Cross­Fit has a job open­ing for a Junior Motion Graph­ics Design­er in Scotts Val­ley California.

Cross­Fit cre­at­ed a new and inno­v­a­tive seg­ment in an $82 bil­lion dol­lar indus­try where 73% of American’s par­tic­i­pate every week.

Accord­ing to Shape Mag­a­zine 234 mil­lion peo­ple work out at least one or more times per week.

This is an oppor­tu­ni­ty to work at one of the top com­pa­nies in an $82 bil­lion dol­lar ever evolv­ing industry.

Cross­Fit is a fit­ness reg­i­men devel­oped by Greg Glass­man over sev­er­al decades. Glass­man, Cross­Fit’s Founder and CEO, was the first per­son in his­to­ry to define fit­ness in a mean­ing­ful, mea­sur­able way: increased work capac­i­ty across broad time and modal domains. He then cre­at­ed a pro­gram specif­i­cal­ly designed to improve fit­ness and health.

Cross­Fit is about com­mu­ni­ty and the com­mu­ni­ty that spon­ta­neous­ly aris­es when peo­ple do these work­outs togeth­er is a key com­po­nent of why Cross­Fit is so effec­tive, and it gave birth to a glob­al net­work of Cross­Fit affil­i­ates that num­ber over 13,000.

Cross­Fit Needs Great Graph­ics for Broad­cast and the Web

Cross­Fit has an excit­ing open­ing for a Junior Motions Graph­ic Design­er based in their Scotts Val­ley, CA office and report­ing to the Senior Motion Graph­ics Design­er. This is a full-time posi­tion in a busy and cre­ative envi­ron­ment. The Junior Motion Graph­ic Design­er will work close­ly with and fol­low the direc­tion from the Senior Motion Graph­ics Design­er and Pro­duc­ers. Assign­ments will include a wide vari­ety of video projects for broad­cast and web. You will work with both the Web Pub­lish­ing and Video Pro­duc­tion teams to cre­ate the high­est qual­i­ty imagery under tight dead­lines, and be able to trans­late request­ed styles and briefs into imagery.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Cre­ate and ani­mate graph­ics based on the cre­ative direc­tion of the Senior Motion Graph­ics Design­er and video producers
• Col­lab­o­rate with Senior Motion Graph­ic Design­er to both main­tain and enhance the visu­al style of motion and still graph­ics for videos and still images
• Pro­duce graph­ics for vari­ety of short and long form projects for broad­cast, web, social media and print distribution
• Cre­ate, mod­i­fy, cus­tomize, and man­age graph­ic pack­ages, tem­plates and toolk­its to be mod­i­fied by editors
• Design motion graph­ics ele­ments involv­ing typog­ra­phy, pho­tog­ra­phy, live video and 3D animations
• Work close­ly with cre­ative team, pro­duc­ers, and edi­tors to deliv­er com­plet­ed projects
• Exe­cute visu­al effects such as com­posit­ing, motion track­ing, and rotoscoping
• Col­lab­o­rate with video edi­tors and pro­duc­ers to eval­u­ate graph­ic needs in ongo­ing projects and meet sched­ules for delivery
• Main­tain and enhance the visu­al style of video con­tent through cre­ative use of motion graph­ics stan­dards and templates
• Stay up to date on cur­rent graph­ic design, motion graph­ic and ani­ma­tion trends
• Design vec­tors and cut-out images for use in motion and still graphics

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS: 

• A min­i­mum of 2 years of motion design expe­ri­ence in broad­cast design
• Pro­fi­cien­cy with After Effects, Pho­to­shop, Illus­tra­tor and Pre­miere Pro.
• Strong motion and visu­al sensibilities
• Excel­lent com­mu­ni­ca­tion, orga­ni­za­tion­al skills, and atten­tion to detail
• Man­ag­ing dead­lines and exe­cut­ing on-time and on-task
• Strong self-starter and capa­ble of to work­ing independently
• Abil­i­ty to work with­in a team environment
• Pro­fi­cient in Microsoft Word, Out­look and Excel, G‑mail, Google Docs
• Must be a pas­sion­ate visu­al storyteller
• Must be self-moti­vat­ed and a col­lab­o­ra­tive team player
• Must be very orga­nized and able to jug­gle sev­er­al projects at a time
• Excel­lent atten­tion to detail
• Abil­i­ty to work pos­i­tive­ly and col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly with inter­nal staff

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: 

• Pro­fes­sion­al expe­ri­ence using Adobe CC – Pre­miere, After Effects, Illus­tra­tor, Photoshop
• Bachelor’s degree or equiv­a­lent expe­ri­ence in Graph­ic Design, Video/Film Pro­duc­tion, or relat­ed field
• Strong project man­age­ment skills — team-ori­ent­ed with the abil­i­ty to mul­ti-task and meet tight deadlines

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Abil­i­ty to move 15 lb. of equip­ment or more
• Abil­i­ty to work on com­put­ers for long peri­ods of time
• Abil­i­ty to han­dle and oper­ate all nec­es­sary equipment
• Abil­i­ty to work under tight deadlines
• Abil­i­ty to work flex­i­ble hours includ­ing nights and week­ends (when required)

**Please note this is an on-site junior posi­tion and not suit­able for expe­ri­enced appli­cants. If you feel you have the right qual­i­ties and expe­ri­ence, we’d love to hear from you. Please send us your CV, port­fo­lio and/or links to view exam­ples of your work.

Click Here to Apply for the Junior Motion Graph­ics Design­er Job at Crossfit