Compositor/Motion Graphics Artist

4 Months ago • All levels

About the job

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Motion Graphics Artist with strong After Effects skills needed to create captivating animations for video projects. Experience in 3D animation, video editing, and color correction is a plus.

Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.

In 2022, we announced that our studio is implementing a four-day work week as well as supporting in-studio, remote within Canada, and hybrid work arrangements as permanent options to our employees.

As a Compositor/Motion Graphics artist, you are assembling static assets for the purpose of animation.

You're taking assets that, on their own, don't change or have much dynamism, and giving them dynamism by animating them together. You are a creative visionary with a magic wand! As a motion graphics artist, you keep up with current graphic trends and love collaborating with other talented individuals, then this position is for you!

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE:

Video editing and text animation up to video tracking and masking
Design cutting-edge motion graphics using AE to videos to life - some may be integrated overlays with live action, and others may be full-scale animated videos
Provide creative vision to the editing process, bringing your own style to create beautifully composed work
Create 2D and 3D animations from scratch
Be a key part of the original creative vision at the start of each project, including pitching original concepts, and development of storyboards and/or treatment books

SKILLS:

Experience creating and animating motion graphics(Adobe After Effects experience mandatory)
Experience working directly with directors and clients to gather requirements, pitch design concepts, iterate on content and deliver the final product
A strong sense of editorial timing and direction
Experience editing video assets
Colour correction experience
History of telling compelling stories through unique creative assets and visual interactions
Cinema 4D experience
Working knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator
Designing and animating for 360 /immersive video content

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About The Company

Blackbird Interactive

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Blackbird Interactive (BBI) is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent studio - behind such games as Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, and the upcoming Homeworld 3, Minecraft Legends, and Crossfire: Legion.

Founded by Rob Cunningham, Yossarian King, and Aaron Kambeitz in 2010, the award-winning Vancouver studio boast its own internal CG cinematics department, led by the founder of Pixar Canada, and has also been involved in various game-adjacent projects over the years - such as Project Eagle with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and other initiatives with the eatART Foundation and Sanctuary AI. BBI was listed among the fastest growing Canadian companies by revenue in 2020 and 2021 by The Globe and Mail and Deloitte.

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