Multimedia Designer

The Opportunity:

As a Multimedia Designer, you will be responsible for handling multiple projects from concept through execution across all digital, print, and video mediums with a primary focus on motion graphics/animation, microsites, HTML emails/newsletters, and web assets. You must possess in-depth understanding of visual design principles and desire to push conceptual thinking according to the latest design and technology trends to create brand experiences for various audiences. Collaborate with Clients, Senior Design Staff, Account Managers, Video Producer, Editors, Copywriters, Developers, and technology partners, to deliver digital messaging solutions for multiple products and services across different lines of business. You'll be expected to marry highly creative out-of-the-box thinking with brand/campaign guidelines while understanding both the challenges and opportunities of the digital channel. This position requires visual storytelling to produce the highest quality video content and uphold the expectation of creative excellence for Brand Creative. You will work with the Adobe Creative Cloud to create the latest animation and VFX techniques to meet all creative needs. You must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment while accurately executing creative to meet tight deadlines is a must.

The Team

Our candidate will be joining a growing, diverse and talented team of Multimedia Designers, Videographers, Editors, Photographers, Art Directors and Copywriters. Our in-house team is an agile, inclusive, hard-working group, dedicated to bringing our MassMutual brand to life across many media solutions. We strive to work with our in-house clients to deliver proper and consistent messaging and content across our brand, while continuing to grow, learn, and stay on top of new industry technologies and trends.

The Impact:

• Support the creation of engaging communications, that tell a story and support the look and voice of the MassMutual brand from concept through execution.
• Edit multimedia projects and maintain a consistent level of quality 
• Maintain communication with internal teams, production and clients on the status of projects with responsibilities to ensure deadlines are being met
• Demonstrate constant innovation and creativity

The Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with focus in Fine Arts or related design focus. 
• 5 years professional experience creating branded communications (Print, digital, motion graphics, and animation) under aggressive deadlines.
• Proficiency in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, After Effects, Premiere Pro
• Strong understanding of current design, animation, and technology trends   
• Content creation that encompasses concepting, storyboarding, and creating motion graphics with the ability to integrate designed assets into creative videos   
• Proficient working with HTML/CSS/Java script and various web platforms and coding (ex. WordPress)

The Ideal Qualifications:

• Ability to continually evolve and elevate the aesthetic while supporting the overall brand direction, especially in the digital landscape. Maintain relevancy in the field by monitoring visual design and digital trends, as well as emerging technology and usability trends.
• Experience with innovative web/digital content on a project basis for clients as needed.
• Work to grow integrated digital strategy.
• Ensure design/brand consistency and quality across multiple channels.
• Present and sell ideas to high profile clients. Familiar with a wide variety of media and presentation techniques. 
• Perform complex creative concept development through brainstorming and idea generation. Understand and visually interpret complex business concepts to develop innovative, creative, and results-oriented marketing deliverables.  
• Select music tracks, photography, stock footage, iconography, graphic elements and integrate all into finished videos for internal and external viewing
  (MM.com, MM intranet, MM Sales & Marketing, MM social media) 
• Ability to ensure quality control and consistency on each output, with a high level
  of finishing skills including design aesthetic, asset integration, audio optimization, color correction
• Weave together brand stories with storyboarding, video footage, brand assets, illustrations and make creative decisions throughout projects based on written scripts or input from the Brand Creative team and clients.
• Design for motion graphics to include color theory, digital effects, typography, iconography, and illustration 

Targeted Salary: $67,200-$91,000 Plus Annual Salary

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