Video Creative Director/ Motion Graphics Artist

Video Creative Director/Motion Graphics Artist - Charlotte, NC or Remote

Townsquare Ignite is seeking a Video Creative Director to join our Creative Services team. This person is a video “Jack or Jill of all trades” taking video productions through each stage including concept/storyboarding, scripting, editing and animation/motion design. You will be the creative conduit between client/sales and the production of video advertising assets. This role is responsible for working with clients to understand their overall campaign strategy by evaluating the client’s media plan and campaign goals and help develop video assets designed for use across all digital platforms to attain those goals. This is a high-volume position working with clients all across the country so you will need to have a very keen sense of detail, impeccable communication, exquisite video editing and motion graphics skills and ability to work with very short deadlines.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee, and most importantly, execute the design and production of client’s videos for their digital advertising campaigns
• Attend calls/meetings with sales staff and clients to gain insight into creative direction, review creative assets and receive revisions, and brainstorm creative concepts
• Take a project from pre- to post-production every step of the way including creating scripts, storyboard and video concepts for client review, executing on site video shoots, editing b-roll or provided footage, creating animation and motion graphics as needed
• Scout and hire freelance videographers across the country to execute shoots
• Enforcing digital and creative best practices

 Background Knowledge

• Principals of effective video creation for digital advertising campaigns
• Mastery of video editing
• Expertise in motion graphics
• Video Script writing
• Programmatic ad experience
• Campaign management/strategy

Requirements

• 4+ years of industry/agency experience
• Expert level experience with Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro and Photoshop
• Strong knowledge in overall graphic design principals including typography, color, and motion
• Excellent client service, you will be the creative face of the company and need to impress
• Ability to produce high volumes of quality work under tight deadlines
• Unparalleled attention to detail
• Effective communication skills
• Candidates must send a reel and/or portfolio when they apply

Benefits

• 3 Weeks PTO 
• 9 Paid Holidays (Two personal/floating Holidays)
• Health, Dental, Vision
• 401(K) 
• Company provided laptop
• Continuous training opportunities
• Fully remote opportunity 
• Unlimited Growth Potential - Ignite is one of our fastest growing divisions and we only promote from within!

About Us

Townsquare is a radio, digital media, entertainment and digital marketing solutions company principally focused on being the premier local advertising and marketing solutions platform in small and mid-sized markets across the U.S. Our assets include 321 radio stations and more than 330+ local websites in 67 U.S. markets, a digital marketing solutions company (Townsquare Interactive), a proprietary digital programmatic advertising platform (Townsquare Ignite) and approximately 200 live events. Our brands include local media assets such as WYRK, KLAQ, K2 and NJ101.5; iconic local and regional events such as WYRK’s Taste of Country, the Boise Music Festival, the Red Dirt BBQ & Music Festival and Taste of Fort Collins; and leading tastemaker music and entertainment websites such as XXLmag.com, TasteofCountry.com and Loudwire.com

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