their performance
• Iterate new designs based on user feedback
• Create digital assets (static, video, motion graphics and HTML5 ads) for a range of platforms (social, display advertising, websites, mobile apps, etc.)
• Research industry trends to present ideas and concepts for timely digital innovation

Design Requirements

• Experience in the design thinking process, agile development, and lean startup methodologies
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment
• Strong motion and video paid social experience
• Experience in concepting ideas for paid social
• Expertise with standard digital design tools, including Sketch, Figma, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Adobe Animate, Adobe Premiere, InVision, etc
• Experience working with HTML, CSS, and Javascript
• Photo and video editing expertise
• Strong knowledge of current digital design best practices
• Proven digital content skills
• Experience creating digital assets for a variety of target audiences
• Strong portfolio showing the breadth of digital design capabilities

Who Are We Looking For

• A passionate Digital Creative with at least 4 years of experience with digital marketing agencies
• Someone who enjoys working across multiple formats including video and digital display
• A highly creative individual, keen to develop new techniques and methodologies
• A team player, comfortable working in a fast-paced, start-up environment
• Must have experience working in iGaming or sports

The position is currently freelance with the potential to become permanent. If this sounds interesting to you, please share your portfolio and we will aim to get back to you as soon as possible. If you meet the criteria, then we'll invite you to a zoom interview. The office is in central London, but work can be executed remotely due to the current climate. Candidates without a link to a personal website or online portfolio will not be considered.