The Motion Graphic Designer will work with expertise in digital audio and visual media. You'll bring text, photos, graphics, animation and sound together to make a media-based product that can be delivered online. The mix of media may vary, but each project has in common a computer component integrating all the parts.
When the design is complete, you'll use authoring software to arrange the files in a single program, to enable interactivity and navigation through the product content. You'll test and adjust the product to fix any technical problems and produce documentation describing the creation, content and processes of files.
Requirements
As a Motion Graphic Designer, you'll need to:
- meet with clients to establish their expectations and needs
- advise clients on what is technically possible and produce a proposal including, for example, the range and scope of the work and realistic timescales and costs
- work with drawings, sketches, models or written instructions to design the product
- create design ideas using computer-based design packages such as Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash Player and 3D Flash Animator, Apple Final Cut Pro X and Avid audio production software
- collaborate with other specialists, including writers, animators, artists, film-makers and video producers, programmers and sound engineers, and incorporate their work into the final product
- author the files into a single program using HTML or by a software programmer using 'object oriented' programming languages, such as Java or C++
- test and adjust final programs
- produce finished design work and present final designs to clients
- liaise with account managers and technical staff on behalf of the client and, where necessary, ensure clearance and copyright
- observe company policy in terms of producing and archiving product documentation, as well as any reports and recommendations
- gain final sign-off from the client
- agree on the upgrading of the product or website with the client
- provide guidance to less-experienced designers
- supervise other members of the design team