Remote 2D Character Animator Jobs in Renton, WA (NOW HIRING)

Create innovative instructional, promotional, and original video content that enhances customer experience.

RUN Studios, and its client partner, a large online retailer headquartered in Seattle, are seeking a Motion Designer to join for an approximate 3-month project. While this is a remote position, RUN Studios can only consider candidates currently residing in the following states at this time: CA, CO, FL, ID, MI, NJ, NY, OR, TX, WA.

We’re seeking an experienced Motion Designer who is organized, obsessed with details, deadline driven, and possess first class digital skills to create powerful stories that capture audiences and pique their interest. If you possess strong technical skills, if you can demonstrate your ability to use software for 2D and 3D animation, and if you are adept at continuously raising the creative bar, this job is for you!

As a Motion Designer, you will understand and manage the different stages of the production process, across a variety for formats (help, product, internal, social and live-action videos, etc.) You will also use your bias for action to creatively solve production roadblocks.

As a Motion Designer, You Will

• Model, Light, Texture, and Render 3D objects and animations.
• Create content across the various web or mobile platforms.
• Navigate ambiguity to drive the design cycle and multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Produce video graphics, graphic illustrations, motion, templates, and layouts for customer facing physical assets.
• Produce a wide range of animation and motion content for help, product videos, live-action, and internal requests.
• Maintain high visual standards, and a strong attention to detail, client, audience, story, and context.
• Collaborate to conceptualize daily, series, and franchise visual storytelling in video, broadcast, social and other contexts.
• Bring narratives to life through technical motion design projects.
• Work closely with the Design Manager to ensure assets meets technical and aesthetic standards as well as align to business goals.
• Makes decisions that are scalable and contribute to long-term success, and takes the lead in solving problems.
• Own your work.
• Communicate and project-manage seamlessly.
• Make decisions that are scalable and contribute to long-term success.
• Take the lead in solving problems.
• Take accountability for dependencies and your work.

In This Role, You Bring

• 3-5 years experience in 2D and 3D animation.
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional work.
• Fluency in the following tools: Adobe Creative Suite, Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, and Audition, Cinema 4D.
• Animation experience: Stop Motion, CGI Animation, Vector Graphics, Visual Effects, 3D Modeling, Rigging.
• Technical Skills: Color Grading, Video Editing, Sound Editing, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, Storyboarding.

Additional Position Details

• Supervisory Responsibilities
  • None.
• Physical Demands
  • Physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.
  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Work Environment
  • Typical for an office setting or home environment.
  • Remote.
• Travel
  • None.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

At RUN Studios we recognize our ultimate success depends on our talented and dedicated workforce. We understand, value, and are grateful for the invaluable contributions made by each employee. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive program of evolving competitive benefits specifically designed to support the needs of our employees and their dependents.     

Compensation

Pay Range: 60 - $65 (Hourly)    

The successful candidate’s pay will be based on various factors such as individual qualifications and work location.  

Benefits:

Benefits and perks may vary depending on location and nature of the work, but eligible employees have access to medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D benefits, health savings and flexible spending accounts, other telehealth and wellness benefits, a minimum of seven paid holidays per year, accrual of at least 6.5 days (Temporary Employment) to at least 15 days (Regular Employment) of paid time off per year, a 401k plan with company match, discretionary bonuses dependent on company, team or individual performance, and referral bonuses for eligible hired referrals.  

As an equal opportunity employer, RUN Studios is committed to pay equity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.