Senior Animator
Noggin
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Noggin is a leading learning service for families with preschoolers. We deliver streaming and interactive learning content that helps young kids develop skills, knowledge and passions through play with the characters they love. We also help parents help their kids thrive. A direct-to-consumer offering available on 10 platforms, Noggin reaches families in the domestic market through standalone mobile apps, connected TV apps, and add-on channels. We are forming a team of highly motivated individuals who are eager to work in a start-up-like environment within a large media company. We need innovators and self-starters who are passionate about playful learning and comfortable working in a fast-paced, creative-led organization.
Overview:
Noggin, the #1 preschool brand, seeks a Senior Animator for Nickelodeon Digital, Preschool Division. The Senior Animator will report to the Creative Director. They will be responsible for crafting character and motion graphics animation in 3D and 2D animation pipelines. Additionally, the Senior Animator will lead small teams of animators, junior animators, and storyboard artists for preschool focused entertainment and education videos and interactive animations on the Noggin App, and Noggin video service.
Noggin is seeking a Senior Animator who is an expert storyteller in the craft of character animation and motion graphics. Senior Animators should be organized, detailed, and able and willing to refine work to a high degree of polish, as well as encourage their animation peers to do the same. The Senior Animator will also have a strong eye for composition, a working knowledge of 3D filmmaking techniques, production pipelines and understand continuity and principles of animation. The Senior Animator will be able to communicate creative concepts both through verbal and written means.
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for crafting character animation and motion graphics animation using digital assets provided by the department director and CG Supervisor.
• Will lead small teams of animators and storyboard artists to build content.
• Will tell stories for the preschool audience of kids 3-6 years old using original Noggin IP and existing Nickelodeon IP characters (such as Paw Patrol, Blaze & The Monster Machines, and Baby Shark).
Basic Qualifications:
• 2-4 year degree in computer arts or animation production.
• 3-5 years working as a 3D character animator or motion graphics artist on movies, commercials, promotional content, at a network, brand, studio or agency.
Additional Qualifications:
• Strong understanding of the principles of animation and character anatomy
• Excellent organizational, communication, and time management skills
• Able to collaborate and take direction / implement feedback
• Excel at the craft of animation, applying principles of animation, and principles of filmmaking, such as continuity, clarity, appeal, acting, and emotions within their work.
• Ability to think creatively to come up with more efficient techniques
• Mentor junior and mid-level animators and provide feedback on standard methodologies
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
• High work ethic and self-motivation
• Passion for Animation
• Animation for characters or motion in Autodesk Maya and Adobe After Effects.
• Compositing and rendering in Adobe After Effects.
• Puppet and traditional animation in Harmony and Flash/Animate a plus.
• Experience in Animation Production & Post Production
• Understanding of Maya 3D character rigging, modeling, shading, lighting
• Experienced in After Effects visual effects and composite.
• Experience in tracking and compositing in Adobe After Effects
• Could work on-site at our NY offices or work remotely
• Excellent communication skills and expertly collaborative
• Be flexible and have enthusiasm for innovation and change
• Must be able to complete tasks on tight deadlines
• Ability to articulate and influence creative concepts
• Experienced in Toon Boom Harmony a plus
• Desire to work in children's educational media