3D Illustrator/Animator, Brand Advertising

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Work across the Link and Stripe brands to develop, establish and create illustration and motion styles in close partnership with Brand Design, Product Design, Marketing and Communications.
• - Create photo-realistic 3d compositions that tell editorial stories in static and motion and a variety of advertising surfaces from billboards to video.
• - Champion and influence how the Stripe and Link brands expresses itself through image and motion and develop guidelines, systems, and processes to ensure quality and consistency at scale.
• - Work collaboratively with non-motion designers, elevating and informing each others’ work.
• - Oversee quality and consistency of 3d illustration/motion and how it is used to express our brand—from product, to advertising campaigns and events.
• - Oversee the work of external teams in creative strategy, execution, and production.
• - Collaborate with designers, researchers, product managers, marketers, and other cross-functional partners to serve a global audience.
• - Inspire, create and sustain a culture of excellence by expanding and evolving our best practices, design process, and ideation.

Required Skills

• - Have 6+ years of relevant design and art direction experience for technical and product-driven companies.
• - Bachelor''s or Master''s degree in art, or equivalent professional experience.
• - Have a strong strategic acumen for building leading brands in a fast paced, global facing environment.
• - Are a systems-thinker and excel at extrapolating and extending shared patterns and behaviors.
• - Proven excellence in effective art direction, and building and extending 3d illustration systems.
• - Have the ability to express and communicate a brand through distinct graphics, patterns, motion, interaction, and video (short form and long form).
• - Can effectively communicate concepts, direction and decisions with the team and with external partners.
• - Strong track record independently delivering work as well as collaborating with and influencing the work of other designers, contractors, and agencies.
• - Have a working knowledge of editing and how motion is integrated into live-action, and some familiarity with editing software.

Benefits

• - Equity
• - Company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
• - Retirement plans
• - Health benefits
• - Wellness stipends