Senior Art Director, Motion Design

Marcom LA is Apples Global Marketing Communications group creating and overseeing the world-class marketing and advertising driving Apples rapidly-growing Services sector including Apple Sports Apple Music App Store Apple Pay Apple Arcade Apple News Apple Books Apple Podcasts Apple Maps iCloud Creator Studio and more. Whether were launching the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show introducing Messi to MLS sharing the next generation of games in the App Store or celebrating the seamless joy of using Apple Pay Marcom LAs mission is to build brand love for Apple every day. We do that with inspiring creative a culture-first mindset and the belief our Services make our incredible Apple devices even Marcom LA Design team is a creative team of designers art directors and writersthinkers and makers who focus on ideas as much as we do craft. We create identities that are unmistakably Apple. Our thinking is rooted in the DNA of Apple products and experiences and applied in simple elegant and impactful ways.

The Senior Art Director of Motion Design shapes and stewards motion design-driven identities for Apples services products and eventsdriving work from ideation to hand-off while elevating craft and inspiring other creatives.

Lead the conceptual development and prototyping of motion identities and campaigns from initial concept through final scaleable foundational motion design systems that support multiple campaigns ensuring consistency clarity and creative clarity for project teams by setting creative vision providing oversight and upholding high standards of direct external partners including vendors illustrators photographers and motion designers providing clear guidance and actionable work for executive reviews synthesize feedback and refine motion direction to align with strategic workflows timelines and cross-functional collaboration across concurrent projects to deliver high-quality work on schedule.

n9 years of experience building brand identities and campaigns with motion design as a core demonstrating expertise in design principles animation principles motion theory typography and visual communication across 2D and 3D experience as a lead animator or art director overseeing the creative development process from concept to final proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects Illustrator Photoshop Media Encoder) as well as Cinema 4D with Redshift for camera work texturing and ability to develop original motion concepts and prototype them hands-on balancing strategic thinking and high-level craft.

Outstanding conceptual design and problem-solving defining scaleable motion behaviors and visual systems for complex multi-channel with advanced production tools such as Maya Houdini Nuke and Resolve and how design translates into deep CG production exploring AR/VR spatial computing or generative design ability to pitch and articulate complex motion concepts to stakeholders to align creative vision with ability to mentor designers and collaborate across in both design and motion craft combining systems thinking with high-level execution.