Senior Designer

About the role

A Senior Designer at Hook is responsible for executing and managing original, persuasive, conceptual, and visually compelling design work in line with agency standards. They lead projects with a focus on storytelling through motion design, work closely with Creative Directors and Design Directors to exceed client expectations, maintain an awareness of industry design trends and standards, and inspire a positive creative culture.

Responsibilities

• Execute and manage original, persuasive, conceptual and visually compelling design work in line with agency standards.
• Lead projects with a focus on storytelling through motion design.
• Work with Creative Directors and Design Directors to ensure design work exceeds client expectations.
• Maintain and promote an internal awareness of industry design trends and standards with a strong focus on processes and tools.
• Inspire a positive creative culture by projecting a sense of ownership that elevates the standards and quality of all work achieved by the Design department.
• Demonstrate an ability to juggle multiple projects at the same time while maintaining clear vision of priorities, making sure everything is pixel perfect before facing the client.
• Set an example for more junior design staff toward the goal of accelerating skill progression in a culture of collaboration, lending new ways of thinking and sharing skills and knowledge.

Requirements

• 5+ years of cutting edge digital creative work, and an expert-level understanding of design that spans typography and layout, campaign generation, brand identity, and social campaigns.
• Experience in a fast-paced agency environment, with case studies demonstrating experience working on recognizable brands.
• Expertise in communicating brand narratives through storyboards/styleframes, illustration, or a combination thereof.
• Experience developing novel concepts for motion design, while possessing strong visual design capabilities, with a proven record leading animation projects alongside animators.
• Experience creating novel brand identity systems, or expanding existing brand guidelines, while introducing a unique approach and point of view.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills.
• Strong proficiency of Figma, Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as emerging interactive design trends (Knowledge of After Effects and Cinema 4d a plus).
• Active user of AI image generation tools.
• Enthusiastically curious about finding ways to collaborate with evolving AI tools.
• A willingness to share skills and knowledge with more junior team members.

Qualifications

Qualified applicants will include a resume and a statement of interest that lets us learn a little more about you. We are a remote first organization with a “work from wherever (within the US)” approach. We're a collaborative group of people who love the internet and want to create phenomenal work. Company benefits include health, dental, matching 401k, paid vacation and holidays, and more. At Hook we value what makes everyone different, we look for the best talent no matter the background. We know that great work requires diverse perspectives which is why we strive to create a place of belonging where everyone can express who they are. Come join us!