Motion Designer & Video Editor - Bank/Finance

Purpose :

The ideal candidate is a visual storyteller who can drive impact. The Motion Designer & Editor is responsible for aiding in the creation of creative projects that build pride and promote the corporate story focused around innovation and technology. In close collaboration with the team and communications partners, they provide full-service creative production for Internal & External communications.

With a solutions-driven attitude, they create thoughtfully without losing sight of commercial realities, budgets, and business objectives. This may involve working with clients, managing updates and improvements to technology solutions, ensuring risk assessment procedures are adhered to, executing appropriate avoidance or mitigation strategies, and escalating as required.

Key Responsibilities

Motion Design & Video Production

• Champion a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader organizational relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• Create impact through professional, story-driven motion design and video editing by:
• Designing and producing high-quality motion graphics and animations that translate complex business ideas into clear, engaging visual narratives across video and digital platforms.
• Developing and applying motion design styles, templates, and graphic packages that align with brand standards while allowing flexibility for executive, campaign, and storytelling needs.
• Collaborating closely with producers, editors, and communications partners to concept, storyboard, and execute motion-led solutions that enhance storytelling impact.
• Integrating motion graphics seamlessly into edited content, ensuring strong visual hierarchy, pacing, and clarity across titles, lower thirds, data visualizations, and transitions.
• Editing video content with creativity and precision, ensuring alignment with narrative goals, brand standards, and audience expectations.
• Crafting compelling visual stories by selecting the strongest takes, refining pacing, and integrating graphics, music, and sound design to enhance impact.
• Learning about strategic priorities and objectives to make informed editorial choices.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to incorporate feedback efficiently, managing revisions, following timelines, and communicating changes to critical users, including senior management.
• Organizing and managing media assets, project files, metadata, and version control to ensure smooth workflows and easy access for team members while following policies, compliance standards, and maintaining confidentiality at all times.
• Troubleshooting project issues and resolving conflicts as required by gathering facts, assessing options, determining appropriate solutions, and communicating changes to critical users, including senior management.
• Exploring and applying emerging video and motion design techniques, tools, and workflows to continuously elevate creative quality, efficiency, and innovation within the studio.

Risk & Compliance

• Understand how the organization’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursue effective and efficient operations in accordance with organizational values, code of conduct, and business principles while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to, and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions, and conduct risk.

Team & Culture

• Champion a high-performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment.
• Provide supervision and guidance to students and consultants as required.

Dimensions

• Receive briefs from Senior Producers and Directors while working directly with clients on feedback and revisions.
• Work in tandem with team members on creative execution, fulfillment, and distribution.
• Support global business units, with the majority of creative development and execution focused on technology and innovation initiatives.
• Supervise students and consultants.
• Contribute to a high-volume creative environment supporting approximately 200 projects annually.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Motion & Graphic Design, Broadcasting, Video Production, or related studies.
• 5+ years of industry experience as a Motion Designer and Editor in a professional broadcasting, studio, in-house, or agency environment.
• Passion for storytelling and communication with a well-rounded understanding of video editing, visual composition, graphic design, color theory, and animation.
• Proven ability to make creative and stylistic choices that capture audience interest and attention.
• Strong understanding of balancing creative expression with commercial realities.
• Advanced technical knowledge including video production, graphic design, sound design, color correction, digital technology, and software such as Adobe Creative Suite and DaVinci Resolve.
• Solid knowledge of 3D motion design tools such as Blender.
• Demonstrated learning mindset with a drive for innovation and continuous improvement.
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently on complex projects while meeting tight deadlines and adapting to changing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and client-facing skills with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

Working Conditions

• Work is primarily performed in a recording studio environment with low risk of injury or illness from physical or environmental factors.
• Moderate domestic travel or offsite work may be required.
• Non-standard working hours are common.
• Fast-paced environment with frequent changes in priorities and concurrent projects.
• Extended use of a Mac workstation (32–37 hours per week).
• High levels of concentration required for reviewing and editing video and audio content.

The expected base salary range for this position is $40 – $45 per hour, depending on experience, skills, and internal equity.

The Company offers a total rewards package in accordance with all applicable federal, provincial, and local laws and requirements. Benefit eligibility and offerings vary based on role, employment status, and work location.

For contractor positions, benefits are limited to those entitlements and protections required by applicable law, which may include (as applicable) vacation pay, public holidays, leaves of absence, and other legally mandated benefits or payments.

We may use AI-enabled and/or automated tools to support parts of our recruitment process, including application screening, interview scheduling, and candidate communications. These tools are used to enhance consistency and efficiency. All hiring decisions involve human review and are not based solely on automated processing.