Graphic Designer and Animator

The Media Design Group is seeking a Designer/Animator to design and animate graphics and other design-based assets supporting shows, events, special programming or emerging platforms. This work involves a combination of creating unique designs and animations and iterating and expanding on existing style guides and toolkits, under the direction of a team of an Art Director and Creative Producer.

Responsibilities
• Design and animate content for the various groups serviced by NFL Creative LA.
• Be able to work with deadlines that can be as short as same-day, leveraging existing toolkits or unique assets, with the guidance of the project's art director and creative producer, to deliver on time.
• Design show key art for partners using existing style guides as well as creating evergreen assets.
• Resize existing assets to fit partner guidelines.

Required Qualifications
• Demonstrated experience working in the design-animation field.
• Proficient knowledge Adobe After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator.
• A working knowledge of C4D (preferably Octane render engine) proficiency may be required, based on the job placement.
• Ability to develop custom designs and animations that derive from style guides, existing graphics packages and/or references provided by art directors.
• Ability to adhere to communicated file naming conventions and shared organizational guidelines.

Other Key Attributes / Characteristics
• Proactive, detail oriented, organized, and accountable, with the ability to perform in a highly collaborative setting.
• Confidence in a fast-paced environment
• Flexibility when faced with new information, needs or challenges
• Ability to ask questions and communicate with art directors and creative producers when uncertain about a current assignment or when ready for the next one.

Terms / Expected Hours of Work
• Up to 7-month employment period, 40 hours/week expected.
• Able to accommodate non-standard work hours, holidays and weekends as needed.

WHO YOU ARE:

Talent Attributes: What we expect for our employees:
• Embody an enthusiastic, proactive can-do attitude
• Embrace grit, free from ego or entitlement
• Excel as a relationship builder, with the ability to influence
• Eager learner, driven by passion rather than just ambition
• Encompasses an incredible work ethic with an agile mindset Reference: ECNJOBID-66-249-74-136 in the application