Senior Motion Designer (Maternity Cover)
We're looking for a Senior Motion Designer (12 Months Maternity Cover) to join our team in London as part of our Content function.
Your Role: You will be a creative, proactive, and resourceful motion designer with management abilities. You will be passionate about motion and be plugged into all the latest trends and techniques. This role will work across a range of brands within the Ascential portfolio including Cannes Lions, Contagious, and Money2020, producing a range of digital video content with storytelling at the heart. You will lead a team of two creatives whilst actively working on multiple projects and quality checking the work of the team.
Key Responsibilities:
* Working to briefs to produce videos that fulfil objectives
* Managing a team of two other creatives
* Reviewing and ensuring videos from the whole team meet branding requirements
* Quality control of videos created by the whole Ascential Studios team
* Using your creativity and skillset to produce compelling content
* Gathering and implementing feedback
* Problem-solving and communicating to stakeholders throughout the production process
* You are a connector, working hard to ensure people and projects are not inadvertently siloed or silenced
Your Experience:
* Extensive experience in motion graphics
* Prior management experience
* Expert in After Effects and Premiere Pro
* Advanced knowledge of video codecs, file formats, and social specifications for asset delivery
* Ability to confidently present ideas and technical execution to stakeholders
* Have meticulous attention to detail
* Be a team player with a collaborative mind-set
* All applicants must provide links to relevant past work
If you don't meet every single requirement, we'd still encourage you to apply. At Ascential, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role, we would still like you to apply.
Who are we?
Ascential takes the world’s leading brands to the heart of what’s next for their industries.
We do this through our events, intelligence products, and advisory services. Our 700+ people serve a global customer base from more than 100 countries in the large and growing Marketing and Financial Technology sectors. Ascential is part of the Informa Group. Find out more here: ascential.com
Why Choose Us?
Two divisions. Three continents. One great culture - we want working for Ascential to be the best career move you’ve ever made.
Ascential is a people-powered company, and we’re committed to supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion. We publish an annual DEI Report, setting out our goals and progress. We invest in Employee Groups including Able to Thrive, Ascential Pride, Black in Business, and Empower Women’s Network. And our inclusive recruitment practices and early talent programmes help us to bring curious, passionate people from every walk of life into our team.
We’re committed to ensuring that the impact of our business on our environment - and the communities we operate in - is a positive one. That means making sure that each event we run is the most sustainable it’s ever been. We also default all of our pension plans to sustainable options, so that our people’s savings are invested in ways that help rather than hinder our planet.
Helping people to connect and drive progress isn’t a business-only goal. We know that the world is a better place when we lead with heart, so we support charitable causes that make a difference. We provide opportunities to give back through Volunteer Days and our charity partnership with Media Trust.
We value output, not hours. Most of our roles ask for 1-2 days a week in your nearest office. But if that’s not possible for you, let’s talk. Flexible work conversations are actively encouraged here.
Only you know what’s most important to you. That’s why we offer a benefits and wellbeing package that you can tailor to your needs. Some of these include:
* 25 days of holiday per year - with an option to buy/sell up to 5 days
* Pension, Life Assurance, and Income Protection
* Access to either our commission, bonus, or profit share schemes, dependent on the role
* Flexible benefits platform with options including Private Medical, Dental Insurance, Critical Illness, and the Ascential Shares Scheme
* Employee assistance programme, season ticket loans, and cycle to work scheme
* Volunteering opportunities and charitable giving options
* Learning and development opportunities, to encourage and empower everyone to grow
We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable during the process, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.
If we inspire you, why not join and inspire us? Find out more.
About Us
Getting to the heart of your industry.
We help the world’s biggest brands navigate what’s next through events, intelligence, and advisory.
Our two divisions, LIONS and Money20/20, serve the Marketing and Financial Technology industries. Our unforgettable events bring customers from over 120 countries together to have the conversations that count. And with almost 700 employees across four continents, our experts ensure that our customers never miss a beat.
Ascential plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
#J-18808-Ljbffr