Sr. Designer/Animator (Temp-To-Perm)

WE HAVE CREATED A WORLD WHERE ART AND SCIENCE ARE BEST FRIENDSKnown is a modern marketing company engineered for the unprecedented opportunities and challenges facing marketers today. We are over 300 people strong, pairing PhD data scientists with award-winning creatives, strategists, engineers and expert research teams to produce some of the most innovative and cutting-edge creative work in culture. We believe that when creative truly collaborates with science, strategy, and technology, amazing things can happen.Our clients span the leading brands in finance, technology, media, CPG, real estate, and many other categories. These partnerships have earned us multiple awards and recognition: Emmys, Clios, Effies, Cannes Lions Awards, ProMax Agency of the Year, Digiday’s Most Innovative Media Agency and most recently the AdAge A-List.When we gush about our badass creative team we don't start with the Lions, Clio, or Emmy awards; or our long legacy of working with celebrity talent; or even being the force behind some of the most recognizable campaigns in the game. We start with data science and analytics, because what we value most is the real impact we make for our clients and their audiences. That’s how we know our creatives are the best. Our end-to-end creative and production services have the ability to concept, create, shoot, edit and optimize across traditional advertising, digital, social, and experiential all in-house. That’s how we produce the breadth of assets modern marketing campaigns require more efficiently, without sacrificing quality.We couldn’t create this award-winning work without seeking out and hiring the best talent. What does it mean to be a Knowner? We are curious innovators, knowledge-hunters who are constantly challenging ourselves to do better and be better for our clients, for our team and for our world at large. Our offices around the U.S. are open and while most of our people work in a hybrid setting, we are a distributed workforce with a number of Knowners working remotely.But Enough About Us, Let's Talk About YouKnown is looking for a talented and multidisciplinary Sr. Designer/Animator who will serve as a key member of the Design team at Known. The Sr. Designer/Animator will work with the VP, Head of Design to conceive innovative design and animation executions across digital, print, social, UX/UI, visual identity systems and video. The Sr. Designer/Animator will also concept and execute designs for presentations, templates and PR/talent/internal assets. This position requires a passionate, talented and conceptual pixel-perfect designer & animator with a specific eye for brand, type, layout, composition and color design.Candidates must be based in either NYC or LA and be available to work from the office 2+ days/week. This temporary position will have the opportunity to transition to a full-time benefited position for the right candidate.What You’ll Do• Create and concept outstanding pixel-perfect designs and animations for video, digital paid and organic social, print/OOH assets, as well as decks, presentations, and other PR/internal communications assets• Collaborate with the VP, Head of Design to create conceptual designs and animations that deliver against creative briefs to enhance our clients’s brands• Work with, and in some cases develop, brand and platform guidelines to maintain and iterate around existing design concepts• Design and animate innovative assets across social & video, including moving illustration, mixed media motion graphics, cinemagraphs and more• Leverage talent for visual design to contribute to holistic brand experiences that solve for business goals
• Keep current on design, social trends, and industry technology, sharing findings with the department to facilitate new ways of thinking, working, and problem-solving• Prioritize and work across multiple projects with changing deadlines, maintaining a high rate of speed
• Ensure and develop best practice principles in conjunction with wider team
• Consistently communicate with project owners regarding project status and challenges
• Provide technical input and advice on projects as required to achieve high quality
and on-time delivery• Brainstorm conceptual directions, both independently and as part of an integrated team• Offer input and share ideas at creative meetings• Manage creative request workflow by prioritizing projectsWhat You Have Done/Who You Are• You have a BA in design or other related field• You have 5-7+ years of professional experience working in design at an advertising agency, design firm and/or in-house creative team• You have experience working in brand design and animation across a wide range of projects and have a solid understanding of best practices across key disciplines and deliverables, i.e. social, web design, visual identity systems• You have a superior design eye and a solid understanding of fundamental disciplines of design as well as design trends, specifically across brand design, type, layout, image composition, and infographic design• You have expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Keynote., Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Figma and Google Suite• You are able to work quickly and can remain extremely detail-oriented even while working across multiple projects/deadlines• You possess a strong work ethic, are adaptable to ever-changing hours and demands, and have the ability to refocus and develop options for quick changes in projects• You are self-driven, eager, and passionate about design and advertisingONE LAST THING TO ASK YOURSELFAll this might sound great, but you’re probably still wondering, “Would I be a good fit for Known?” or “Would Known be a good fit for me?” Our culture is propped up by four values that we aspire to every day: We are one team. We see the good. We never stop learning. There’s always a better way. At Known we are setting out to build something more than just a company. We are building a legacy filled with exceptionally talented people with a kaleidoscope of backgrounds, experiences, and origin stories who feel encouraged and empowered to bring their whole selves to work, and to partner with us in molding and shaping our culture through our values.Known is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or qualified job applicants on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or locally protected class.The base rate for this position is $600/day.