Summer 2D Character Design Jobs in Appleton, WI (NOW HIRING)

About Us:

Trilliant Food & Nutrition is a leading, vertically integrated manufacturer of premium coffees and powdered beverages, proudly headquartered in Little Chute, Wisconsin. With a legacy rooted in quality, innovation, and service, Trilliant delivers branded and private label solutions across retail, foodservice, and e-commerce channels.

Horseshoe Beverage Company, based in Neenah, WI, is a leading ready-to-drink beverage manufacturer dedicated to delivering an exceptional beverage experience. By combining industry-leading talent, cutting-edge equipment, and a vertically integrated supply chain, we drive innovation and consistently deliver the highest quality products to our customers-first and fast.

Our brand portfolio includes Victor Allen's, Dutch Bros beverages and Nurri, our better-for-you protein beverage line. We are passionate about beverages - and about building a team that's just as energized. We invite you to explore opportunities at Trilliant or Horseshoe, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings.

Our Core Values:

Position Overview:

The multimedia designer is a key creative position that will support bringing our brands to life through motion, scenes and stills while blending creative storytelling with precision. This role combines expertise in visual design, animation, and video production with strong project coordination skills. You'll work closely with the brand designers, art director and creative director to produce brand assets, event media, marketing collateral and other internal support materials - ensuring all creative work aligns with the brand standards and tells a compelling story.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of multimedia storytelling across video, motion and graphic design
• Design and produce high-quality images, animations, motion graphics and videos
• Draw and develop 2D character animation videos
• Concept, shoot and edit video content that elevates brand narratives
• Develop high-quality static visuals and video assets optimized for ecommerce merchandising (Amazon, Walmart, Target and others)
• Partner with brand teams/senior creatives to build out motion or animation content plans to elevate consumers experience across all touch points
• Partner with senior creatives on defining motion into brand identity systems for our brands
• Stay current with industry trends and integrate new design techniques and technologies into your work and help elevate efficiencies, processes and output across the creative team
• Ensure all digital creative is platform-compliant and meets retailer specs and best practices
• Work within fast-paced timelines and consistently deliver against deadlines
• Contribute to concepting sessions and help translate strategy into visual ideas
• Lead and maintain the organization's digital asset management system by ensuring content stays up-to-date, labeled appropriately and accessible to cross-functional teams

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree or associate's degree in Graphic Design, Graphic Communications or Multimedia Design is preferred
• 3+ years of multimedia-design experience is required - agency experience a plus
• Experience with motion graphics and short-form video editing
• Experience producing multimedia content across multiple formats and platforms
• Knowledge in building out 3D environments or renders a plus
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud, specifically Premier, After Effects (or similar)
• Impressive portfolio, demonstrating 2D design, motion graphics, animation and small-scale video
• Ability to communicate design rationale effectively and present work to stakeholders at all levels
• Passion for continuous learning, experimenting and learning new technology and tools
• A continuously curious mind, with eagerness to always progress, challenge and innovate
• Knowledge in generative AI is a plus

Hours, Location and Pay:

We offer a competitive base pay rate and comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees. This role works standard business hours Monday - Friday at our Little Chute, WI facility.

Physical and Mental Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, hear, use hands to type data, use a personal computer and telephone. This employee may occasionally have to operate business machines and lift and/move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required in this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Mental demands include multi-tasking, decision making, problem solving, comparing, copying, computing, compiling, analyzing, coordinating, and synthesizing data.
• Potential for exposure to chemicals, heights, loud noises, mechanical equipment, wet environments, and other potential hazards exists.

Safety Statement:

At Trilliant and Horseshoe, safety is every employee's first responsibility. We expect all employees to adhere to all safety practices, have the moral courage to stop other individuals from performing unsafe acts, and immediately report unsafe conditions.

Disclosures:

• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
• Responsible for following food safety/regulatory policies and procedures, executing responsibilities as identified in standard operating procedures, and reporting food safety/regulatory concerns to the Production or Quality Manager.
• Trilliant Food & Nutrition and Horseshoe Beverage Company are Drug Free Workplaces. All applicants are subject to a drug screen and background check as a condition of employment.
• Trilliant Food and Nutrition and Horseshoe Beverage participate in the E-Verify process.
• EEO/AA including Vets and Disabled
• If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at HR@trilliantfood.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
• Trilliant Food and Nutrition and Horseshoe Beverage are Equal Opportunity Employers.
• The principles of the OECD and UN have been taken into consideration and used as guidance in our human rights practices and procedures.