Volunteer: Animator
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
Our Mission is Simple
We Believe in Kids.
We Believe in Our Community.
We support programs that are transforming the lives of our community’s most vulnerable youth.
Measurable Impact
We believe that success should be measured by the lives that have been changed. That’s a difficult thing to quantify, so we’ve put together a few statistics for you. With the support of our generous donors, we’ve supported over 725 kids, and that’s just the start!
125,000 hours of around the clock care for boys experiencing trauma 550 hours of tutoring services for foster kids who have fallen behind 450 Title One students engaged in land conservation education activities 26 previously homeless children placed in early childhood education programs
Purpose and Goal
Believe In Me is looking for a disciplined and artistic person with a firm grasp of animation techniques, fundamentals, and software. The Animator will read through scripts and speak with clients to understand project needs, create storyboards and animations, and assist in the editing process. You should be collaborative, knowledgeable, and reliable.
To be a successful Animator, you should be adaptable, creative, and receptive to direction. You should have strong communication, interpersonal, and computer skills.
Responsibilities
Adhere to production calendars and ensure deadlines are metAnimate realistic, story-driven character actions that are exciting, emotional, and compelling.Animate creatures, props, vehicles, cameras, and actions based on storyboards, script pages, or descriptions.Creates scene layouts using a library of assets.Composes and animates cameras in a cinematic style.Works closely with the creative director to ensure the project’s requirements are met.Works under the guidance of the creative director and CEO to grow and develop the foundation and implement working methodologies, manage large projects, and coordinate the visual effects output and quality control.Works to ensure timely completion of character assets at the desired quality bar.Serves as an active participant in team art discussions, critiques, and reviews.
Qualifications
CreativityAnimation skillsGraphic design skillsVisionDeveloping creative standardsProficiency with illustration toolsDesktop publishing skillsMultimedia content development
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in animation or computer graphics1-3 years’ animation experienceGeneral knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and After EffectsAn understanding of aspect dynamics, animation rigging/set-up, and character animationKnowledge of the software and hardware used in the post-production processUnderstanding of the Visual Effects and associated pipelinesAttention to detail, strong technical skills, and creative problem solving are keyMust be committed to delivering a great project on time
How To Apply
Please use the following link to apply https //formstack.io/0F636
This is a volunteer opportunity provided by VolunteerMatch, in partnership with LinkedIn for Good.
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