Droga5 Senior Designer, Motion Graphics

Creative Design Team Lead/Consultant Mid-Level Full time Job No. R00353814 New York City, NY

Who we are

Droga5, part of Accenture Song, is a creative agency with offices in New York, London, Dublin, Tokyo and São Paulo. From integrated communications and experience innovation to business design, Droga5 exists to build and sustain the most influential brands of the 21st century through creativity. Droga5 was founded in 2006 and has been recognized as Agency of the Year more than 25 times and was named both Ad Age and Adweek’s Agency of the Decade (2010–2019). Visit Droga5.com or @droga5 on all social platforms to get to know us better.

Design @ Droga5

A dedicated, disciplined design studio, within a world-class creative agency, that’s part of the most prestigious and capable consultancy group on earth.

Studio Principles:

Taste - Our cultivated sense of aesthetic judgement is applied to everything we do, every decision we make - however big or small - because, when striving for timelessness, everything matters.

Tenacity - An idea is only as good as its articulation. In brand design, the idea we’re articulating is our client’s idea; the very reason they exist; how they see the world, and how they plan to change it.

Trust - The essence of true client partnership and in turn, the fundamental foundation of achieving design excellence and producing work that changes the world around it.

Job Summary

The Senior Designer leads and owns work with limited oversight and presents work confidently internally and to clients. They have a strong understanding of a wide range of design techniques and styles, with deep expertise in motion graphics and moving-image design.

They are equally comfortable developing strong static design systems and bringing them to life through motion—using animation, typography, image, film and emerging technologies to create expressive, cohesive brand experiences across platforms.

Senior Designers contribute to concept development, collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams, and provide feedback and guidance to more junior team members.

Job Responsibilities

• Be an aesthetic champion and guardian of the client’s brand
• Formulate concepts with minimal oversight or design direction
• Concept, design and execute motion graphics and animation across brand identities, campaigns, social, digital and film
• Translate static visual identities and design systems into compelling motion languages and behaviors
• Define motion principles, animation systems, transitions, typography and visual storytelling that become an integral part of a brand’s identity
• Work with interdisciplinary team members; and have a voice, contributing and expressing opinions
• Understand the difference between creating a campaign versus a long-term ecosystem or brand vision, and execute accordingly
• Develop multi-faceted design deliverables, from brand audits and visual identities to motion systems, retail environments to CRM
• Collaborate with editors, animators, 3D artists, developers and production partners to take motion work from concept through final execution
• Explore emerging tools and technologies—including generative and AI-enabled workflows—where they can elevate the creative output

• Manage multiple clients and deliverables simultaneously

• Deliver inspiring, provocative, and disruptive results, in short amounts of time, on tasks large and small based on a given brief
• Able to mentor junior designers and interns
• Able to lead internal team reviews in absence of a Design Director or Group Director

Basic Qualifications

• Portfolio or reel demonstrating exceptional design craft, brand-building thinking and sophisticated motion graphics work

Preferred Qualifications

• 6-8 years of design experience at an agency, design company or related industry
• Demonstrative experience in leading workstreams within a larger project
• Firm understanding of the differences between brand and campaign design responsibilities and processes
• Advanced motion graphics and animation capabilities
• Expert proficiency in After Effects
• Experience with Cinema 4D, Blender or other 3D/motion tools is desirable
• Strong understanding of editing, timing, typography in motion, transitions and visual storytelling
• **Ability to create…