Onsite Senior Designer – MTV, Comedy Central

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About the role

  • Senior Designer overseeing motion design for high-impact campaigns at Paramount. Leading creative execution and ensuring brand consistency for MTV and Comedy Central channels.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creative development and delivery of motion design for the department’s most high‑profile, complex and business‑critical campaigns.
  • Own projects end‑to‑end, from brief through to delivery, ensuring concepts are strong, ideas are clearly expressed, and execution meets the highest creative standards.
  • Establish and maintain a consistently high creative benchmark across all output, ensuring both MTV and Comedy Central brands are represented with confidence, clarity and impact.
  • Act as a senior guardian of brand consistency, with a strong working knowledge of style guides and brand systems, supporting their accurate application across all work.
  • Alongside the Design Director, support the stewardship of internal design resources, tools and style guides, encouraging their effective and responsible use.
  • Provide creative direction and support to freelance designers, including onboarding, access to resources and clear guidance on brand application.
  • Step in for the Design Director when required, supporting day‑to‑day design decisions, prioritisation and creative continuity.
  • Collaborate closely with producers and creative leads to develop coherent and effective graphic solutions that add clear creative value to on‑air and digital content.
  • Keep campaign objectives front of mind, ensuring all work is audience‑aware, on brief and aligned with wider marketing goals.
  • Contribute bold, original and forward‑looking ideas, helping to evolve the brands and keep them relevant within a fast‑moving creative landscape.
  • Stay curious and informed about design, motion, cultural and audience trends, with particular sensitivity to youth‑facing visual language.
  • Explore and champion new technologies, workflows and creative approaches where they add value.
  • Deliver graphic elements to agreed timelines and budgets.
  • Work collaboratively with transmission and post‑production teams to ensure accurate and effective implementation of graphics.
  • Apply strong post‑production knowledge to problem‑solve effectively, particularly within fast‑paced, creatively ambitious environments.
  • Maintain awareness of competitors, the social and digital landscape, and the wider UK streaming market.

Requirements

  • Expert working knowledge of After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator.
  • Strong proficiency in Cinema 4D is a significant advantage.
  • A solid understanding of animation principles.
  • A strong grasp of design fundamentals, including typography and layout.
  • Well-rounded experience across post-production techniques and workflows.
  • Experience creating broadcast graphics, or a demonstrably strong motion/design reel.
  • Strong understanding of social and digital platforms and their visual language.
  • Highly organized, with the ability to manage complex projects with autonomy.
  • A confident and considered communicator, comfortable working with senior stakeholders and external collaborators.
  • Highly creative, with a clear passion for design and motion.
  • Self-led and proactive, with a strong sense of ownership.
  • A collaborative team contributor who leads through example.
  • Able to remain calm, focused and effective under pressure.

Benefits

  • Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages.
  • Generous paid time off.
  • Opportunities for both on-site and virtual engagement events.
  • Unique opportunities to make meaningful connections and build a vibrant community, both inside and outside the workplace.

Job title

Senior Designer – MTV, Comedy Central

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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