Coach is a leading design house of modern luxury accessories and lifestyle collections, with a long-standing reputation built on quality craftsmanship. Defined by a free-spirited, all-American attitude, the brand approaches design with a modern vision, reimagining luxury for today with an authenticity and innovation that is uniquely Coach. All over the world, the Coach name is synonymous with effortless New York style.

Coach is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands powered by optimism, innovation, and inclusivity.

Motion Design Editor – New York, NY

Coach was founded in 1941 as a family-run workshop, and today is a leading New York design house of modern luxury accessories and lifestyle collections. We attribute the prominence of the Coach brand to the unique combination of our original American attitude and design, our heritage of fine leather goods and custom fabrics, our superior product quality, and our commitment to the customer experience. 

At Coach, we bring together strong, collaborative people in a culture of mutual respect, support, accountability, and passion for the brand and product. Our goal is to offer an inspirational and modern workplace that allows for exceptional talent to thrive.

Primary Purpose: The ideal candidate is a self-starter with strong creative and production skills. Reporting to the Design Director: Creative Content and Social Media, the Motion Design Editor will join our growing in-house creative team to lead and oversee video content development. The Motion Design Editor will collaborate with all our Creative Teams, and agency partners to deliver best-in-class video productions. They will be responsible for all aspects of production from approved storyboards thru final editing and trafficking. At the core of this role will be the goal of maintaining a high standard for creativity and quality.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in the Creative Studio to...

• Perform post-production editing and assists in the creation of animations and other assets.
• Manage timelines for a variety of overlapping, fast-turnaround projects, and prioritizing requests to hit critical deadlines.
• Create cutdowns of existing campaign videos.
• Responsible for activities related to the conception, design, creation, development and implementation of media distribution.
• Sound correction is a must.
• A strong aptitude towards technology (information technology, web-based systems or videography) plus a willingness to learn new technological skills.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects in a fast paced environment and meet deadlines while assisting the Motion Art Director.
• Knowledge developing titles and motion graphics as well as creating animations using software programs in Adobe Creative Suite. Stop motion experiences is a big plus.
• Organizing and managing shared media assets, ensuring integrity and accessibility for the rest of the video team.
• Work well in a team environment, as well as independently.

The accomplished individual will possess...

• Wide technical knowledge of information systems and creative programs, with the ability to troubleshoot independently.
• 3+ years of experience in both live action and animation post production/editing, as well as experience on set and location shoots.
• A highly detail oriented, self-motivated, and creative approach.
• Excellent problem solving, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Adept working in Adobe After Effects, and Premiere Pro, as well as knowledge in Illustrator and Photoshop
• Experience editing content for all social media outlets and other online platforms & websites.
• Strong verbal, written, and visual communication skills – a good eye for design with work to demonstrate.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment to meet tight deadlines

Coach is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. Visit Coach at www.coach.com

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
• Perseverance: Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; seldom gives up before finishing, especially in the face of resistance or setbacks.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
• Managerial Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.

Coach is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. #LI-AS1 Visit Coach at www.coach.com.