Senior Specialist, Creative Services

Role Overview

• Conceive, model, light, and render professional three-dimensional (3D) animations that visualize products, systems, and capabilities for marketing, customer engagements, trade shows, and internal communications
• Edit and finish video, combining animation, live footage, motion graphics, audio, and titling into a polished piece that carries a clear narrative from open to close
• Translate technical and engineering subject matter into accurate, accessible visual stories, partnering with engineers and program teams to get the details right
• Apply artificial intelligence (AI) tools where they improve quality or speed, incorporating them into the animation and video workflow in line with company policy and security requirements
• Carry projects independently from creative brief through delivery, managing your own timelines, files, and revisions while keeping stakeholders informed at the right moments
• Apply brand standards consistently across every deliverable, keeping color, type, motion, and tone aligned with the company identity, so the work reads as one voice
• Collaborate with creative peers, marketing and communications stakeholders, and program leads, incorporating feedback while protecting the quality and intent of the work
• Maintain organized project files, render pipelines, and asset libraries so work is repeatable, reusable, and easy for the team to pick up
• Travel up to ten percent (10%) may be required to support events, shoots, and on-site production
• Mentor junior creative staff on 3D and video technique where the opportunity arises and contribute to a studio culture that takes pride in its craft

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience
• Experience producing finished 3D renders and animations and editing them into completed video deliverables, demonstrated through a portfolio or reel
• This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a clearance
• Fluency in industry-standard 3D and animation software such as Cinema 4D, Unreal Engine 5, Blender, Autodesk Maya, or 3ds Max, along with rendering tools such as Redshift, Octane, or Arnold
• Extensive knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud for editing and finishing, particularly After Effects and Premiere Pro, with comfort moving assets between motion and edit
• Skilled in color grading, sound design, and compositing to finish a piece to broadcast quality
• Experience with motion graphics and 2D animation to complement 3D work
• Experience with virtual production pipelines
• Familiarity working from computer-aided design (CAD) data or engineering models as source material for animation

Tech Stack

• Amazon Redshift
• Cloud
• Unreal Engine

Benefits

• Health and disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• Education assistance
• Parental leave
• Paid time off
• Company-paid holidays