Motion Design Lead

7 days ago


Cape Town, South Africa Lobster Ink Full time

**Who we are?**

We are Lobster Ink - a solutions company that helps some of the world's most influential businesses navigate transformative change. Because people ultimately drive change, we develop training solutions that build their capability.

Our global team of 220+ Lobsters design award-winning digital products and produce recognised training content that provides 1 million+ people across 200 countries with the practical skills and knowledge needed to be great at what they do. We are brave, caring, tenacious, inventive and unconventional. We work with the biggest names in hospitality - our client list includes the likes of Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide, Waitrose and Partners and Dubai Tourism. We're also proud to be part of Ecolab, the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services.

As our client list grows, so does our need for exceptional individuals to join our teams in Amsterdam, Cape Town, Washington and the world. This is where you come in.

**What will you do in this role?**

**Summary of Key Responsibilities**

**Craft**
- Quickly understand, analyse and respond to project briefs.
- Set and uphold Lobster Ink Design quality standards to keep us ahead of competitors
- Lead and guide team members to create best-practice learning experiences
- Develop and deliver design concepts and experiences that promote learning.
- Develop client brand standards and requirements for Learning Solutions
- Plan and execute exceptional visual design for Learning Solutions including but not limited to:

- Visual language treatment
- Interactive solutions
- Multi-media output (including Print)
- Confidently present creative solutions

**Lead **and Coach**
- Inspire an attitude for world-class learning-centric motion & design learning content creation.
- Help your team plan and manage productivity requirements to deadlines
- Analyse and propose process improvements that lead to better quality and velocity
- Nurturing a curiosity about visual solutions for learning
- Work alongside other Lobster Ink specialists to uphold a culture of innovation and teamwork with in Lobster Ink, Ecolab and clients.

**Skills / Competencies**
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Complex problem-solving
- Analytical thinking & innovation
- Creativity, originality, and initiative
- Reasoning, problem solving and ideation
- Resilience, adaptability
- Time & stress management
- Leadership and Social Influence
- Active learner

**Minimum experience required**:

- 12 years + experience in a Motion, Learning or Design related company
- Experience as a Design Lead or Senior Designer with a proven track record working with external enterprise customers
- Experience in Motion and interactive design, brand development or Visual Design
- Instructional design understanding highly beneficial
- Understanding of design thinking, user experience design highly beneficial
- Experience working with large teams, guiding others and giving feedback
- Experience with the Adobe Creative Suite of products (specifically Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and After Effects)
- A proficient Mac/PC user
- Experience in food and retail, quick service, healthcare, hospitality industry beneficial

**Minimum qualifications/education**:

- 1 year diploma or more in a design/ motion design discipline
- A comprehensive digital portfolio or reel of relevant design work
- Knowledge of UX is beneficial
- Knowledge of Design Systems is beneficial
- Understanding of instructional knowledge is beneficial

**Who are you?**
- Empathetic
- Curious
- Meticulous
- Professional
- Personable
- Ability to share their knowledge
- Composed

**Why is this an amazing opportunity for you?**
- We have an entrepreneurial culture where daily you have the opportunity to shape and influence in every role
- We are a global company
- We work with the best from around the world - we have over 25 nationalities in our team
- We offer flexible hours from different locations
- We have an aggressive growth strategy which offers constant opportunities for growth
- We have a coffee culture - Bottomless coffee 24/7
- We make a difference by enabling potential in over 1 000 000 and counting users

**To be an A player at Lobster Ink you need to embody the following attributes**:

- **Brave**:At Lobster being brave means that you have the internal drive to progress the boundaries of your own capability, the courage to explore uncharted territory, and by expanding your perspective and stretching your capacity.
- **Caring**:To care means to listen, communicate, understand, dovetail, call out accountability and act in respect.
- **Tenacious**:At Lobster, we are relentless in the pursuit of our goals. We learn from setbacks, remain focused and never resign to mediocrity.
- **Inventive**:At Lobster, we believe that inventive willpower is a renewable resource that breeds when it's shared. Our solutions push past complexity and strive for simplicity.
- **Purposeful**:At Lobster, w



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