Animator / Editor position
summary
Note: You must have a showreel of commercial or documentary work. We will not accept narrative fiction reels.
We will not respond to any applications without a showreel.
Salary: Upto £30,000 DOE
Hybrid working
Cycle to Work Scheme
28 days Annual Leave per year + 1 day each year with the company. Free coffees, teas, and fruit in the office!
Monthly team activities
Pension scheme, health cash plan, and personal and work mental healthsupport programme
We are looking for a driven and passionate person to help us hit our ambitious creative and business objectives. We are a small but well established creative agency in the process of growth.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an editor/animator to support our expanding range of clients and work alongside our team on a range of projects.
The successful candidate will have a number of years experience in editing motion- graphic focussed commercial content for corporate clients. In addition, you will need excellent time and project management skills, strong communication and above all, a passion for visual communication.
The role will primarily entail the production of motion graphic and animated content for our growing customer base. This will vary from short idents, to motion graphical elements within live video productions, through to fully animated films. With Social Media being the focus of much of the work, an understanding of ad platforms and an awareness of changing trends is vital to ensure our clients get the best performance from our content.
You will be expected to work across a number of clients at the same time and ensure each customer account is given the focus and attention to detail we pride ourselves on delivering.
about you
- 3 years relevant industry experience
- The ability to work under pressure while maintaining a sense of humour and a calm
controlled manner
- A self-starter with high attention to detail
- Deadline driven with effective time management skills
- Ability to work within/develop/create new systems of working
- Well-rounded interpersonal skills and to work with a range of stake-holders, with a
confidence in communicating and working with people from a variety of
backgrounds and fields
- Ambitious – able to set personal aims, targets and goals, self-motivate and to use
own initiative, in order to prioritise and manage conflicting demands
Essential Skills
- Strong design grounding and fluency with Adobe After Effects
- A competent FCPX editor
- Experience of creating on-screen titles, motion graphics and animation
- Placing graphics over live action footage
- To be innovative / creative / inquisitive to push forward new initiatives
- Impeccable attention to detail
- An understanding of the importance of Brand Identity and communication in both B2B & B2C marketing
Desirable
- Illustration/Drawing
- Demonstrable ability in CGI/VFX/cinema 4D
- Strong typography understanding and creative skills
- Editing live action video
- Experience of creating and delivering social media campaigns
- Any additional post-production skills – grading, sound design/mixing etc.
about us
Blueprint Film are an award-winning video production company creating branded content, documentary film and social media campaigns. With clients ranging from global brands to social enterprises, we have the experience, ideas and passion to understand audiences and deliver fresh and engaging video productions.
Blueprint Film is a company that love ideas, we are able to translate complex briefs into compelling content thanks to our talented and devoted creative team and their diverse skill sets and backgrounds. We have the enthusiasm and vision to explore, innovate and create content that surpass client briefs and engage audiences. We are firm believers in removing the perceived boundaries surrounding digital content; instead of questioning whether it can be achieved, we find out how and when.
Successful video content is a powerful medium and can transform the way a company, product or charitable aim is conveyed. We want to help people harness that power.
We have offices in Kent and London, and for this role it is desired that the successful applicant works some of the time in our London office.
Apply
Please send a CV and cover letter as well as examples of your work to admin@blueprintfilm.co.uk. Please cover all elements of our essential skills, any applicable non-essential skills, and also anything else you deem could be important or useful to the role.