Motion Graphics Designer, Video Editor and Visual Storyteller

IxDF - Interaction Design Foundation • Full-time • Remote • 4w ago

Are you a passionate visual storyteller with a love for design? Do you want to help craft educational design videos that are every bit as high-end as the productions National Geographic create on history, science and culture?

Do you want to showcase your skills in every frame while conveying powerful ideas to thousands of minds daily? That’s a big audience, which is why we’re looking for serious talent.

We're the global leader in online design education. That’s because the world’s leading experts create our educational content and because we’re specialized in—and utterly dedicated to—design, and only design. We’re entering our third decade with over 175,000 graduates. We now need an amazing Motion Graphics Designer, Video Editor and Visual Storyteller to help each individual along their learning journey.

Visual storytelling is a huge part of our winning formula: to reach our members on that magic level where they’re captivated to complete their course while feeling utterly inspired every step of the way.

You will, therefore, become an essential part of our video production team, someone who is making a direct impact on not only the growth and reputation of our organization but also the whole world of design education and beyond!

So, what do our videos look like? Here’s an example of a video we created. We went to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and recorded a series of b-rolls. Then, we edited and added animations to explain how AI-generated art has evolved into a dynamic force in the creative landscape. As you can see, educational videos are no longer “talking heads with slides.”

This next video shows you what our educational videos featuring experts look and feel like. It shows how much emphasis and effort we put into animations, footage and on-screen text to give the ultimate learning experience.

Check out this third video, which is a promotional video we created to motivate more people to learn design.

So, if after seeing these videos you think, “I could do better than that!”, then we’d love to hear from you!

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be working closely with our UX/UI design experts, founders, video editors, course producers and other team members to make the most inspiring and engaging videos for our ever-growing catalog of courses.

Videos are the best way to educate, and we have the best instructors: people who live and breathe UX/UI design and many associated subjects. You’ll feel energized as you take your skillset to an even higher level among an ambitious and supportive team.

Ahead of you is a rewarding and enriching journey in which you’ll make an impact as you:

Take on the job role as a Motion Graphics Designer, Video Editor and Visual Storyteller.
Develop cutting-edge UX/UI design courses and open-source content that empower designers around the world.
Help push the quality of our educational materials to new heights—exceeding the very best in both industry and academia.
Use your skills to help your colleagues grow and become better motion graphics designers and video editors; just as they’ll help you.
Edit, export and produce content to the highest standard.
Use your motion graphics design and visual storytelling skills to create engaging visual content (both static and dynamic) that communicates key learning take aways, and helps engage and attract an audience across our social media channels.
Create social media content such as carousels, illustrations, animations and short video snippets for our social media channels.
Create didactical educational visual media to illustrate written content and articles.
Create and adapt videos, illustrations and animations for use on our website and advertising campaigns.
Collaborate closely with our Editorial team as well as our Growth and Social Media teams.
Support our social media team and bring your expertise to all dimensions of our content, marketing and communication.
Find creative solutions to make content work across different platforms.
Use your expertise to create inspiring Master Class videos featuring leaders in design.

If you want even more opportunities to show the world what you can do, you’re in luck! If you’re passionate enough to do the hard work of learning and growing—you’ll find virtually limitless opportunities with us.

About You

You’ve worked as a professional full-time video editor for at least 5 years.
You can create engaging motion graphics and animations that intelligently and beautifully enhance your video production.
You have solid practical experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro to edit raw videos and do basic post-production work, and in Adobe After Effects for advanced editing and animating motion graphics.
You’re fluent in working with imported or exported raster and vector images using tools such as Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. You know how to use your assets from Adobe Illustrator in Adobe After Effects and vice versa.
You can push video learning 'one step beyond', so your edits, animations, on-screen text and other visual effects work in perfect harmony to complement each instructor’s material and inspire the viewer to continue learning.
You use the latest AI tools to perfect and improve not only the quality of videos, but the workflow and efficiency of delivering projects.
You’re a team player with proven collaborative experience on team projects. At the same time, you can work independently and deliver results because you’re intrinsically motivated.
You’re attentive to details in everything you do.
You understand the importance of a return on investment. You know how to find the balance between the efforts you put into a project and the results you get from it.
You can place an entire, self-contained learning reality right in the mind of each viewer so all they have to do is watch and learn.
You have a love affair with the world of storytelling in film and a desire to impress viewers through every frame of the journey.
You know visual storytelling is more than the sum of its parts, and the overall effect is vital.
Catching glitches and other imperfections such as lighting and audio-related issues come easy to you. You cringe at the idea of even the smallest rough edge creeping in to ruin a frame or make a transition jerky.
You love an environment of striving—and stretching—for perfection. You’re supremely competent and confident in working independently to produce the best material with a deep appreciation and clear vision of what a perfect product should be.
You "always name your layers." You organize the files and optimize project structures in such a way that’s easy for you and your colleagues to collaborate and iterate.
You appreciate when your colleagues spot those odd bits that can flaw an otherwise-perfect result.
You speak and write English with close-to-native fluency.

Bonus Points

You get bonus points if you …

have experience creating educational videos and online courses;
have experience creating social media assets for LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and TikTok;
have experience as a team lead;
have more than 15 years of experience as a motion graphics designer;
have experience working not only in post-production but are also familiar with the pre-production and production stages;
have a background in graphic design, UI design or UX design;
have experience working with audio;
have experience working with typography;
have experience creating technical guidelines and guiding documentation for the projects you’ve worked on;
have experience with SEO;
got top grades when you studied at university.

What can we offer?

A co-founder and CEO who will work closely with you and your team; she understands your challenges and triumphs because she used to plan, shoot and edit all of IxDF's videos herself during IxDF's initial growth phase. She maintains a passion for video creation and even recently filmed at MoMA for our AI-art video.
A full-time position, within a fully remote organization. Daily video-based collaboration with your colleagues from elsewhere on the planet, and you’ll get to meet up on team trips every year.
A work culture with no fluffy titles, political agendas and corporate drama. Your colleagues value your warm character, your strong work ethic, and the results you deliver. Junior or senior, if you embody old-school virtues of always striving to deliver results, learn and become better every day, you'll thrive at the IxDF.
A daily mission to help impact, empower, and enrich the lives of millions of people by creating affordable high-end design education to everyone across the planet. It’ll be yours too.
A company where the distance between idea and execution is minimal. We’re a highly agile organisation with zero bureaucracy or corporate politics – and with exceptional order and efficiency.
A company culture where passion meets high performance and excellence. To help us improve the world (and yourself in the process), you’ll need grit, strong work ethic, long-term thinking, and self-discipline.
We thrive because we have a hands-on attitude and a bias towards action as opposed to fluff-filled, unrealistic strategies. You’ll need crisp execution skills yourself and the ability to impress your colleagues with concrete results, just like they’ll impress you.