🏢 Company: Hogarth
🇺🇸 Location: United States
🌎 Work Model: On-Site
About Hogarth
Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media – both established and emerging.
Our Approach
The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions. Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today’s content experience.
About WPP
WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore.
Why Work With Us
WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500. Our people are the key to our success. We’re committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.
Hybrid Working Model
We have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations. The expectation is that working life at Hogarth will involve working from the office for an average of 4 days per week for most people. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information.
Role of a Compositing Artist
We are looking for a hands-on Compositing Artist with expertise in Adobe After Effects and Photoshop and Nuke. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the interactive space, and its production requirements, as well as project management skills, organizational and leadership skills, and an eye for detail.
Key Responsibilities
Responsible for production and post-production of animations using internal proprietary processes and tools as well as industry standard methods and tools. Work closely with Motion Graphic Production Team Leads, Interactive Developers and Design, Video and Software teams. Work on multiple projects simultaneously and ensure production deadlines are met with accurate file handoffs for localization. Creates streamlined, organized files with anticipation of the production pipeline, potential technological constraints, and a tight localization schedule. Review final deliverables with an exacting eye ensuring all work meets client quality standards for video and animation deliverables. Provide production solutions through testing, research and prototyping. Coordinate training of newer team members with help from Team Leads and Production Manager. Identify and help implement opportunities for automation, process, design, file format, and technical improvements.
Qualifications
7+ years experience with Adobe After Effects. After Effects compositing and animation experience, with scripting and expressions a plus. Nuke, and Maya to After Effects workflow understanding or experience a plus. Solid understanding of basic 3D principles & pipeline. Photoshop knowledge and expertise, including but not limited to smart objects, resolution, and file export options. Illustrator knowledge and expertise pertaining to vector based animations. Solid standards-based HTML, CSS, and general web publishing knowledge. Batch production, Adobe, Javascript, and Mac based scripting experience a plus. Render farm setup and usage experience also a plus. Highly detail oriented, with a drive for perfection down to the last pixel. Thrives in a challenging, fast-paced web publishing workplace. Self-motivated with strong written and verbal communication skills. Establishes rapport and collaborates easily. Able to adhere to a consistent graphic production and checking process, while also identifying opportunities for improvement. Problem solver with experience troubleshooting technical challenges. Resourceful, adaptable, creative, and results-oriented with high energy and a positive attitude.
Preferred Skills
Artists should be able to extract sequence animations from After Effects in formats that integrate seamlessly with Nuke, ensuring smooth workflows between applications. The ability to export render passes from After Effects, preserving layer structures and effects for easy compositing in other downstream softwares. Artists should be able to leverage custom scripting or expressions in After Effects to optimize outputs for downstream compositing.
Salary and Benefits
This is a contract role. The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, go to https://www.wpp.com/en/careers/wellbeing/benefits-at-wpp-in-the-us for more details.
Pay Range
$60/hr – $76/hr
Equal Opportunity Employer
WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
Contact Information
Please contact careers@hogarth.com if you need the job advert or form in another format.
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