Compositing Artist

Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world's top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging.

The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions.

Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today's content experience.

A Hybrid working model

We have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations. The expectation is that working life at Hogarth will involve working from the office for an average of 4 days per week for most people . Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information.

What does a Compositing Artist do at Hogarth?
We are looking for a hands-on Compositing Artist with expertise in Adobe After Effects and Photoshop and Nuke. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the interactive space, and its production requirements, as well as project management skills, organizational and leadership skills, and an eye for detail.

Key Responsibilities:
Responsible for production and post-production of animations using internal proprietary processes and tools as well as industry standard methods and tools
Work closely with Motion Graphic Production Team Leads, Interactive Developers and Design, Video and Software teams
Work on multiple projects simultaneously and ensure production deadlines are met with accurate file handoffs for localization
Creates streamlined, organized files with anticipation of the production pipeline, potential technological constraints, and a tight localization schedule.
Review final deliverables with an exacting eye ensuring all work meets client quality standards for video and animation deliverables
• Provide production solutions through testing, research and prototyping
Coordinate training of newer team members with help from Team Leads and Production Manager
Identify and help implement opportunities for automation, process, design, file format, and technical improvements
7+ years experience with Adobe After Effects
After Effects compositing and animation experience, with scripting and expressions a plus
Nuke, and Maya to After Effects workflow understanding or experience a plus
Solid understanding of basic 3D principles & pipeline
• Photoshop knowledge and expertise, including but not limited to smart objects, resolution,and file export options
Illustrator knowledge and expertise pertaining to vector based animations
Solid standards-based HTML, CSS, and general web publishing knowledge
Batch production, Adobe, Javascript, and Mac based scripting experience a plus
Render farm setup and usage experience also a plus
Highly detail oriented, with a drive for perfection down to the last pixel
Thrives in a challenging, fast-paced web publishing workplace
Self-motivated with strong written and verbal communication skills
Establishes rapport and collaborates easily
Able to adhere to a consistent graphic production and checking process, while also identifying opportunities for improvement
Problem solver with experience troubleshooting technical challenges
Resourceful, adaptable, creative, and results-oriented with high energy and a positive attitude

Preferred:
Artists should be able to extract sequence animations from After Effects in formats that integrate seamlessly with Nuke, ensuring smooth workflows between applications.
The ability to export render passes from After Effects, preserving layer structures and effects for easy compositing in other down stream softwares.
Artists should be able to leverage custom scripting or expressions in After Effects to optimize outputs for downstream compositing.

This is a contract role.

The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, go to en/careers/wellbeing/benefits-at-wpp-in-the-us for more details.

Pay Range:

$60/hr - $76/hr

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Diversity & Inclusion

Hogarth is an equal-opportunity employer. That means we believe in creating a truly inclusive culture that values diversity, equity and inclusion for everyone through our ideas, our people, how we behave and how we conduct ourselves. We strive to recruit people from diverse backgrounds and support them to achieve long-term success. This not only makes Hogarth a better company and place to work, but an environment where everyone can give their point of view, experience connection, enjoy opportunity and feel a sense of belonging.

We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, military veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability. As part of our commitment to making our hiring processes as equitable as possible, we are currently rolling out a policy which ensures that hiring managers review CVs only after they have been processed through an automated anonymisation system. This aims to ensure that all candidates are considered for interview based solely on their experience and what they can bring to the role. The solution, provided by MeVitae, scans and redacts CVs to reduce potential reviewer bias.

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