Brand Designer (Events/ Experiential)

Overview

Aquent Studios x Adobe is a custom-built creative agency partnership that provides scalability with world-class talent to Adobe’s in-house studio and web team. This collaboration creates exciting opportunities to work with Aquent Studios and impact millions of customers, showcasing Adobe’s products via innovative storytelling and unique visual experiences.

This is a full-time, salaried consultant position with Aquent Studios with full comprehensive benefits package and PTO! 

Compensation Range: $95,000+

The range provided is our reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location.

Job Description: Graphic Designer (with Motion), Events 

In the enterprise space, Adobe is a leader in marketing and customer experience technology, helping businesses of all sizes adapt to the ever-changing expectations of the market. We’re looking for a Graphic Designer with motion experience on the Aquent Studios team to support a highly creative Adobe team to ideate, design and produce a wide range of deliverables, particularly digital with motion elements, for Events. Artistic sensibilities, technical proficiency, clear communication and problem-solving abilities are essential. Motion graphics design & execution skills are a must.

What you’ll be doing:

• Working closely with CDs & Art Directors to maintain the aesthetic of the brand and ensure all materials are designed and produced accordingly

• Taking conceptual direction from CDs to create storyboards and execute for final delivery

• Maintaining awareness of industry trends, incorporate new techniques, and informs others

• Proactively anticipating issues, suggesting solutions, and thinking of the big picture

• Managing multiple projects and meeting all deadlines while working collaboratively within a fast paced, reiterative environment

What you need to succeed:

• Ability to concept and storyboard high quality assets: an eye for detail with a sophisticated, bold and  expressive aesthetic

• Passion for design, pride in your craft, and desire to take the work even further

• Knowledge of design elements  (color, typography, and composition)  is essential

• Not afraid of using scripts or expressions in After Effects. You have at least some experience with them and are always willing to learn more

• Demonstrate advanced time-based aesthetic skills—rhythm, flow, editorial, and tension.

• Familiarity with MOGRTs to create templates (lower thirds, bumpers, etc.)

• Ability to take a creative concept from storyboarding to execution, but more often can jump in somewhere in between.

• Understand a creative brief and the business problem. Be able to think strategically about creative solutions

• Create a wide variety of solutions and demonstrate knowledge of various design styles.

• Maintain awareness of the latest trends and changes within design, popular culture, and social media

• Deliver solid creative on tight schedules and work independently with little direction

Experience:

• 5+  years of experience working in an in-house creative team or agency, concepting, storyboarding

• 3+ years of full-time, real-world After Effects experience, specifically in the realm of marketing, advertising, and titling

• A well-rounded portfolio showcasing a solid design aesthetic, artistic sensibilities and skills

• Ability to work in all facets of digital spaces and screens

• Graphic design, high-level image making

• Brand system design experience

• Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)

• Motion graphics/animation skills a huge plus (After Effects)

• Any added skills such as photography or illustration another big plus