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The Motion Design Art Director is responsible for leading the development and execution of impactful design solutions for a diverse range of interdisciplinary projects. In this position, the Art Director provides a progressive point of view on motion design excellence. They collaborate with the Creative Directors to support the creative vision on projects and direct design teams towards cutting edge motion design and visual experiences.

Requirements

• Must be able to work on-site in our NYC Studio (Hybrid)
• Travel required (domestic and global)
• Must reside in the NY/Tristate Area
• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• Please provide a link to your portfolio or website

Responsibilities

• Provide design and art direction for projects of various scales and types from web and mobile to interactive installations and large scale exhibition motion graphics and media programs. Lead and maintain strong design direction while collaborating across multidisciplinary teams - Visual Experience Design, Physical, Content and Software
• Develop, maintain and enhance the creative vision in collaboration with the Creative Director
• Drive motion design development, iterating quickly and pushing conventions
• Direct, collaborate, execute, mentor and support on projects from ideation through design development, asset production, prototyping, media production and launch with the fidelity needed for effective team collaboration at each phase
• Coordinate with project team members to clarify and aggregate all design dependencies (hardware and software specs, content specs, architectural specs, etc.)
• Leading media projects with in-house teams or LP effectively acting as Agency working with studio/vendor partners. Including presenting creative concepts or ideas to clients, with LP Creative Director(s).
• Bring new approaches to the creative process, ideation and design strategy and inspire across disciplines
• Flag stumbling-blocks and offer solutions
• Provide accurate time estimates and expectations for yourself and designers on a project
• Manage multiple projects, establish expectations for designers, ensure deadlines are met
• Confidence to make difficult decisions and guide designers towards aspirational design solutions
• Experience in structuring workflows and managing design teams
• Establish conceptual frameworks to solve complex design challenges
• Nurture junior talent through clear direction, constructive feedback and fostering knowledge and expertise

Required Skills/Abilities

• Strong strategic and conceptual skills
• Excellent typography and design skills
• Excellent technical, organizational and time management skills
• The ability to collaborate in teams, work autonomously, take direction from creative leadership and translate goals into actionable items for team members
• Progressive understanding of UX, GUI and interaction design as well as the workflow of time-based media
• Experienced in structuring and holding working sessions and presentations
• Accomplished in establishing complex design systems for digital and built environments
• Skilled and experienced in creating and leading motion design, editing, and 3D pipelines, and VFX or animation projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.

Education/Experience

• A design degree (graphic, interaction, communication, media design, or a related field)
• Minimum experience of 7+ years, or an outstanding demonstration of experience

Salary Range: 90K to 130K Commensurate with experience.

Benefits

Local Projects offers to its Full-Time staff Health/Dental/Vision, FSA, 401k, access to Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance and Life Insurance as well as a generous PTO package.

Local Projects is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Our collaboration with each other and the experiences we create together greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across all disciplines, at all levels of the studio. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color, and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

Local Projects is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity, and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.