Motion Designer + Video Editor

Position Overview

Our well known adventure-driven retail client is seeking a talented Motion Designer/Video Editor to join their creative team freelance to hire. In this role, you will be responsible for creating compelling motion graphics and editing videos that effectively communicate the brand's message. You will collaborate with various teams to bring ideas to life through innovative visuals and engaging storytelling.

This hybrid role requires working in downtown Chicago 2-3 days a week, for 40 hours per week, over a minimum period of 12 weeks. There is a strong potential for this position to convert to full-time.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and edit high-quality video content for various platforms including social media, websites, and presentations.
• Create motion graphics, including lower thirds, full-screen graphics, branded transitions, countdown timers, captions, and stylized stock footage.
• Perform multi-camera editing to ensure seamless integration of various footage.
• Conduct color correction across different color spaces to enhance visual quality and maintain consistency.
• Master audio to ensure clarity, balance, and overall quality in final video productions.
• Design thumbnails and various graphics.
• Ensure all video content is optimized for different platforms and formats.
  
  

Qualifications

• 3+ years of video editing and motion graphics experience utilizing Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects.
• Proven experience exporting content for platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, digital signage, LED displays, and PMAX.
• Proficiency in multi-camera editing, color correction, and audio mastering.
• Experience with audio editing and sound design.
• Advanced knowledge of Premiere, After Effects, and DaVinci.
• Ability to organize and manage assets using tools like Canto, Dropbox, and Frame.io.
• A portfolio showcasing your video editing and motion design work is required.
  
  

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.

Email Your Resume In Word To

Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also:

amy.banks@jobalert.creativecircle.com

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Amy Banks - Senior Recruitment Manager

For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.

This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 03/17/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle.

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