We’re looking for an experienced Technical Animator to join our Creative Services team. This is a highly technical animation role where attention to detail really matters. You’ll be producing a wide range of digital and motion content, including video, TV advertising, film visual effects and bespoke animations.
While strong creative animation skills are essential, this role has a strong technical focus. A deep understanding of Adobe After Effects, particularly building files to support templating, is key. You’ll be someone who obsesses over detail, takes pride in precision, and enjoys delivering work to an exceptionally high standard, even at pace.
You’ll work closely with Project Managers, Creative Directors and Account teams to ensure briefs are fully understood and delivered accurately, efficiently and on time.
Key Responsibilities:
- Interpreting and understanding complex creative briefs
- Producing high-quality animation and motion content across a variety of digital and broadcast formats
- Building well-structured, technically robust After Effects files suitable for both manual output and templating
- Working closely with creative, technical, operations and client service teams to deliver outstanding content
- Being meticulous with quality assurance, reviewing final outputs to ensure accuracy and consistency
- Providing accurate time estimates for projects and delivering against agreed SLAs
- Working to defined creative guidelines when adapting existing assets or creating new content from scratch
- Thriving under pressure while maintaining accuracy, detail and speed
- Identifying opportunities to add value, improve efficiency and optimise project builds
- Communicating clearly with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle
Requirements
- Expert-level knowledge of Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro
- Strong working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
- A good understanding of production workflows and encoding for multiple platforms
- Ability to turn around high-quality video and motion content quickly without compromising quality
- Confident using After Effects to build and maintain templates
- Experience working on TV output is beneficial but not essential
- Experience with sound and music editing is an advantage
- Ability to create animation or video storyboards is a bonus
- Willingness and ability to learn new platforms and technologies as part of the role
Benefits
On top of a competitive salary, you can expect a whole load of perks:
- 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays – we understand the importance of you getting some down time.
- Annual Wellbeing Day – enjoy an additional day on us to look after your physical and mental wellbeing.
- Pension Scheme – helping you save towards your retirement home in the sun!
- Corporate Medical Cash Plan – claim back the cost of your medical treatments.
- So many savings – through our online community platform, you can access dozens of daily deals, from money off top brands to discounts on days out.
- Employee Assistance Programme – our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you’re happy, we’re happy.
- Cycle to Work Scheme – save on the cost of biking to work.
- Monthly Employee Awards - Employee of the Month programme with £250 bonus
- Raising money for charity including a paid Volunteer Day – we’re all about giving back… and having lots of fun in the process!
- Referral scheme – know the perfect person to join the team? You could bag £1,500 for a putting a good word in.
- Wellbeing Programme – giving you the opportunity to join regular, interactive Wellbeing Workshops or join our 30 plus Wellbeing Champions.
- Enhanced Family Friendly Leave – support for you and your family to help you navigate through the craziness of family life.
We Value Diversity
We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.
We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation, but the wider industry too.
At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet, because we’re always stronger together.
ITG have a number of community groups (ERGs) available to employees which offer a safe space for like-minded colleagues, with shared interests to connect, socialise and check in with each other. These include Black ITGers Together, LGBTQ+ Together, Mens Health Together, Muslims Together, Neurodiversity Together, Working Parents and Carers Together and Women In Tech Together.
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