Sr. Motion Designer for Social Media

DESCRIPTION

albelli and Photobox Group have merged to create a leading player in the online European Photo Product and Gifting market. Together we now serve a pan-European customer base of over 7 million customers, supported by our 1.150 colleagues across the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany, Norway and Sweden. We are focused on inspiring our customers to easily make beautiful photo products and bring their special moments to life.

We are looking for a Sr. Designer, social media with strong graphic and motion design skills to bring our brand to life in social channels. The ideal candidate has a portfolio of great brand and commercial work across various formats (posts, stories, reels), in motion graphics, video and static with a specific focus on mobile marketing.

Sound like this role could be for you? If the answer is yes, then read on.

Purpose

The Sr. Motion Designer for Social Media, works as part of the Creative Studio to create and deliver innovative, engaging, animated digital content to be used across paid and organic social media channels.

The ideal candidate has a solid sense of graphic design principles, expertise with social media, motion graphics skills and a strong attention to detail, that enables to take a high-level concept and turn it into an engaging experience for our customers.

You'll be joining a multi-discipline, multi-lingual (well, some of us anyway), international creative team. We have diverse backgrounds with a team of copywriters and designers - but we all share a common passion in advocating for our customers, delivering the best solutions and never saying the words, "it’s impossible”.

Some specific day-to-day responsibilities will include:

First and foremost, you will be responsible for creative ideation to drive our brand forward
Working closely with your fellow creatives at our in-house agency team on campaign creation and execution
Collaborating directly with mobile/app marketing team to experiment, learn, unlearn, and evolve creative across both paid and organic social according to best practices
You are able to develop and articulate design concepts - from storyboard to final execution with a close attention to detail
Occasionally collaborate with external creative agencies to create memorable motion and video content
Working together with the creative team to create/evolve guidelines for social following best practices
Keeping up with the latest design trends and foster the culture of design thinking and creativity within the team

Requirements

Be a senior creative with a minimum of 6 years of working experience, at agencies, studio or other creative environment
Strong portfolio of work showing excellent design skills and clear social media design examples – with a focus on app/mobile marketing
Open, curious and on top of new trends in social advertising, excited to share knowledge with others
Proven experience building a narrative for video storytelling
Ability to create motion graphic designs and video editing
Open to work with the team to capture footage to use in small video productions
Have a good understanding of branding and brand identity
You know how to develop formats and storyboards and feel comfortable presenting
Proficient in Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign.
Strong communication, project management and collaboration skills

We offer

A fast-growing e-commerce environment
An international company hosting over 50 nationalities
Competitive compensation, relocation support, and lots of benefits (such as a discounted gym membership)
Budget for personal growth and development, including external training, courses, and conferences
26 days of annual leave with a healthy work-life balance
A flexible hybrid work set up with a minimum of 2 days per month in the office and everything you need for a proper work from home setup
An informal, fun, proactive, and inclusive culture with a social atmosphere (Friday drinks, parties, sports, etc.) to be resumed properly post COVID-19!
A central location in one of Europe’s most vibrant cities, Amsterdam!

We are working in a hybrid environment and this role is based in our Amsterdam office, located in the centre of city next to Central Station with stunning views of the harbour, and the numerous canals running through the old city. The office is spread over five floors, with ample amenities and easy walking distance to nearby shops, cafes, and restaurants. The team here is made up of more than 50 nationalities, who work across all areas of the business with a focus on analytics, marketing, HR, and technology

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