Associate Artist, Motion Design Job at Activision (Santa Monica)

Job Description

As an Associate Artist, Motion Design, you will use a wide range of animation, visual effects, and compositing techniques to create visually compelling and impactful motion elements. This role must execute a wide range of generalist tasks at a high level of visual quality, while working efficiently and intelligently under tight deadlines to support motion assets for marketing campaigns including gameplay trailers, social content, and in-game promotional elements.

Job Responsibility

Create original motion graphics and visual effects assets including title cards, animation loops, and custom FX
Perform visual effects tasks including tracking, keying, rotoscoping and compositing
Build organized, efficient projects for shared use by team and wider organization
Update or repurpose existing projects from teammates or external sources
Interpret and address feedback from creative directors and other stakeholders
Follow and maintain standards for visual quality, brand guidelines, and production best practices
Follow team process for media management, organization, and archiving

Requirements

1–3 years of professional motion design experience or equivalent portfolio development
Portfolio showcasing ability to concept, plan and execute original motion design work
Working knowledge of Adobe After Effects including: Proficiency with graph editor and Bezier animation curves
Proficiency with motion blur, easing, and secondary animation
Proficiency with masking, rotoscoping, and keying techniques
Familiarity with depth of field, parallax, and multi-plane setups
Familiarity with Particular, Optical Flares and other commonly-used plugins
Awareness of project optimizations for render efficiency and performance
Proficiency with Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere Pro
Familiarity with design principles such as hierarchy, balance and contrast
Familiarity with common delivery workflows, codecs and technical specs
Experience with social media best practices, both creative and technical
Comfortable with tight deadlines, shifting priorities and prioritizing multiple tasks
Humble, communicative, and open to growth

Nice to have

Experience with 3D packages such as Cinema 4D or Blender
Experience with games industry marketing or product development

What we offer

Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
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