Graphic & Motion Designer

Situation, an award-winning agency built for live entertainment and experience-based clients like WICKED on Broadway and The Metropolitan Opera, seeks a designer with motion graphics experience to develop creative for Arts & Entertainment clients. This role will report to the Art Director. The selected candidate has a keen eye for detail and a passion for crafting high-quality work that adheres to our client’s brand standards and achieves our strategic goals.

What You’ll Do

The Designer is responsible for crafting and maintaining distinct and authentic work that makes an impact. You’ll expand our client’s look and feel across a digital canvas and bring ideas to life using your cutting-edge know-how and fearless imagination.

Together with your team of Creative Directors, Art Directors, Copywriters, Social Media Managers, and Project Managers, we’ll learn and evolve together, and push each other to grow. You will be a nimble problem solver, using your empathy and knowledge to develop strong designs across a variety of digital mediums.

Our office is located in midtown Manhattan and we are currently working in-office three days per week.

Sample Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and develop designs and execute final artwork across a variety of graphic mediums, with a special focus in animation and motion graphics
• Push creative boundaries while aligning to the client’s brand standards on all designs
• Provide strong quality and consistency of work across deliverables
• Brainstorm design opportunities backed with research and insights
• Attend kick-offs, brainstorms, client calls and presentations when needed
• Communicate project status to your team to ensure deadlines are met and roadblocks are addressed

Requirements

• 5-7 years of experience at a creative agency or similar environment
• A portfolio showcasing polished, well-thought design in lead and hands-on roles
• Strong motion design experience and skills, primarily focused in Adobe After Effects
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Eagle-eye for details like spotting alignment issues and inconsistencies
• Strong sense of typography
• Dynamic and confident presentation skills to pitch ideas clearly and effectively
• Ability to manage multiple projects for multiple clients in a fast-paced creative environment
• A deep understanding of how technical factors affect designing for the digital space
• Troubleshooting skills and ability to problem solve efficiently, intelligently and with positivity
• Interest and/or experience in arts and live entertainment preferred
• Illustration and print production experience a plus

Benefits

We offer a competitive base salary and a range of benefits and perks:

• Salary range: $65,000-75,000 per year, commensurate with experience
• Health care plan (medical, dental, and vision)
• Retirement plan with employer match
• Life and disability insurance
• Generous paid time off package that includes vacation, sick, “life happens” days, birthdays, summer Fridays and public holidays
• Paid family leave
• Cold brew coffee, snacks and fresh fruit
• Wellness resources
• Special access to New York City’s arts and entertainment scene

We have been honored for our commitment to our team with workplace awards from Crain’s, Best Companies Group, Cynopsis, Digiday, and Fortune.

Our Company

We are Situation, a digital-first agency that builds and drives passionate communities to meaningful action. We partner with live experience-based brands like WICKED on Broadway, MJ on Broadway, The Metropolitan Opera, and Cirque du Soleil.

Situation is part of Situation Group, a digital-first collective of award-winning advertising agencies.