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About the Role
The Senior Designer (Video & Animation) role will work in 59 Studio as part of a multidisciplinary Design Department to research, develop, refine, and design responses to creative challenges across 59 and Journey’s global project portfolio. The Design team is comprised of video designers, animators, spatial designers, architects, and lighting and technical designers. This role requires applying video design/animation skills collaboratively across multiple projects to help realize creative work. It suits individuals with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in live performance, exhibition, and/or installations, or those looking to transfer skills from other industries to 59 and Journey’s diverse portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Working with Project Directors and Design Directors to analyze and interpret client briefs.
- Attending client-facing design meetings to assimilate and understand creative briefs.
- Engaging in internal design discussions, reviews, and critical feedback.
- Supporting the delivery of internal and client-facing design presentations.
- Demonstrating an understanding of the project as a whole.
- Undertaking conceptual design, storyboarding, and visualization.
- Communicating design concepts to external parties.
- Building reusable design templates and workflows in relevant software packages.
- Maintaining project files and design assets.
- Archiving projects.
- Leading and executing the creative process on a project with a Director, maintaining awareness of all project aspects.
- Leading and coordinating the design process on multiple projects of varying scale with substantial budgets, taking them to completion.
- Managing freelance teams and assisting with overseeing project delivery on-site.
- Undertaking line management of Design Department team members as required.
- Serving as the lead designer for smaller-scale projects with Design team support.
- Managing personal time confidently and meeting deadlines.
- Contributing to generating a wider network of freelance/external company relationships.
- Understanding the interdisciplinary nature of the 59 & Journey teams and contributing to mutual understanding of workflows and processes.
- Investigating new ways of engaging audiences through technology application to narrative challenges.
- Identifying opportunities for departmental development in creative and technical areas, including new hardware and software-driven processes.
- Undertaking other project and non-project creative and design work as reasonably required.
- Contributing to 59's work around Sustainability, Belonging & Inclusion and Universal Design.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 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.
- Thorough understanding of digital media formats, including video codecs, 2D graphics, and 3D model file formats.
- Ability to multitask effectively and handle multiple workflows simultaneously.
- Evidence of lateral thinking design ability to develop concepts/briefs into specific forms.
- Ability to co-conceive design ideas/concepts visually with 59’s Design Directors.
- Ability to communicate design concepts to a wide range of stakeholders, clients, internal teams, collaborating creative teams, and technical teams.
- Demonstrable ability to use research and organizational skills to delve deeper into project briefs.
- Good communication skills, able to convey creative ideas with passion and manage expectations.
- Genuine interest in and ability to work in an interdisciplinary, collaborative environment with a range of creatives.
- Ability to work as part of a team, both within and external to the wider Journey team.
- Knowledge of creating work in different territories.
- Design portfolio demonstrating a range of work in different mediums and storytelling formats (e.g., long-form video, music video, theatre show, exhibition, live events, VR).
- Proficiency with Microsoft and/or Google Suite.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
Skills
- Video Design
- Animation
- Motion Graphics
- Video Editing
- Storyboarding
- Visualization
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Digital Media Formats
- Video Codecs
- 2D Graphics
- 3D Model File Formats
- Multitasking
- Workflow Management
- Lateral Thinking
- Conceptual Design
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Research
- Organization
- Microsoft Suite
- Google Suite
- Analogue Drawing
- Digital Drawing
- Graphic Design
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Acrobat
- Keynote
- PowerPoint
- 3D Modelling
- Texturing
- Lighting
- Rendering
- Cinema 4D
- Blender
- Real-time Content Generation
- Unreal Engine
- Touchdesigner
- Unity
- Notch
- Media Servers
- Playback Systems
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- Minimum 5 years experience
Education Level
- Minimum 5 years education or training in video design and/or animation
Salary/Compensations
- £44,000—£60,000 GBP
Benefits
- Hybrid working available around project commitments
- Generally work in the studio 3 days per week
About the Company
- Journey is a global design and innovation agency shaping the future through multidimensional experiences (MDX) that connect people, brands, and culture.
- Their layered MDX approach crafts story-driven, sensory-rich engagement across physical, immersive, digital, and virtual spaces—fuelled by creative and technological innovation.
- Born from a legacy of pioneering studios, Journey blends strategic thinking with deep creative expertise to deliver solutions across industries.
- Journey’s MDX approach fuels growth and forges lasting value for audiences and partners, by creating cultural connections that resonate with impact.
- www.journey.world