Creative Automation Motion Designer

Job description

*DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.* **JOB PURPOSE** *This role is part of our* ***Global Studios*** *team. We create emotive yet conversion-focused ideas, products and campaigns at scale and speed. Our specialty is hyper-personalised, digital communications that change perceptions, shape new behaviours, and shift market share for our clients.* This role is dedicated exclusively to Creative Automation—using technology to produce creative assets at scale. You will be designing and animating templates in Adobe After Effects that integrate with Lightspeed, our proprietary automation engine, to render the assets at scale. You need to be naturally curious, technically-minded, and eager to experiment. We’re looking for candidates who never shy away from a challenge, are excited to find new and novel solutions to creative problems and who, most importantly, enjoy the more technical side of motion design and animation. **WHAT YOU’LL DO:** - Build reusable creative automation templates in Adobe After Effects. - Help solve creative challenges with novel and clever technical solutions. - Become an expert within our in-house automation engine Lightspeed—our proprietary Adobe After Effects extension for building and designing creative automation templates. - Take pride in your work and have excellent project file ‘housekeeping’ skills — name your layers! - Be an ambassador of the entire creative automation team. **WHAT YOU BRING:** - Excellent written and verbal English - Comfortable writing and using expressions in Adobe After Effects. - A portfolio demonstrating creative projects with a clear technical aspect. - A deep understanding of Adobe After Effects. - Knowledge of the basic principles of JavaScript. - A keen interest in and knowledge of third party scripts, plugins and extensions for Adobe software. - Proactive and self-motivated with strong initiative. - Eager to learn and develop new and existing skills. - Meticulous attention to detail. - Independent and confident, but works well with others. - Process-driven and a great communicator. **WE OFFER** - We enjoy spending time together, working closely with other local colleagues, and getting to know one another. You’re more than welcome and we will encourage you to work from one of our Buenos Aires offices (Villa Crespo or Mar del Plata) as often as you’d like. - Premium healthcare through OSDE for the employee and their immediate family members - Prepaid card with a monthly allowance for grocery purchases - Monthly reimbursements for Wi-Fi/electricity expenses - Monthly reimbursements for training/English classes - 100% covered "Plant Total" membership at Sportclub - A flexible vacation policy - Refreshments provided in the office all week **WHY DEPT®?** We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA. We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh\*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter. At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build. **DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION** At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine. We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us. Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts [here](https://www.deptagency.com/the-good-company/).