London, UK
Designers and senior designers – video design and animation
at 59 Productions
59 Productions is looking for designers and senior designers in video design and animation to join its team in London.
Contract type: 12-month fixed term and permanent contracts available, to be discussed with the applicant as part of the interview and appointment
Reports to: art directors
Salary: designer £32,600 to £40,500 per annum, senior designer £42,800 to £51,000 per annum
Annual leave: 23 days plus eight bank holidays with one additional day for each full year with the company (up to ten days)
Key relationships: project design leads, project directors, art directors, producers and across all areas of the business
Benefits include:
- workplace pension, season ticket loan scheme
- cycle to work scheme
- monthly cultural allowance of £50
- weekly yoga and more
- benefits can be discussed further at any point in the application process
Location: 59’s studio, London
Key dates: application deadline: 9am, Monday 30 September
Interviews
Designer interviews:
- round one – Friday 25 October
- round two – Wednesday 30 October
Senior designer interviews:
- round one – Thursday 17 October
- round two – Tuesday 22 October
The interview panel will include 59’s head of design, chief operating officer and other members of the team.
Our interviews are built as two way conversations to better understand each other’s work and aspirations and may include a task to better understand the candidate’s process.
We operate equal opportunity interviews and typically share the opening interview questions in advance with candidates. Interviews are held in person at our London studio in order for candidates to meet some of the team, however they can be arranged online if there are geographical considerations.
Recruitment information webinar
Tuesday 17 September, 1.30pm. The link to the webinar can be found here.
Join us to hear more about the company’s portfolio of projects and insights about the role itself across our ambitious projects, with the opportunity to post questions to the panel. All attendees will be anonymous, therefore all questions posted will be anonymous.
Overall purpose of the job
We are looking for new designers and senior designers with a video design and/or animation design background to join 59’s team. The role will work in our multidisciplinary design department to research, develop, refine and design responses to a broad slate of creative challenges across the company’s project portfolio.
59’s Design team is made up of video designers, animators, spatial designer, architects, lighting and technical designers. You will apply your specific design skills in one (or more) of these areas collaboratively, across a number of projects to help realise our work.
The person in this role will have a strong interest in design for storytelling and an enthusiasm to work across live events such as performance, exhibition and pavilion design.
This role will suit someone with multiple years experience designing for live performance or someone who has been working in another industry or context for some time and is looking to transfer their skills to 59’s work.
In 59 we consider the difference between a designer and a senior designer to be the amount of experience a person has across a breadth of projects, industries, scale or context, experience leading small scale projects autonomously and managing both freelance and core team members in their own project delivery and for core team, their professional development.
We ask that you indicate whether you are working at designer or senior designer level clearly in your cover letter and application.
We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds to apply for this role. We believe a diverse range of voices, experiences and skills will help to inform, enrich and develop our working practices.
A full overview of the day-to-day responsibilities can be found here.
Person specification
Essential:
- minimum five years’ experience, education or training in video design and/or animation
- demonstrable experience designing projects from pre-concept through to delivery on site
- demonstrable interest in a story-driven design approach
- excellent command of Adobe tools for motion graphics and video, especially After Effects, Photoshop and Premiere Pro
- a thorough understanding of digital media formats, including video codecs, 2D graphics and 3D model file formats
- an ability to multitask effectively and handle multiple workflows at any one time
- evidence of a lateral thinking design ability to take a concept/brief and develop it into a specific form
- ability to co-conceive design ideas/concepts in visual form with 59’s art directors and communicate them to a wide range of stakeholders – clients, internal team, collaborating creative team, technical teams etc.
- a demonstrable ability to use research and organisational skills to dig deeper into project briefs
- a good communicator who can convey creative ideas with passion as well as manage expectations
- a true interest in and ability to work in an interdisciplinary, collaborative environment and with a range of creatives and work as part of a team both within and external to 59’s existing team
- knowledge of creating work in different territories, with a design portfolio that demonstrates a range of work in different mediums and storytelling formats (i.e. long-form video, music video, theatre show, exhibition, live events, VR etc.)
- an ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
Desirable:
- analogue and digital drawing skills
- Adobe Indesign, Keynote, Powerpoint and other layout and presentation software
- experience of 3D modelling, texturing, lighting and rendering using Cinema 4D, Blender or similar packages
- strong graphic design skills
- experience of real-time content generation tools, such as Unreal, Touchdesigner, Unity, Notch or similar packages
- experience of media servers and playback systems
- an understanding of recent key themes and industry shifts in video delivery within live events, performances and exhibitions
- experience line managing designers earlier in their careers with considered professional development and training opportunities
How to apply
To apply for this role, please send us the following details:
- a portfolio, showreel and/or something that showcases your skills
- a CV or something which tells us of your professional experience to date
- a cover letter (maximum two A4 sides) or up to three minutes of audio/video which tells us about how your previous experience meets the person specification and why you want to work with the 59 team
If you would like to arrange a chat with the head of design or head of studio (parental leave cover), to discuss the role in more detail in advance of applying, please contact us at [email protected] – we’re very happy to facilitate this.
Applicants should provide contact details for two references. We will seek your permission before making direct contact with any referees.
All applicants must be eligible to work within the UK.
59’s Recruitment approach
You can find out more about our approach to recruitment here.
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