31/01/2022
A few quick questions for ya:
⚡️Are you a motion design rockstar with impeccable taste, versatile design skills, an eye for detail, and an obsession with all things video?
⚡️Do you want to be part of a team where people are kind to each other?
⚡️Do you like working from home in your pajamas (cause you’ll probably be doing that)?
⚡️Do you want to work for HypeKick, a young video agency that’s produced videos for big brands like Lowe’s and Walmart as well as cool smaller brands like Buffalo Jackson?
If you answered yes to all of these questions, keep reading. You may be a perfect fit for our team...
Our mission at HypeKick is to make empathy-driven videos that build trust with our clients’ audience. And a crap ton of the videos we make involve motion graphics and animation. That’s where you come in! We need a motion designer who can bring our clients’ video dreams to life.
DOES THAT SOUND AWESOME? HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:
• Brainstorming, storyboarding, designing and animating content for a diverse array of brands across various digital platforms
• Working with clients and collaborating with directors, account managers, producers, designers, and animators to push the creative boundaries on each project
• Maintaining well-organized projects
• Managing multiple concurrent projects
• Creating internal marketing video content for HypeKick
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING TO THE TABLE:
• Expert in Adobe Creative Cloud Suite: primarily Premiere, After Effects, & Illustrator
• A strong understanding of best practices & trends on social media platforms for both paid and organic content
• Capable of designing and illustrating in a variety of styles
• Strong understanding of design & animation principles, layout, typography and color theory
• Attention to pixel perfect detail and ambition to actively find ways to continually elevate the work
• The ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
• Proven experience managing projects that vary in scope from single pieces to multifaceted, multichannel marketing campaigns
• Solid problem-solving skills
• A teachable attitude to take feedback and get better
• An appreciation for budgets and deadlines to ensure that all projects are completed on-time, within scope, and within budget
• Good leadership skills in relationship building, influencing and collaboration
• Good communication and presentation skills, both written and spoken
HOW TO STAND OUT:
• Excellent portfolio of work
• Experience providing animation/VFX support in the video production process
• Knowledge of visual effects like compositing, motion tracking, and roto-scoping
• Fundamental understanding of editing, sound design and color correcting
• Experience in Maxon Cinema 4D is a plus
• Experience as a director
A LITTLE ABOUT US:
HypeKick® is a young, thriving video agency based out of Charlotte, NC that specializes in both live action and animation production. We love making really good video content for our clients. But at the end of the day, our vision is that HypeKick would be a blessing to everyone around us: our clients, team, community and families. Take a minute to read our values below. If these hype you up, you might be the perfect fit for HypeKick.
⚡️We make ads your kids can watch.
We aren’t Disney, but we do make videos that hover around a PG rating. So, if you’re looking for R-rated content, that’s not how we roll.
⚡️With our powers combined...
(That’s a Captain Planet reference for you millennials). Our clients know their biz and we know ours. As partners who trust each other in their area of expertise, we make videos that work for our clients.
⚡️Yeah, we’ll make a spreadsheet.
You know the type: unorganized creatives that are always late, moody, and drowning in chaos. That ain’t us. We’ve got our crap together.
⚡️When in doubt, communicate.
Isn’t it awesome when you send someone an email and they respond 5 days later? No, it’s not awesome. When we communicate it’s timely, honest, and kind.
⚡️Empathy, not exploitation.
We know that fear marketing works, but we don’t like playing the bogey man. Instead, we create empathy-driven videos that build trust with our clients’ audiences.
⚡️It’s better to give.
The world sucks sometimes and people are in need because of it. So, to these amazing people or causes, we happily give.
⚡️Be a blessing.
In every interaction, whether it’s with clients, employees, contractors, or vendors we ask ourselves this one question, “How can I bless this person?”
