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About the Role
You are a blend of designer and leader, balancing creativity with practicality to deliver exceptional motion work. You inspire, execute, and manage effectively, navigating dualities to achieve outstanding results for clients and case studies.
Responsibilities
- Identify, curate, and refine ideas in collaboration with the Creative Director.
- Realize and frame ideas expertly.
- Encourage and nurture creativity within the team.
- Lead and design, championing exceptional motion.
- Direct 3D artists, 2D animators, and illustrators.
- Collaborate with and mentor motion, art-direction, and design teams.
- Manage communication between Creative Directors and Motion Designers.
- Build strong narratives and construct client presentations.
- Lead client workshops and maintain dialogue beyond presentations.
- Demonstrate understanding of branding, motion systems, and campaigns.
- Deliver work for impactful companies and founders.
- Take ownership of the role and action feedback from management.
- Provide actionable feedback and support to team members.
- Manage time, team schedules, calendars, and meetings to deliver work within scope.
- Attend and utilize resourcing meetings.
- Find team members to ensure motion excellence.
- Sell the power of motion and motion systems to clients to drive revenue and project extensions.
Requirements
- Willingness to work in person in the London studio.
- Openness to global travel.
Skills
- Motion design
- Art direction
- Design
- 3D animation
- 2D animation
- Illustration
- Client presentation
- Workshop facilitation
- Branding
- Motion systems
- Campaign development
- Time management
- Team management
- Sales
Location
- London
- Stuttgart
- San Francisco
- Global
Work Type
- In-person
- Optional WFH day on Friday
- Additional 20 days remote per year
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Leadership experience
- Management experience
Salary/Compensations
- Discretionary annual bonus of up to 10% of salary
Benefits
- Meaningful and regular access to manager for development
- Promotions
- Pay increases
- Paid family leave
- Significant paid maternity and paternity leave
- 25 days holiday yearly
- UK bank holidays (on average eight)
- One additional holiday day per year (capped at 5)
- Studio closure between Christmas and New Year
- 3% contribution to Scottish Widows pension scheme
- Private medical insurance via Vitality Health
- Monthly employee wellness benefits package via Juno (£75)
- Access to YCN
- Funding for relevant training opportunities
- Reward for five years of service (£5,000 and five days holiday)
- Reward for ten years of service (£10,000 and four weeks holiday)
- Opportunity to work from any of the five Koto studios globally
About the Company
- Koto encourages a 'rationally optimistic' approach to work, clients, businesses, and brand.
- The company pursues the best briefs and aims to inspire meaningful work.
- Koto cultivates leadership, culture, and spaces to encourage impactful work.
- The company believes in producing the best work, mentoring, and collective learning through in-person collaboration.
Equal Opportunity
- Koto is an equal environment for all its employees.