Jr. After Effects Motion Graphics Artist & Video Editor

**Job Type:** Full\-Time Contractor **Location:** Remote (Quarterly travel to Cleveland and Toledo required) **Salary:** ($60,000 / year) ***About Us*** We are a fast\-paced boutique creative agency managing a diverse portfolio of exciting consumer accounts, including multi\-unit franchise and Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) brands. We believe that great brands aren’t just seen; they are felt. Our team is dedicated to building hyper\-engaged digital neighborhoods, and we are looking for a collaborative partner to help us scale our client accounts through high\-impact visual storytelling. ***Role Overview*** We are seeking a highly skilled, efficient, and visually inventive **Video Editor \& Motion Graphics Artist** with expert proficiency in **Adobe Premiere Pro** and **After Effects**. In this role, you will be the driving force behind our visual content pipeline, turning raw footage, static assets, and user\-generated content (UGC) into thumb\-stopping social media videos, commercial\-grade product ads, and dynamic motion graphics. If you have a flawless sense of pacing, an eye for color and lighting, and the ability to seamlessly blend cinematic aesthetics with high\-energy social trends (TikTok, Reels, Shorts), we want you on our team. ***Key Responsibilities*** * **End\-to\-End Video Editing:** Edit short\-form and long\-form video content using Adobe Premiere Pro, ensuring crisp pacing, seamless transitions, and flawless audio mixing. * **Motion Graphics \& Animation:** Design and animate dynamic text, lower thirds, logo reveals, and custom graphical overlays in After Effects to elevate brand storytelling. * **Asset Manipulation \& Prep:** Utilize Photoshop to cleanly isolate assets, mask elements, and prep multi\-layered files for seamless integration into your motion graphics workflows. * **Social\-First Formatting:** Optimize, reframe, and version content for specific platform requirements (9:16 vertical for TikTok/Reels, 1:1, and 16:9 widescreen formats). * **Commercial \& Brand Storytelling:** Shape narrative flows for product photography, lifestyle reels, and QSR franchise campaigns, maintaining a strict adherence to individual brand guidelines. * **Occasional content capture as needed:** BTS / Social / B\-roll / UGC * **Trend\-Driven Visuals:** Collaborate closely with the community and creative teams to quickly execute trend\-based edits, leveraging native app aesthetics, text styles, and viral pacing formats. * **Asset Management \& Organization:** Maintain a meticulous project file architecture, ensuring clean timelines, organized media bins, and easily retrievable templates for future agency use. * **Color Grading \& Sound Design:** Apply clean color correction, grading, sound effects, and audio balancing to deliver polished, broadcast\-ready digital assets. * **Cross\-Functional Collaboration:** Partner directly with copywriters, creative directors, and account managers to bring concepts from script and storyboard to fin