Job Description

WHO WE ARE

We love the film industry. We love the ability of film to take your imagination away from daily life, to excite, to provoke, to engage and to entertain and we are excited to be playing our part in bringing the magic of cinema into people’s lives.

We are a vibrant, engaged, talent-driven agency where our staff feel empowered, where ideas are encouraged and where outstanding work is rewarded. We nurture bright, passionate people who are innovative and creative in their thinking and ambitious and brave in everything they do.

DMS is a place where our clients feel looked after, where they trust our ability to deliver and come up with new ways of engaging them and helping them engage their audiences. We strive to be a key agency partner to our clients, delivery consistency of work and quality of service.

Founded in 2002, our headquarters are in London with offices also in Los Angeles, Sydney and Toronto. We are part of the AKA Group of agencies.

WHAT WE DO

We are a full-service creative digital agency. Our people, technology and insights help global media and entertainment, sports and lifestyle brands create, manage, localise, distribute and place their content, and evaluate its media reach.

THE ROLE

This 2- 4 month contract role is about combining existing skills with training provided by our experienced GFX team to help support the localisation and reversioning of content for international distribution, with focus on delivering motion graphics to brief and working collaboratively within the team to ensure the best possible execution.

Your role and responsibilities will vary according to the needs of the business, but will include;

• Produce 2D and 3D motion design, delivering to a professional standard
• Produce TV spot cutdowns, social media and promo content
• Ensuring work is delivered to deadline
• Take initiative in the allocation and scheduling of work
• Work alongside the wider team to produce creative concepts for a wide range of promotional media
• Remain flexible to assimilate new instructions and apply the knowledge in the future
• Remain focused and methodical in your approach even when working under pressure to meet delivery deadlines
• Collaborate with your colleagues to form strong and helpful working relationships
• Be proactive in helping to ensure the team deliver, stepping forward to go the extra mile when workload is high
• Demonstrate good problem-solving ability to complete work independently
• Takes responsibility for your own learning and development by challenging yourself to learn new workflows and processes

This role will be on a 2 - 4 month fixed term contract.

Requirements

We create an ‘ideal’ candidate profile for every role to help with career expectations and progression.

• 1 year of experience using After Effects (scaling, anchor points, rotation, transparency, masking, effects and pre-sets)
• Solid understanding of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Media Encoder
• Solid knowledge of rotoscoping and camera motion tracking
• Experience with plugins such as Red Giant, Video Copilot, Boris FX (Sapphire, Continuum)
• Capable of synchronising GFX with audio
• Experience in 3D typography with Cinema 4D or After Effects plugins such as 3D Element
• An interest in creating social spots