Senior Art Director, Motion Design

Marcom is the creatively-led global team that oversees Apples consumer facing marketing. We ensure the flawless development and execution of world-class communications across all medias and platforms. Every day hundreds of millions of Apple customers around the world interact with our products. We drive the strategy and creative work that provide both new and existing customers with simple engaging and inspiring marketing Design Team is responsible for the design and art direction of core communicationsincluding product launches and seasonal campaignsthat appear across the Apple ecosystem. Working in a highly collaborative manner a primary focus of the Design Team is to define the look and feel of all Apple product imagery through experimentation critical thinking and extraordinary attention to detail.

The Senior Art Director Motion Design creates innovative and inspiring motion design solutions for marketing Apples products events and consumer experiences. They convey Apples message through a blend of graphic design motion music and editorial elements that effectively addresses creative briefs. They create thoughtfully crafted systems for brand identities and worldwide marketing campaigns.

Lead the conceptual development and prototyping of motion identities and campaigns from initial concept through final production. nDesign scaleable foundational motion design systems that meet the requirements outlined in creative briefs ensuring consistency clarity and creative guidance for project teams by setting creative vision coordinating collaboration and upholding high standards of craft. Build relationships rapport and credibility within their team and partner teams to ensure cross functional alignment of creative direct creative partners including motion designers digital artists production designers illustrators photographers and vendors providing clear guidance and actionable work for creative reviews with senior leadership synthesize feedback and refine motion direction to align with strategic goals.

10 years of experience building brand identities and campaigns with motion design as a core demonstrating expertise in design foundations 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 degree or equivalent work experience.

Proven ability to develop original motion concepts and prototype them hands-on balancing strategic thinking and high-level design and conceptual skills accompanied by the ability to guide and evaluate and if necessary redirect creative 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 with utilizing emerging technologies in the design process such as AR/VR spatial computing or generative design ability to pitch and articulate complex motion concepts to stakeholders to align creative vision with to learn and adapt quickly capable of flexible creative problem solving in a rapidly changing ability to mentor designers collaborate across disciplines and contribute to an innovative design culture.