The Role:
In a quickly growing startup, new opportunities and challenges arise constantly. We’re working every day to create new and better versions of our products and to create a great experience for our clients, consumers and artists.
We’re now on a mission to take our consumer experience to the next level and are venturing into content creation, motion/animation and storytelling. As our new Senior Motion Designer, we want you to lead this journey and bring our vision to life through concept creation, development and execution of animated content and motion graphics.
You will join a development team that is in the process of building and innovative social ad product, which uses first party data to automatically hyper target and run personalized ads to music fans worldwide. Your work will be a core part of this product and the future of promoting artists and music to a global music audience.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, animate and design motion graphics and the look & feel of a wide range of music related video templates
- As part of a product development team, you will work in close relations with the other designers, take the leading role in the field of motion graphics and mentor junior designers
- You will develop visual material for new features in close collaboration with the development team and support the product vision of raising the consumer experience through personalized ads to the next level
- Build and maintain a style guide in the field of animation and motion graphics
- Support the continued development of our brand identity and ensure strong branding in your work
- Develop and support our own marketing activities in the field of video and film, including occasionally recording and editing original video and voice overs
Abilities and Skills:
- You have 5+ years of experience in the field of motion graphics design, video editing and visual design
- You have advanced knowledge of Adobe After Effects
- You have professional experience with the Adobe Suite CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere)
- You have the ability to work in a wide range of styles and can show a strong portfolio consisting of both animation and visual/graphic design to back it up
- You're experienced with social media content production and advertising
- You have an awesome attitude, excellent communication and problem-solving skills, and you’re organized and detail-oriented
- You equally perform well as a one-person band and as part of an internal team, with the ability to lead, coordinate and efficiently cooperate
- You have the ability to constructively take feedback and directions from internal and external stakeholders
- It’s a plus if you are experienced in developing brand identities in the entertainment sector
- Understanding of the tech industry and/or prior experience working at a startup are both an advantage!
Perks and benefits
This job comes with several perks and benefits
Working at
Linkfire
We’re a passionate team of music techies on a mission to make music consumption easier for fans, labels and artists.
Linkfire was founded as a response to the increasingly complex nature of digital music marketing. Listeners the world over are streaming through different services—so how do you connect to all of them at once, simply and smartly?
Our technology links fans directly to the content they love in their favorite app. At the same time, we empower everyone from major labels to independent artists with unparalleled audience insights.
Since we started, we’ve become a trusted partner to the music industry’s biggest names, as well as thousands of soon-to-be biggest names.
We’re headquartered in Copenhagen, with offices in Lisbon, NYC and LA. Every day we help artists we adore to realizing their potential through the power of music data.
Underpinning our culture is collaborative, agile processes, and something we like to call the ‘Nordic spirit.’ It means working together with transparency, respect, and honesty. And that goes for the way we do business too.
What you should consider joining us for:
- The opportunity to create the must-have product for the music industry and ensure that every month over 140+ million music fans get the best experience
- An open, informal entrepreneurial startup working environment
- A truly international spirit, with 4 global locations and over 20 different nationalities focused on collaborations. The meaning of together matters to us.
- We offer an employee warrant scheme, a pension scheme and employee health benefits
- Enjoy paid daily lunches with your colleagues
What we consider for anyone that joins us:
Music has the unique power to unite us all. It transcends cultures, languages, and borders. Every day, we help artists from around the world connect with their fans, and we’re immensely proud to count such a diverse range of creators as our users.
We embrace this diversity inside our offices too. At Linkfire, we want you to find a place to belong and feel encouraged to be your authentic self.
We, therefore, do not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.
