Motion Graphics Director

At Talon, our mission is to unlock the full potential of out of home, making it more effective, creative, measurable and sustainable than ever.

We’re passionate about OOH and are on a mission to drive the growth of this sector within the media industry. In just over a decade, our desire to offer intelligent, creative, technology‑led OOH solutions and a full‑service OOH offering saw us grow into a team of over 450+ people located in key cities across the globe. In that time, we have been awarded for our approach to our people, our clients and our industry.

We hire the finest talent to help us unlock the full potential of the Out of Home (OOH) environment for our clients; and pride ourselves on the individuals who represent our business.

Grand Visual (Talon's creative production agency) are on the hunt for a ultra-talented and highly skilled Motion Graphics Director with deep expertise in Adobe After Effects to lead the creation of compelling motion content for OOH and DOOH environments.

This role combines hands‑on motion design
, creative leadership
, and strategic thinking
, overseeing projects from concept to delivery and guiding a team of motion designers and other creative professionals, collaborating closely with creative, production, and account teams.

You’ll have the amazing opportunity to deliver award‑winning projects, OOH campaigns, Anamorphic Executions and activations across the world.

Working alongside our Design Director and reporting to our ECD, you’ll be across the entire creative process, from concept development to final execution, and provide feedback and guidance to the creative, technical, production and account teams throughout.

• Lead the creative direction of motion graphics projects across OOH and DOOH campaigns
• Translate brand strategies and creative concepts into high‑impact motion content
• Ensure all motion work is bold, legible, and effective in for OOH
• Maintain a strong visual standard across all motion output
• Engage with clients across the campaign
• Direct, mentor, and inspire the in‑house creative team and freelancers
• Present creative work clearly and confidently to internal stakeholders and clients
• Manage timelines, workflows, and production schedules

• Provide project status updates
• Flag potential issues, including resourcing and timeline bottlenecks
• Work with producers and other team members to understand the project scope and objectives
• Manage multiple projects of varying complexity
• Spot areas of improvement in our processes
• Develop new processes or updates to our current ones to aid the efficiency of our creative workflow
• Motivate others to think creatively and manage deadlines

• Create highly engaging complex animations for a diverse array of projects
• Develop creative motion graphic work on projects and for key clients
• Create and oversee motion graphics using Adobe After Effects as the primary tool
• Manage delivery of multiple formats, durations, and screen specifications
• Participate and lead in creative brainstorming sessions and write accurate and thorough descriptions of your concepts
• Design, layouts and mockups
• Research creativity across the medium and contribute to knowledge sharing

• Apply best practices for DOOH‑specific storytelling, such as understanding dwell times and audience considerations
• Adapt creative for static, animated, subtle motion and data‑driven DOOH formats

• Complete programmes of work or study relevant to the creative role that will benefit the business
• Review own performance and look for areas of improvement

• Champion sustainability and advocate the value of positive social and environmental impact within your team.
• Participate in projects and initiatives which drive Talon’s commitment to positive social and environmental causes.
  
  E.g., charity partnerships, volunteering, carbon offsetting etc.
• Role model the Talon values and behaviours to help ensure the best possible culture and tone is set throughout Talon.

• Confidence presenting and communicating directly with clients
• Th…