Associate Artist, Motion Design - Activision

Santa Monica, CA (On-site)

$21/hr – $40/hrMid Level3+ years expOther

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive motion design and VFX work for a top gaming-marketing team with a focus on original assets and fast delivery.

  • Own end-to-end motion design tasks from concept to delivery
  • Must-have: 1–3 years of motion design experience and proficiency in After Effects
  • Standout: Tight collaboration with creative directors and brand standards across a team of artists

Job Description

Responsibilities
  • 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
Preferred
  • Experience with 3D packages such as Cinema 4D or Blender
  • Experience with games industry marketing or product development
Benefits
  • 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;
  • If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
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Activision Blizzard

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Activision Blizzard, Inc. is one of the world’s largest interactive entertainment companies, with operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Skylanders®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy CrushTM, and Bubble WitchTM. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!We’re proud to be recognized as one of FORTUNE’s "100 Best Companies To Work For®” for four consecutive years and have earned a spot on FORTUNE’s “Most Admired Companies,” and “Future 50” lists. Our 10,000+ global employees are some of the best and brightest talents across entertainment, media, and technology.

Founded in 2008
Santa Monica, California, USA
1.5K employees (304 in marketing)
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