As one of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s top contractors, ISS is seeking a Animation and Visual Effects Artist to support National Ocean Service (NOS) office.
Where you will be: This role is fully remote.
What you will do: Function as the animator to support the animation development for the NOAA Ocean Today program. This includes:
- Work independently and with a small team to design, illustrate, storyboard, coordinate, and implement high quality character, data and photo-realistic animation for messages and products intended for internal and external audiences;
- Demonstrate strong skills and experience with the software needed to execute day-to-day animation tasks and communicate effectively;
- Demonstrate ability to determine customer needs; apply standard NOAA communication protocols and approaches and relay to clients; implement branding in all aspects of work;
- Demonstrate creative vision to improve upon proposed animation concepts and solve problems in telling the story;
- Demonstrate excellent organization and communication skills; possess the ability to convey animation concepts in written or spoken form prior to production;
- Demonstrate experience translating complex science topics into visual products that are easy to understand by a middle school-aged audience;
- Must be fluent in Adobe Creative Suite, especially Premiere, After Effects, and Illustrator. Experience with character animation, including rigged characters and/or knowledge of Adobe Character Animator preferred;
- Carry out the vision of the video producer and executive producer while also generating original ideas for animated projects or specific scenes;
- Advanced hand-drawn illustration skills as demonstrated by project samples and ability to design original artwork to fulfill client needs (potential candidates must provide a portfolio);
- Advanced storyboarding experience;
- Experience with 3D rendering, animation and visual effects software such as Maya or Cinema 4D preferred; and
- Train and assist other video editors/graphic designers as needed with various animation or visual effects tasks.
What you bring:
- Master’s degree in Communications, Fine Arts, or related field
- Six (6) years of general experience of which at least four (4) years must be specialized
- Experience with character animation, including rigged characters and/or knowledge of Adobe Character Animator
- Experience with 3D rendering, animation and visual effects software such as Maya or Cinema 4D
- Demonstrated ability to design, illustrate, and implement high quality animations
- Communicates effectively in both written and oral forms and among various age groups
- Demonstrates excellent organizational skills
- Demonstrates advanced hand-drawn illustration skills
- A self-starter, team oriented attitude
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Bonus points: You are familiar with NOAA.
You’re REALLY going to love it here if:
- You thrive in a close-knit, friendly corporate culture dedicated to fostering personal career development
- You work in an environment with accessible and available senior corporate leadership without the micromanagement
- You’re looking for a great work/life balance
- You’re seeking above standard benefits – Health insurance where the company pays 75% of premiums, 401k match, paid holidays, referral bonuses, and ‘take what you need’ paid time off
- You seek a work environment where you have a voice in the development and modification of the policies by which the company is governed
The admin stuff: You must be a US Citizen and be able to pass a Public Trust investigation from the U.S. government.