Motion Graphics Designer

Quick Facts

• Job Type: Full Time
• Experience Level: Mid-level, Bachelor’s degree

About Paycom

Paycom is an online payroll and HR technology provider. This role sits within the team responsible for the visual content that represents the brand across social media, the website, and marketing materials.

About the Role

Paycom is hiring a Motion Graphics Designer to conceptualize and design engaging motion graphics for social media, the company website, and marketing materials, while keeping branding consistent and aligned with company goals.

What You’ll Do

You’ll collaborate closely with designers, developers, and marketers to keep everything visually consistent, and track industry trends and techniques to keep improving the quality of the content you produce. A core part of the job is turning complex ideas into visuals that are clear and easy to understand, starting with storyboards and sketches and gathering feedback from the team before moving into final production.

You’ll use animation and design software to produce high-quality finished work, while managing multiple projects at once and hitting tight deadlines. Along the way, you’ll report project progress and roadblocks to team members and stakeholders, and work with the marketing team to understand their objectives and target audiences so your work actually serves its purpose. You’ll own your projects through to timely, accurate delivery, keep project files organized, and contribute ideas during brainstorming sessions.

• Conceptualize and design engaging motion graphics for social media, the website, and marketing materials
• Collaborate with designers, developers, and marketers to keep branding consistent and aligned with company goals
• Track industry trends and techniques to improve content quality
• Turn complex ideas into clear, concise visuals
• Create storyboards and sketches, and gather team feedback
• Use animation and design software to produce high-quality work
• Manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines
• Report project progress and roadblocks to team members and stakeholders
• Work with the marketing team to understand objectives and target audiences
• Own projects through timely, accurate delivery
• Maintain and organize project files
• Contribute ideas to brainstorming sessions

What You’ll Need

• Strong command of industry-standard software, such as Adobe After Effects, Cinema 4D, and Autodesk Maya
• A strong eye for design and a creative approach to animation
• Understanding of typography and color theory, aligned with Paycom’s branding guidelines
• High attention to detail with error-free output
• A portfolio showing a variety of motion graphics projects and styles