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Senior Cinematics Artist

Atomhawk is a world-leading art and design studio. Our key goal is to provide world-class design and digital art production services to leading clients across games, film and digital media.

The Senior Cinematic Artist will be responsible for helping to lead teams to create motion graphics, animation (2.5D) and cinematics in a broad range of styles in accordance with the requirements of each project/client.

The role involves:

· Evaluating scripts and creating script breakdowns

· Creating animatics to determine pacing, camera work, and transitions

· Creating polished animations with parallax, character animation and VFX

· Processing and incorporating audio

· Provide cinematic direction, feedback, and practical training to the wider cinematics team.

Typical projects often require unique approaches to the narrative delivery and style of the animation, making adaptability a key skill. You must have a broad range of styles and be able to demonstrate those through their portfolio. The successful candidate will be able to work quickly and consistently deliver innovative/high quality ideas and polished final animations.

Please include a link or file to your showreel or animation portfolio, providing examples of Animation/Cinematics from either personal or professional projects.

Motion Graphics and Cinematics Animators at Atomhawk work on a variety of projects alongside their team members. We work with leading brands including WB Games, XBOX Game Studios, 2K, EA and Zenimax, helping shape the visual design of the games of tomorrow.

Functional Responsibilities:

• Development of cinematics at storyboards, previz and final quality stages.
• Using techniques like parallax, displacement, and puppet-style animation.
• Establishing narrative structure, timings, and editing.
• Developing bespoke visual effects.
• Providing clear and constructive written and verbal feedback to other members of the art team.
• Support, mentor and guide others and be actively involved in staff training and development as required.
• A self-motivated team player capable of educating others.

Required Skills:

• Ability to interpret Client briefs independently.
• Fluent with Adobe Creative suite, specifically After Effects and Premiere.
• Instinctive understanding of cinematic principles and storytelling techniques.
• Ability to effectively composite 2D and 3D sources.
• Experience with industry-leading After Effects plugins, i.e. Trapcode, Spine, Etc.
• Experience with After Effects Expression Language / JavaScript.
• Ability to learn and apply new techniques.

Desirable Skills:

• Good knowledge of videogames and films.
• Knowledge of real-time animation in Unreal / Unity.
• Experience with dedicated Animation and VFX programs like Blender, 3DS Max, Maya, Houdini and Nuke.

Education and Experience:

• 3-5 years industry experience.
• Experience working directly with clients and other internal disciplines to fulfil client briefs.
• A portfolio that demonstrates the ability to meet industry standard level of work (Cinematics and 2.5D Animation).
• Experience supporting and mentoring more Junior team members, including supporting leadership with annual appraisals.
• Experience of dealing directly with clients, including Art Directors and Producers.

Creativity thrives through diversity, not conformity. Every Atomhawk applicant and employee is afforded space and freedom to be their true self, with no fear of prejudice or persecution. During the application process, you won’t be judged on your name, your gender, your sexuality, your ethnicity, your age, your religion, or any other factor unrelated to your ability to do the job.

As well as having the chance to work on some incredible projects, Atomhawk offers a unique environment for those wanting to be surrounded by like-minded creative people. We have one of the largest in-house teams of specialist digital artists in the world, providing a collaborative community that works, develops and socialises together.

Atomhawk provides structured career development and training pathways for staff at all levels. We offer flexible working hours and a strict ‘No-Crunch’ culture, meaning overtime is not required or forced within the art team. This is alongside a competitive salary, relocation allowance and comprehensive benefit and bonus scheme.

Our UK studio is based in the North East of England on the banks of the River Tyne. Newcastle Quayside is just a short walk from our office, with hundreds of bars, shops and restaurants to choose from. Not only being one of the UK’s most affordable major cities to live in, it is also close to the coast and countryside, perfect for when you want a change of pace from the buzz of the city. Transport connections are excellent, with Newcastle International Airport offering flights across the world.