Brand New School is seeking a 2D/3D Animator for a full-time hybrid role at our Los Angeles studio. With ~65 employees across the United States, we are a tight community of talented artists and producers with one common goal - making great work.
Responsibilities
- Create high-quality 2D and 3D animations that bring characters, objects, and environments to life, while adhering to project specifications and timelines.
- Conceive of and visualize forward-thinking ideas that push the creative boundaries of our projects.
- Work with animation and design teams, including directors, designers, and producers, to bring designs to life in novel ways for a variety of content platforms.
- Work with creatives to ensure that all assets and deliverables are completed to a high standard under the team’s creative visions.
- Prepare deliverables to broadcast specifications.
- Being an active participant of the team and contributing to the creative culture of the studio.
- Stay updated with industry trends, techniques, and best practices and incorporate them into your work.
Qualifications
- 3+ years working in commercials, film, or production.
- Strong knowledge of animating in C4D and general 3D pipelines.
- Strong knowledge of animating in After Effects. Knowledge of animating in Calvary and X Particles is a plus.
- Working knowledge of Red Shift, Octane and/or Arnold Renderer (or willingness to learn).
- Excel at working on a team, working independently, and have ambitions of either leading teams or growing into that role.
- Excel at building processes and protocols and adhering to deadlines.
- Desire to work with production teams to determine schedules and staffing needs.
- Know how to take creative direction, respond to feedback in a timely manner and be respectful of project deadlines.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- One Medical account
- Company sponsored continued education
- Customized mentorship and growth plans
- Peer bonus system
- Generous PTO / sick leave
- Company administered 401(k) plan with matching for eligible employees
- Peloton digital membership (12 month)
- Dog friendly work environment 🐶
Salary Range
$70,000 - $110,000
Brand New School attracts a team with unique skillsets and varying levels of experience. The salary range provided is broad and will be refined during the interview process.
Top Skills
What We Do
For two decades we have been building a playground for creativity. A place where a diverse collective of artists, thinkers and makers can express themselves, experiment freely, and be bold. A place where brands come to be authentic, question convention, and stand out from the crowd.
We are not simply a design studio, production company, or agency. We are a modern creative company. We strategize, we ideate, we design, we make. We go wherever our pursuit of originality takes us.
What connects everything we do is our mission to inspire others to see problems as opportunities to be authentic and original.
To be original requires a new school of thought.
We are Brand New School
