Creative Art Director

About Olyv
Olyv is a technology-driven fintech platform focused on expanding access to digital financial products for emerging and underserved customer segments. We leverage technology, data, and customer-centric experiences to build accessible financial solutions at scale.
About the Role :
We are looking for a Creative Designer (Motion) who combines strong visual design, motion, storytelling, and an understanding of digital culture.
You will create engaging motion-led brand, social, and performance creatives across platforms. The role involves taking ideas from concept to execution — including visual ideation, design, motion graphics, video editing, shooting, and AI-assisted creative production.
We are looking for someone who can think beyond execution, understands what makes content engaging, and can translate trends and ideas into high-quality, platform-native creative content.
Key Responsibilities :
Develop motion-led creative concepts for brand campaigns, social media, performance marketing, and digital platforms.
Create engaging motion graphics, animated creatives, short-form videos, Reels, Shorts, and digital campaigns.
Take creative projects from concept and storyboard to design, animation, editing, and final delivery.
Create strong visual hooks, transitions, kinetic typography, pattern interrupts, and storytelling elements that capture attention.
Design content across different formats and platforms while maintaining consistency with Olyv's brand identity.
Create and adapt creatives for Instagram, Meta, YouTube, and other digital platforms.
Edit and repurpose content into multiple formats, including 15–30 second social creatives, 60–90 second videos, brand films, and longer-form content.
Work with video footage and confidently handle basic shooting, framing, lighting, and camera setups when required.
Use tools such as After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Photoshop, Illustrator, and other relevant creative software.
Explore and integrate AI-powered creative tools into design, animation, video, voice, and post-production workflows.
Stay updated with social trends, creator formats, meme culture, visual trends, and platform-native content styles.
Translate relevant trends into creative concepts that are appropriate for the Olyv brand.
Collaborate with Brand, Marketing, Product, and other stakeholders to understand briefs and deliver creative solutions.
Use creative performance data and audience insights to improve hooks, pacing, visual treatment, and content formats.
Manage multiple creative projects and deliver high-quality work within agreed timelines.
What We're Looking For :
3–5 years of experience in creative design, motion design, visual communication, video, or a related field.
Strong portfolio demonstrating motion design, social content, brand creatives, performance creatives, and visual storytelling.
Strong proficiency in After Effects and Premiere Pro; familiarity with DaVinci Resolve is a plus.
Good understanding of motion principles, typography, composition, transitions, visual hierarchy, and storytelling.
Strong graphic design fundamentals with the ability to create visually compelling static and motion assets.
Experience working with D2C, fintech, consumer-tech, app-based, or internet-first brands is preferred.
Comfortable working with short-form, social-first, and performance-oriented content.
Strong understanding of hooks, retention, pacing, and attention patterns in digital video.
Comfortable with basic shooting and understanding of framing, composition, lighting, and camera setups.
Good knowledge of AI creative tools such as Runway, Magnific, Google Flow, HeyGen, Higgsfield, AI voice tools, Sarvam AI, and AI captioning tools or similar platforms.
Strong awareness of current internet culture, social trends, creator formats, and emerging visual styles.
Ability to work independently from a brief while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
Nice to Have :
Experience with Cinema 4D, Spline, Blender, or other 3D/motion tools.
Experience creating content for a personal Instagram, YouTube, or creator page.
Understanding of performance metrics such as Hook Rate, Thumb-Stop Ratio, VTR, CTR, and Skip Rate.
Experience iterating creative based on performance data and audience behavior.
Experience working in a fast-paced startup or high-growth environment.

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