Fancy yourself a jack of all trades when it comes to motion graphics or animation projects? Are you a not-so-secret Science geek who loves reading and sharing cool fun facts about the things around us?
If you like the idea of helping kids learn Science through powerful visual storytelling, then this role could be for you!
The Pique Lab is on the hunt for the next motion graphics whiz, who has a genuine passion in educating kids and is unafraid of experimenting with fancy executions to bring a Science lesson alive.
[About The Role]
In this role, you’ll be working closely with your colleagues to co-create fantastic animation projects around various Science concepts. You’ll be working on the entire gamut of animation production from storyboarding & conceptualisation to making our illustrations come alive with your expertise.
Having a strong sense of design and timing should be second nature to you. You have a great eye for colours, compositional lines and typography. You are able to work efficiently with minimal supervision.
We’re a young team of teachers and creatives (averaging at 26) who are insanely passionate about our craft and work together with like a close-knit family. You'll fit well if you're someone who is able to work efficiently with minimal supervision and are able to bring dollops of positivity to the workplace.
[BONUS FOR GO-GETTERS] We’re looking to scale the animation team within the next 6-9 months to develop crazier, complex projects. If you’re up for grooming new team members and leading a culture that you can be proud of, this could be a very cool opportunity.
[Responsibilities]
- Turn ordinary classroom Science topics into creative and engaging kid-friendly Science videos
- Transform static assets into dancing tidbits of joy for social media and websites
- Produce cute and lively motion graphics to supplement the videos produced by the Video Production Team
We’ve received plenty of raving reviews for our learning videos & it’s also awesome to know that they’ve been used in classrooms internationally to get children interested in certain Science topics.
You can check out some of our past work here:
[Here’s A Snapshot Of Our Ideal Candidate]
Required:
- Intermediate proficiency in Adobe After Effects & basic proficiency in Adobe Illustrator
- Able to apply the theories/ concepts of animation on related projects.
- Able to apply the basic pipeline/workflows of creating a child-friendly, creative, infographic video animation (conceptualization, scripts, storyboarding, assist in asset production, animation, video editing, BGM, SFX)
- Familiar with importing/arranging .ai assets for animation in After Effects.
- Able to collaborate with different teams to ensure all assets involved in the project will be available for the final output.
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Strong command of the English language (both written & spoken)
Good To Have:
- Familiar with basic character puppet rigging.
- Familiar with DUIK, Rubberhose, Overlord, Joysticks n' Sliders.
- Basic scripting in After Effects (Expressions)
- Familiar with creating dynamic "non-video editor-friendly" Motion Graphic Templates or .mogrt files.
P/S: We don’t really care which school you came from or how many years of experience you have. We’d love to grow together with you, so long as you’ve the right personality, skills & attitude,
[How We Take Care Of You]
We’re committed to making The Pique Lab an amazing place to work, so we go to great lengths to give you what you need to succeed.
- Above-Market Remuneration: PHP 50,000/ month (upon confirmation) fixed monthly salary
- Training Allowance: PHP 35,000/month with a PHP 45,000 completion bonus (NOTE: The offer that we'll make eventually will depend on our assessment of your attitude, aptitude, along with any relevant skills & experience that you can bring to the table.)
- Full-time Remote Work (you no longer have to stress over traffic, work anywhere you like!)
- Career Growth Opportunities
- Mentorship, Training & Regular Feedback
- Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits
- Technology & Work-from-Home Benefits: 34” Monitor, Custom-built Animation Rig & Peripherals
- Generous Leave Package: 21 Days Paid Vacation Leave, 14 Paid Support Leave (Medical, Calamity, Bereavement)
- Work From Home Care Packages
[Work Information]
- Working Arrangement: Remote/ Work From Home
- Engagement Arrangement: Self-employed, Contractor
- Work Days: 5-day Work Week (Dayshift, Manila Time)
- 5 Weekdays: 10AM to 7PM (includes 1-hour lunch break)