Senior Designer

Hook is a Creative Production Agency. With a collaborative, maker-centric team, and an emphasis on production-led design, we develop creative campaigns, short-form content, and websites for well known brands. Senior Designers are both master-level designers and skilled storytellers that use design to bring ideas to life.

Responsibilities

Execute and manage original, persuasive, conceptual and visually compelling design work in line with agency standards; Lead projects with a focus on storytelling through motion design; Work with Creative Directors and Design Directors to ensure design work exceeds client expectations; Maintain and promote an internal awareness of industry design trends and standards with a strong focus on processes and tools; Inspire a positive creative culture by projecting a sense of ownership that elevates the standards and quality of all work achieved by the Design department; Demonstrate an ability to juggle multiple projects at the same time while maintaining clear vision of priorities, making sure everything is pixel perfect before facing the client; Set an example for more junior design staff toward the goal of accelerating skill progression in a culture of collaboration, lending new ways of thinking and sharing skills and knowledge

Requirements

5+ years of cutting edge digital creative work, and an expert-level understanding of design that spans typography and layout, campaign generation, brand identity, and social campaigns; Experience in a fast-paced agency environment, with case studies demonstrating experience working on recognizable brands; Expertise in communicating brand narratives through storyboards/styleframes, illustration, or a combination thereof; Experience developing novel concepts for motion design, while possessing strong visual design capabilities, with a proven record leading animation projects alongside animators; Experience creating novel brand identity systems, or expanding existing brand guidelines, while introducing a unique approach and point of view; Outstanding communication and presentation skills; Strong proficiency of Figma, Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as emerging interactive design trends; Active user of AI image generation tools; Enthusiastically curious about finding ways to collaborate with evolving AI tools; A willingness to share skills and knowledge with more junior team members; Must be comfortable working around PST business hours

Nice to have

Knowledge of After Effects and Cinema 4D

Benefits

Health; Dental; Matching 401k; Paid vacation and holidays