Motion Designer

New York, United States • Atlanta, Georgia, United States • Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Job Description

Work Location Options:Hybrid

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With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

The Global Advertising and Brand Management (GABM) organization has a mission to create marketplace demand and drive commerce for American Express through differentiated and innovative products, partnerships, marketing, and customer experiences.

OnBrand is American Express’ In-House Creative agency, on journey for an exciting expansion. Our ambition is “Become creative partn­­­er-of-choice to build seamless customer experiences for our Business Units, essential for driving results and unlocking value through deeper knowledge of our business powered by industry-defining creative excellence”. We are focused on developing forward-thinking ideas and work across channels, end-to-end experiences in digital and beyond.

As a Motion Graphics Designer, you will create original and highly engaging animated content on an everyday basis for our clients. You will be responsible for trend spotting, ideation, creative development, and production of motion graphics on a variety of projects. The ideal candidate has an appetite for learning, is highly motivated, collaborative and knows how to quickly action and pivot as projects evolve.  

Day to day responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Concepting, designing and animating content for a variety of digital media and platforms.
• Working closely with account managers, project managers, designers, developers and other creatives to bring concepts to life through motion.
• Creating content that is on-brand, on-strategy, leverages current platform trends and is true to a brands style, voice and aesthetics.
• Actively attend team and client meetings and feel comfortable presenting your work.
• Keep up with the latest trends and find relevant ways for the brand to participate in or leverage them through animated content.
• Being available to commute for productions if needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 1+ years of motion design experience working within a creative environment, such as an agency, in-house creative team or production studio
• Ability to understand marketing insights and strategies to translate into compelling motion content.
• Ability to combine conceptual thinking with high-quality creative content delivery
• Passionate about social media platforms, trends, technology and best practices
• Adaptability and willingness to learn new tools, workflows and platforms.
• Experience with illustration and 2D character animation a huge plus.
• Experience in creating animated content for web with Lottie or Rive a plus
• Experience with 3D software and workflows a plus

Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $105,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for this position.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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