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OS Studios is looking for a talented animator/motion graphics designer to join our team at our NYC office to create 'never seen that before' kind of content for the gaming and esports world. Looking for someone to start asap.

Essential duties include:

  • Design and animate motion graphics for esports broadcasts and digital gaming platforms.
  • Developing creative concepts for our clients such as NBA 2K League, Overwatch League, and TakeTwo.
  • Responsible for animating logos, style frames, creating 2D and 3D content, as well as producing on-brand, and on-strategy creative for web, product graphics, email, social media graphics, and banner ads.
  • Generating (multiple) iterations of a look.
  • This position works directly with the Creative Director of OS Gaming across all OS clients and platforms.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Develop engaging time-based visuals that complement gaming brands.
  • Generate designs that comply with the needs and demands of on-air and digital promotion campaigns.
  • Develop new concepts, designs, animations, logos and style frames.
  • Possess lighting/texturing/modeling and versioning skills.
  • Knowledge and understanding of typography are essential.
  • Develop storyboards for the initial stages of production.

Required Education and Experience:

  • Motion Graphics -Specific to gaming/sports
  • VFX
  • 2D & 3D Design & Animation
  • Proven experience as an animator
  • Knowledge of computer-generated animation
  • Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite products
  • A creative storyteller with presentation abilities

Preferred Education and Experience:

  • 2-5 Years of professional design experience, preferably in an agency environment.
  • Strong portfolio of design work, showing a solution to business problems through effective design.
  • Experience in designing e-commerce websites or advertising.
  • Strong knowledge of CGI software (Photoshop, 3ds Max, Maya etc.)

Other Key Attributes / Characteristics:

  • Passion/knowledge of popular video games a bonus.
  • Ideal candidates will have a strong work ethic and personal accountability.
  • He/ she should be capable of taking initiative, following a project from initial concept to final delivery.
  • Must have a keen attention to detail, strong time-management and exhibit interpersonal skills.

Expected Hours of Work: 40/Week on an initial 3 month probation period. Willing to accept freelancers looking for fixed-term contracts.

MUST be local to our NYC offices

No remote work

Holidays & Weekends as needed.

For freelancers looking to apply its approx $4500 monthly rolling contract.