ANIMATOR

Fed up of being a small cog in a large machine? Or a large cog with no machine?

Join a fast-growing agency, progress quickly, and have a creative impact from day one. If you're looking for a great team, personal development and role to make your own, then we might just have a spot for you!

P.S We also give you your birthday off! (view all our benefits below)

PLEASE NOTE THIS POSITION IS BEING FILLED ON A ROLLING BASIS SO DO APPLY IMMEDIATELY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

The Role
We're looking for a talented & creative animator for a full-time role. You need to be great in After Effects and also decent at video editing in Premiere, though your main skill will be animation. You should have a great eye for design, detail and love working on corporate and promotional briefs.

Essential Skills
Intermediate After Effects Skills in 2D animation and motion graphics
Be highly creative and thrive in a lively creative environment
Self-motivated and able to engage well in a team
Happy to work on multiple projects at the same time
Experience of working to tight deadlines
Have an awesome showreel or website showcasing a range of projects
Love to interact with clients.
Bonus: Some experience of Premiere Pro

The Shoots Group
We're making the most creative content in fintech (Finance Shoots) and education (Uni Shoots) and that starts with you.

We're committed to giving you the opportunity to grow, learn new skills, and work on great projects with high-profile clients.

That means you'll get creative autonomy from day one, and the freedom to develop in line with your goals.

Our Brands: financeshoots.com, unishoots.com

Benefits
As well as awesome colleagues and engaging work, there are loads of ways we help our team do the most creative work of their lives. We often review and enhance them, but here's a brief overview of the benefits we offer right now. If you'd like more information on any of them, just ask!

?? Compensation
Your manager reviews your salary every 6 months.
Proactive pay increases to reflect growing responsibilities.

?? Flexible work
We trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.
Work from home up to 4 days a week, as long as you have a space which allows you to do your best work.
We'll pay for any equipment you need to do your job at home.

?? Health & Wellbeing
Paid sick leave for both physical & mental health
Health insurance via Vitality
Discounted subscription to the meditation app Headspace (£15 a year)

?? Pension
We'll automatically enrol you into our pension scheme with Smart Pensions
We offer a 3% employer contribution
You'll need to pay 3% too, and you can opt to pay more for the tax benefits!
You can opt out if you'd prefer not to have a pension at all

?? Commuting
We're a member of the cycle-to-work scheme
Season ticket loans with Commuter Club (we pay the interest)
?? Community
Lunch on us once a month if you're office-based
Regular company wide socials like cinema and pub trips
Attendance is 100% optional - if you just don't fancy it, there's no pressure
Get creative for charities through our sister company Filmmakers for Change

?? Holiday
24 days' holiday a year, plus bank holidays and your birthday - please use them all!
Or, you can opt out of bank holidays and take 32 days' holiday whenever you like

?? Learning
Learning budget of £500 a year for books, training courses, and conferences
Collaborate across the TSG Group on projects with Uni Shoots, Edible & Filmmakers for Change

The Details
The application process consists of a short email application (see below), a remote interview with the MD, and an in person interview with the MD and CD.

Salary based on experience, 25k to 35k, plus benefits.

We don't just want you to feel like you belong here, we want you to feel like you can thrive here. No two creators or clients are the same, so at Finance Shoots, neither are we. We encourage application from different underrepresented demographics.

Apply
PLEASE NOTE THIS POSITION IS BEING FILLED ON A ROLLING BASIS SO DO APPLY IMMEDIATELY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
Please email with the below information:
Put the title of the job you are applying for in the subject line
Video Application - Record a video (max 2 minutes in length, hosted on Youtube or Vimeo):
Introduce Yourself
Why do you want to work at our agency?
Where do you want to be in two years?
Earliest Start Date
LinkedIn Profile
Phone Number
Portfolio - Please give us a link to your whole portfolio of work - somewhere where we can watch all of your videos individually, and not a showreel. It should be clear what your involvement in each project was.
Best Example of Past Work - Please submit one link to your best project where you did the majority if not all of your work
Showreel - a link to your most recent showreel.

Note: Remote interviews will take place on the 1st October. In person interviews will take place on the 8th October.