Drone Artist

5 Months ago • 5-5 Years • 3D Art • $107,000 PA - $155,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Drone Artist at Sphere Entertainment Co., you'll be responsible for designing and orchestrating captivating drone shows that light up the intersection of art, design, technology, and culture. You'll collaborate with Creative Directors, Designers, and Visual Artists to bring drone shows to life that inspire audiences worldwide. You'll create spectacles that elevate Sphere's art programming, promote The Sphere Experience, live events, artist residencies, and brand activations. Your creative storytelling combined with 3D spatial and experiential design will shape unforgettable experiences for audiences both on-ground and around the world. You'll be creating, designing, and orchestrating innovative spatial experiences and visual narratives using drones, envisioning and previz spectacular drone shows in collaboration with key stakeholders from initial concept to spatial design to final flight, collaborating with the creative team to generate concept sketches, choreograph spatial designs, motion tests, and animated prototypes that simulate the drone show experience, recreating visuals in 3D space using the sky as your stage, and creating and rigging low poly 3D models.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of experience in 3D asset creation and 3D animation
  • Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro
  • 1+ years of experience in rigging and animating characters or objects
  • Proven ability to choreograph and synchronize animation to music
  • Enthusiastic about the creative potential of drone technology
  • Effective communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills with a team-oriented approach
  • Capacity to manage priorities, multitask, and meet deadlines
Good to have:
  • Agile in creating, adapting, and pivoting design approaches
  • Able to provide and receive constructive feedback across teams
  • Results-oriented with a “can-do” attitude and creative problem-solving skills

Job Details

Sphere Entertainment Co. (NYSE: SPHR) is a premier live entertainment and media company. The Company includes Sphere, a next-generation entertainment medium powered by cutting-edge technologies to redefine the future of entertainment. The first Sphere venue in Las Vegas opened in September 2023. In addition, the Company includes MSG Networks, which operates two regional sports and entertainment networks, MSG Network and MSG Sportsnet, as well as a direct-to-consumer and authenticated streaming product, MSG+, delivering a wide range of live sports content and other programming. More information is available at sphereentertainmentco.com.

Who are we hiring?  

We are looking for a visionary Drone Artist versed in motion, experiential, and design innovation to help create breathtaking drone experiences for the world’s most dynamic canvas – the “Exosphere”.   

   

As part of Sphere Entertainment’s Creative and Design Services team, the Drone Artist will design and orchestrate captivating, visually sophisticated drone shows that light up the intersection of art, design, technology and culture. As an integral member of our team, you’ll collaborate with Creative Directors, Designers and Visual Artists to concept and bring drone shows to life that inspire audiences worldwide. The drone shows will create spectacles that elevate Sphere’s art programming, promotion for The Sphere Experience, live events, artist residencies and brand activations. Your creative storytelling combined with 3D spatial and experiential design will shape unforgettable experiences for audiences both on-ground and around the world.  

 

What will you do?  

  • Create, design and orchestrate innovative spatial experiences and visual narratives using drones  
  • Envision and previz spectacular drone shows in collaboration with key stakeholders from initial concept to spatial design to final flight   
  • Collaborate with our creative team to generate concept sketches, choreograph spatial designs, motion tests and animated prototypes that simulate the drone show experience  
  • Recreate visuals in 3D space using the sky as your stage  
  • Create and rig low poly 3D models  

 

What do you need to succeed?  

  • 5+ years of experience in 3D asset creation and 3D animation using software such as 3DS Max, Maya, Blender, and C4D  
  • Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro and other digital production tools  
  • 1+ years of experience in rigging and animating characters or objects  
  • Ability to rapid viz and prototype drone shows in 3D sketch form   
  • Proven ability to choreograph and synchronize animation to music and/or live performance  
  • Enthusiastic about the creative potential of drone technology in exploring new modes of storytelling  
  • Effective communication skills, able to articulate ideas   
  • Strong interpersonal skills with a team-oriented approach, able to collaborate with team members, clients, and external partners  
  • Capacity to manage priorities, multitask, and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment  
  • Agile in creating, adapting and pivoting design approaches  
  • Able to provide and receive constructive feedback across teams  
  • Results-oriented with a “can-do” attitude and creative problem-solving skills  

 

Special Requirements  

  • Requires occasional travel  

 

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Pay Range
$107,000$155,000 USD

At MSG, we recognize the importance of upskilling employees’ talents and strengths so they can drive their careers forward. We are proud to offer a robust set of tools and resources to help employees understand their interests and purpose, harness their talents and obtain the skills they need to reach the next step in their careers. Growth and longevity for our employees are top priorities here.

We value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! MSG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sexual and reproductive health choices, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law mandates, MSG complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in all locations and will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required.

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