Designer / Animator

Job Description

Designer / Animator (C4D)

The Mill is a global creative partner for agencies, production companies and brands, working across all media channels and platforms.

We are trusted specialists in visual effects, creative technologies and content production. Our projects include the creation of digital products and virtual experiences, as well as world class visual effects and video production.

We are a vibrant network of talented artists, producers, directors and creative technologists from multinational backgrounds. We nurture innovation, flexibility and diverse ideas across our studios in London, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Berlin and Bangalore. We are all united by one single ambition: To create extraordinary and memorable work that captivates and excites audiences.

We are The Mill. We create the extraordinary.

We are looking for design-thinkers who are curious, highly self-motivated, and versatile to join The Mill NY as a Designer/Animator with a C4D focus.

Designers at the Mill work closely with teams of other Designers, Art Directors and Creative Directors to concept, design, and animate work. You will be given opportunities on a range of projects on teams small and large.

The Mill works in many different mediums, so we are looking for experience and an interest in multiple facets of design including typography, motion graphics animation, character animation, VR/AR/MR/XR, illustration, and 3D design & animation.

As Designer, you will begin to be exposed to clients with the support of the Head of Design, CDs, and ADs. You will be exposed to all phases of the production process, and represent a design-focused creative vision while interfacing with other Mill departments such as CG, Experiential, and Compositing.

The Mill offers a full range of benefits including training, mentorship, and personal creative development.

Qualifications
• Creating styleframes for animation concepts and pitches
• Generating design elements for larger VFX commercial projects
• Designing and animating solo or as part of larger global teams
• Exceptional portfolio of work, presented both in motion and static examples
• Previous design studio or similar experience
• Excellent time-management and communication skills
• Experienced in Cinema 4D, including a working knowledge of renderers such as Arnold or Redshift.
• Skilled in Adobe suite including After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Animation experience with a good sense of rhythm & timing

Pluses:
• Traditional or digital painting, illustration, and/or sculpture experience
• Experience with X-Particles and/or Houdini
• XR and/or realtime engine experience (Spark AR, Unreal, Unity, Touch Designer)

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-ro3wp1-18-119-139-59-42 in your application.