- Job Requirements: Must be local to location (or willing to work as a local).
We’re hiring a Motion Graphics Designer who will be part of our growing creative team working to serve our clients by delivering innovative, excellent, and effective content.
We know the team you choose to join is a critical decision for your career. Our core belief is that Business is more meaningful when people connect on a human level. In a post COVID-19 environment, marketing plans will never be the same. During the pandemic we heard a rising conversation about "brand" content and saw people scrambling to keep up. Not our clients. We've been a “brand first” agency for years and are at the front of this curve... and growing. We’re currently redeveloping a building in the Historic Tipperary Hill neighborhood of Syracuse into a modern studio / office to further fuel creativity and growth.
Congruent team members bring their own energy to the team each day. Our agency environment is fast-paced and involves both periods of deep concentration as well as the ability to switch between tasks to serve a national client base. Key characteristics of a Congruent team member:
Committed to growth (personally and craft)
Enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects
Creative and adaptable
A desire to serve others
What you’ll need: Good communication skills, high level of empathy, maturity.
5 years experience developing national campaign quality motion graphics and design
In-Depth knowledge of all the latest design tools, platforms, and versions of applicable software programs - Mac OS, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, familiarity with 3D applications
Prior creative agency experience preferred
Ability to manage and compartmentalize multiple projects, clients, and conversations
Be organized with attention to detail
An eye for and experience in color correcting a plus
Ability to work within established brand/product guidelines
Enthusiasm for working in a motivated, growing company
Demonstrated understanding of storytelling and ability to go from script to screen using motion graphics
Refined sense of animation, particularly relating to typography, infographics and logo use and consistency
Experience in layout and animation of typography, and logo design
Ability to articulate and defend conceptual and directional choices
Solid understanding of best practices with digital and social deliverables
What you'll do: Serve our team. Serve our clients.
Translate client objectives into compelling, creative motion graphic solutions, including concepts, designs, storyboards and animations
Integrate sound, music and video elements into motion graphics
Inspire designers and elevate the overall quality of design, animation, motion and storytelling concepts generated by the team
Work to maintain freshness, creative excellence, and a level of innovation that will uphold and enhance our clients’ brands
Contribute to a positive team atmosphere at work
Work independently, as well as part of a team to establish and execute to project deliverables
Manage hours, project deadlines, assets, and a content library
Inspire designers and elevate the overall quality of animation, motion and storytelling concepts generated by the team
Work to maintain freshness, creative excellence, and a level of innovation that will uphold and enhance our clients’ brands
Share passion for great design through motion graphics, animation and video
Participating in brainstorming sessions to share new design perspectives and ideas
What you'll receive:
A full-time position
Unlimited paid-time-off
401K with employer match
Employer-contributed health insurance with supplemental insurances
Training and education to grow your skills
Resources as needed to be productive
Opportunities to be creative and work with talented people
What to expect when applying
Upload your resumé and a cover letter
Link to your portfolio and/or reel
Complete the pre-screening survey
If you're a good fit we'll reach out right away
About Congruent
Business is more meaningful when people connect on a human level.
Congruent is a full-service, brand-first creative marketing agency which started as an in-house agency. Now we service local and national clients. Our Founder and CEO, Paul J Daly is a proven entrepreneur who is committed to personal and professional growth for himself and his team. Check him out at pauljdaly.com. He has gathered a diverse team of creatives from many backgrounds who strategize, produce and manage top-shelf content and campaigns for both local and national brands.
Paul and Congruent have a working relationship with industry-leading agency, Vayner Media as one of the very first companies selected into the VaynerMentors program led by Gary Vaynerchuk and his senior leadership team.
As a creative services company, we flourish on creativity and business savvy, but we also thrive on empathy and kindness. Internally, we have different work habits, creative expertises, and backgrounds. We come from both coasts, different countries, the north, the south, and everywhere in between.
Our core values double as the process by which build brands.
Honesty - Be authentic, always.
Empathy - Strive to understand before being understood.
Attention - We understand that connection always begins with attention.
Connection - This is the outcome of our best work and most valuable relationships.
Care - We care for and give grace to one another and those around us.
We can’t wait to welcome the next member of our family. Is it you? Let’s talk.
Congruent is an equal opportunity employer.