Animator

Overview:

Two Barrels is hiring an Animator for $75,000/year. You will be a traditional company employee. This is a full time 40 hour/week position with company benefits. This is a remote position. Our main office is in Spokane WA, and we have satellite offices in Austin TX and Salt Lake City UT.

As an Animator at Two Barrels, you’ll be given many projects, some small, some large to bolster our marketing website content. Our ideal candidate would be someone who has been successful in a full-time animation position. This position will require you to be someone who can remain excited and creative about small projects that may be monotonous but there’s plenty of room to try new things and experiment with new technologies.

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Responsibilities:

• Create high-quality animations & designs by utilizing both hand key animation and motion capture data
• Understand needs, review scripts, design storyboards, develop characters, and create and edit animations
• Give and receive constructive, creative feedback across teams
• Collaborate with other designers, developers, & stakeholders
• Brainstorm and conceptualize ideas, with the ability to produce concept sketches and quick concept edits

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or certificate in computer animation, fine arts, graphic design, or related field
• More education, experience, or proficiency with specific animation software platforms
• Strong interpersonal, communication, presentation, and computer skills
• Understanding of animation, storytelling, and character development techniques
• Experience illustrating all aspects of project/design
• Attention to detail, adaptability, and receptiveness to feedback and direction
• Ability to work independently or with a team to develop animations and solve problems

Why you might like this job:

You enjoy being creative and are self-sufficient. Sometimes your ideas are a little out there, but you want to give them a try anyway. You’re tired of jumping around from client to client and want to be able to focus on making a creative impact for a business. You’ll be able to work on everything from design, illustrations, to character development and animations. If that sounds exciting to you, this just might be the job for you.

Benefits:

• Great Wage
• WFH comfort package
• 22 days paid time off (29 days after 3 years. Flexible time off after 5 years!)
• 4% retirement matching through a Charles Schwab 401(k)
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental and vision for employees
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Flexible hours
• Coffee shop next door
• Crappy parking? Oh, I mean a cool downtown location for easy public transportation options…