Associate Art Director - Motion

Position

Associate Art Director - Motion

Marketing – Beauty & Wellness

Boston, MA, Hybrid (work 3 days onsite)

At Helen of Troy, we embrace a flexible hybrid work model designed to support collaboration and productivity. For roles eligible for hybrid work, our standard schedule includes in-office collaboration from Tuesday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Any updates to this model will be communicated in advance. Please note that hybrid eligibility and schedules may vary based on business needs and manager expectations.

We are hiring an Associate Art Director/ Motion to define the motion language of our beauty brands, shaping concept, look, and pacing across short form video, animated toolkits, and content captured for digital, social, eComm, and retail screens. You combine elevated art direction with hands on motion craft, building storyboards, directing shoots, editing, and delivering modular motion systems that scale across platforms and aspect ratios.

You will partner with both in house and outside partners to resource and bring dynamic and on trend concepts to life with speed and quality.

This position will report to the Creative Director for Beauty.

• Lead motion concepting and visual development for campaigns and always on content
• Build motion design systems, including type in motion, transitions, overlays, supers, and end cards
• Create storyboards, shot lists, animatics, and concise director briefs
• Direct and co direct shoots, including studio, macro and texture, product talent, and UGC guided content
• Edit and animate content for multiple versions and placements, including 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, and 16:9
• Partner with sound design to elevate rhythm, voiceover, and mix for platform norms

• Provide hands on art direction across video, motion graphics, and social first content
• Review and approve motion creative for brand consistency, clarity, and performance
• Mentor designers and editors on motion principles and platform best practices

• Collaborate with Brand Marketing and Social on hooks, storytelling arcs, and posting strategies
• Partner with eComm on PDP videos, how to loops, and feature demos
• Work with Copy on voiceover, supers, and captioning
• Partner with in house Production on budgets, schedules, crew, and deliverables to bring dynamic and on trend concepts to life

• Manage multiple projects from pre production through delivery with tight turnaround times
• Establish motion templates and toolkits that enable rapid localization and cutdowns
• Ensure files meet technical specs for each channel, including codec, bitrate, loudness, captions, and color
• Maintain organized project files, proxies, and versioning

• Expert proficiency in type in motion, pacing, and compositing, with a strong taste level
• Experience directing or co directing shoots and guiding post from edit to finish
• Ability to analyze performance signals and translate insights into creative iteration
• Proven collaboration with production teams, directors of photography, editors, color, and sound

• Bachelor's Degree
• 6+ years in motion design and editing with demonstrated art direction leadership
• Portfolio that showcases beauty or lifestyle motion work and social first storytelling
• Experience using Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma
• Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis

• Degree in Motion Design, Film, Graphic Design, or related field
• Experience using Cinema 4D or Blender, Lightroom, DaVinci Resolve, emerging technologies and Asana

In Massachusetts, the standard base pay range for this role is $ – $ annually. This base pay range is specific to Massachusetts and may not be applicable to other locations. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to location, experience, skill level, and performance. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees.

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