Senior Motion Designer at JD Sports Fashion in Manchester

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth. Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world. JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally. We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people‑led, innovative and customer‑focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

Department: Motion Team, JD Content

Location: JD Content Studio, The Sharp Project, Manchester M40 5BJ

Key Areas Of Responsibility:

• Consistently maintain high-quality projects in line with business guidelines and creative requirements.
• Work independently and with others, to conceptualise and deliver high quality motion across all channels.
• Collaborate with team leaders and peers in the studio, to enable the delivery of assets on time and on budget.
• Work closely with the Lead Motion Designer to implement innovative solutions and improvements to workflow and processes.
• Mentor and coach junior members of the team.
• A commitment to your Teams personal growth and agencies.
• Answer estimate requests when required.
• QC team members work, ensuring standards are met across the team and give feedback in a constructive, motivating & polite manner.
• Thrive on constructive feedback, actively seeking personal and team development opportunities.
• Conceptualisation from brief to final asset handover.
• Able to always stay positive and find solutions.
• Be an advocate for the JD Studio Team, acting as internal and 3rd party ambassador, able to proactively extol the unique skills of the internal team.
• Employ a methodical approach to project management and file organisation.
• Enable leadership and mentorship from seniors, leads, peers, collaborators.
• When working with others be open to feedback and accept critique in a positive manner.
• Be a team player and understand that there will be times when you are asked to do ad hoc work to meet goals, achieve objectives and deliver for business needs, which may not be outlined in your job description.
• Ensure you are punctual and start work at your contracted time.
• Ensure wfh / studio split is in line with policy and your presence in the studio is consistent.
• Maintain awareness of relevant industry technology / innovations and software releases, sharing knowledge with the team.

Benefits: We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.