Role: Motion Graphics Designer 

Location: Durban, South Africa (on-site)

ROLE MISSION

Working in partnership with our client, the Motion Graphics Designer will work across Social comms, producing beautiful and innovative designs for our client’s social channels

ABOUT THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOINING

Reporting to the Account Director, the Motion Graphics Designer is part of the team of 9-12.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING IN YOUR ROLE

• Ideate and create stunning digital content using tools such as After Effects, Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop
• Take design projects from brief through to completion, providing new ideas and creativity whilst working closely with the client’s brand guidelines
• Produce designs to the client’s brief and exacting standards whilst positively influencing clients with your creative input in addition to undertaking and pitching new creative concepts
• Develop a deep understanding of target audiences and the client’s marketing strategy to deliver high quality results that have an instant, positive impact on members
• Pitch creative solutions in response to marketing strategies
• Oversee and manage the preparation of all finished files that will comply with the correct output specifications

WHAT SKILLS WILL HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL 

• Excellent client engagement skills with the ability to proactively organise and influence clients and build strong and effective working relationships.
• Excellent motion design skill set
• The ability to use After Effects and associated motion software
• A passion for 2D motion graphics design and animation, with the ability to animate a variety of styles of techniques.
• Excellent Adobe CS skills with great knowledge of Photoshop & Illustrator with the ability to produce bespoke digitally drawn assets from scratch.
• An innate and deep affinity with layout, typography and idea-generation
• Experience in FMCG sectors.
• Experience working with Food products.
• 4+ years of relevant experience in: 

  o Digital

  o Social

  o Motion Graphics

ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Lots of agencies say they're different. OLIVER is.

OLIVER believes that agencies work better inside a brand's organisation; delivering more effective work at the speed required to drive modern businesses forward. Using our unique Inside Intelligence methodology, we build specialist, dedicated in-house agencies that collaborate with clients to form better marketing solutions.

Established in 2004, our model is now driven by over 4000 people, working across more than 200 in-house agencies globally. Clients include The Guardian, Unilever, Barclaycard, PepsiCo, AXA, The AA, Adidas, BMW, Post Office, and 3M. OLIVER is part of the Inside Ideas Group (IIG), which also includes a global content agency to Adjust your Set, design, experience, and engineering company DARE and property marketing specialists Aylesworth Fleming.

OUR VALUES

We are a company built on our values, we have given you a brief overview below but would love to tell you more.

Be Ambitious to succeed

Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible

Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work

Be always learning and listening to understand

Be Results-focused to exceed expectations

Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations

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We've set ambitious, market-leading environmental and social goals around sustainability at OLIVER. We have committed to be net zero by 2030 and take far reaching action on DE&I in the sector. We expect everyone to contribute to our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle. 

Inside Ideas Group and its’ affiliates are equal opportunity employers committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected.  All [suitable] applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.