Graphics Animator

JOB OVERVIEW:
The National Beverage Team is looking for an in-house Graphic Designer with heavy emphasis on animation and motion graphics to join its already “sparkling” team. This is a fast-paced, multi-brand environment where both accuracy AND speed are necessary, as they take on the day-to-day variety of detail-oriented tasks.
This Graphic Designer role will play an integral part in supporting National Beverage’s diverse brand portfolio within the Graphics and Marketing department by designing and creating social media assets, websites and landing pages, brand collateral, and other branding material both in digital and print mediums.
They will work with
• The in-house Digital Team to conceptualize and create content for web and social media, including static posts and motion animation on-demand, and designing items to be used in campaigns and giveaways.
• Support the Trade and Sales Marketing Team with digital and print collateral for in-store and e-commerce promotions.
• Assist executives with presentations and internal content to be used during meetings and work alongside other departments to create internal use assets.
This position will be responsible for assisting, leading, and simultaneously working on multiple graphic projects, including (but not limited to): developing and producing creative assets required to launch new flavors, in-store promotions marketing products & web collateral.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Daily Task Include:
• Managing and executing graphic design projects and generating creative ideas.
• Create digital graphics for websites and social media.
◦ Have experience in creating various social assets for different online channels
• Work closely with Digital and Trade Marketing Departments to create high impact and out of the box creative for social media content.
• Assist the Creative Department with print elements.
• Assist executives with presentations and internal content to be used during meetings and work alongside other departments to create internal use assets.
• Create motion graphics, transitions, backgrounds, effects, animations for various digital platforms.
◦ Social channels
◦ Video presentations
◦ Video editing
• Create on demand animations for social media and trade shows.
• Manage multiple graphic elements with requirements from both retailer and brand, projects for multiple brands.
• Assist in maintaining correct and consistent use of the different brand esthetics.
• Prepare images for print through color correction and photo retouching techniques.
• Assist and create multiple brand print marketing.
• Collaborate with the Marketing Department for print and motion graphic support.
• Complete projects within timelines and allocated budget.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Experience working within an in-house team is preferred, advertising agency, branding company, or digital. Digital and print production skills; Full understanding of color management for different mediums.
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field.
• Minimum of 2-5 years of work experience in the graphics design field.
• Must provide portfolio or online work examples.


Software skills:
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Illustrator
• After Effects
• Premiere Pro
• Photoshop
• Media Encoder
• InDesign
• Autodesk Maya
• Microsoft Office
• Word
• Excel
• Powerpoint
National Beverage Corp. provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender, genetics, gender identity, disabled veterans or sexual orientation.