Not your everyday motion graphics position. Challenging and fast moving, yet friendly and supportive: a career you will look forward to every day. Work with intelligent people in an exciting environment where every month is different.

Positions Available:

• Full time motion graphics designer / animator
• Other Positions

: We are also hiring for 3d cahracter animator, post-production video editor, graphic designer, writer, marketing project manager, UI/UX Designer, and more). You may apply for multiple positions separately. If you know someone in any of these areas, please do them a quick and friendly favour by letting them know about this posting.

Position Overview:

• Full time and permanent
• Flexible hours

(for example: choose to start your day between 6am and 10am, work late some days and shorter on others).

• 85% internal

projects (for multiple product lines), 15% client projects.

• Focus on achieving

noticeably remarkable and portfolio-worthy results

, with only some projects that simply need to be done in a short timeframe (we aim to win awards for our work).

• The same variety as working at an agency, but without the cutting corners to deliver too quickly.
• Engage in

constructive debate

to challenge your editorial choices; standing up for your choices, while being willing to use respectful criticism, with or without the sugar coating, to iterate into even better designs.

• Building motion graphics

from scratch or from static graphics provided by our graphic designers, and by using third party motion templates.

• 2D or 3D

specialists of all kinds will be considered: you don't need to excel at everything.

• Storyboarding

to present to stakeholders.

• Assist with

motion capture and sci-fi effects

.

• Assist with

post-production elements

(time coding, video supers, title cards, special effects, typography, transitions).

• Screen capture

production including deciding zoom in, effects, methods of focusing attention, setting up and populating sample data in apps, sensoring information.

• Occasionally assist video editors depending on your technical finishing skills (color mastering, audio levels, compression, encoding, resizing for multiple destination sizes).
• Collaborating with video editors, script writers, the marketing team, and providing context to the videographer.
• Explore and be inventive

using A/B testing methodology to create test variations, request resulting data from the analytics team, and iterate until we discover new ways to reach peek results for mission critical videos.

• Gain experience with

numerous video types

: animated explainer videos, YouTube commercials, infographic videos, company culture interviews, training videos, entertainment videos (like Sci-Fi short stories), and short snippits for social media.

• Does

not

require knowledge of video equipment.

• Does

not

involve constant tight deadlines nor overtime that lead to results you are not proud of; there is pressure but it is manageable and work has steady hours.

• High end equipment

to work with (triple monitors with a 40” monitor, pen tablets, whatever keyboard or mouse you want us to buy, etc).

Requirements

• Passionate about video storytelling and motion graphics specifically
• Can be very fast for prototyping variations, but can dig deep for stunning results
• Superb understanding of factors that affect perception of quality and engagement of viewers
• Attention to detail
• Takes pride in work
• No

specific requirements for formal education or industry experience. We evaluate each applicant based on merit and potential rather than formalities, however a portfolio is required.

Nice To Have

• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite or Creative Cloud (After Affects) and Cinema 4D
• Experience in a wide variety of video types (perhaps from working in an agency environment or otherwise)

About The Work Environment:

• Friendly

, non-threatening, and non-political environment.

• Mid-sized company but retaining the speed and flexibility of a smaller company.
• We are a

great environment

for both outgoing people and those who are very shy and introverted (applicable to non-client facing positions).

• We strive to have every employee sitting near a window for

natural light

and to have plenty of

plants

throughout the office; we care about employee health.

• Free onsite

massage

therapy.

• Private

nap rooms

for isolated thinking time or for taking a nap if you didn’t sleep well last night.

• Atrium to enjoy the sun during lunch.
• Social events

worth remembering

(fencing competitions, curling, video game or board game parties, coding competitions, commando combat training,

robotics club

coming soon, etc).

• An example of our culture:

Lunch together

is in a very comfy sofa room, and even the quiet types are comfortable there.

• Unlimited access to pillage our kitchens for caffeine, sugar, healthy snacks, soups, and more :)
• Additional perks that are cost-shared like motorized sit-stand desks.
• Task focused: everyone in the company heavily uses centralized to-do lists to stay organized, prioritize, and coordinate.
• Fast paced
• Consistent work/life balance: mandatory overtime is very rare.