Senior Cinematics Artist

Job reference
- 9RrjrAi9JilO1_crt:1682444549522
- Company Name
- Sumo Digital Ltd.
- Salary
- Competitive
- Location
- Newcastle, United Kingdom
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Industry sector
- Art
- Job start date
- ASAP
- Posted date
- 25/04/2023
- Experience Level
- Mid-Senior Level
- Job type
- Permanent | Full Time
- Remote / Hybrid
- No

**Description**

**(Motion Graphics and 2.5D Animation)**

Atomhawk is a world-leading art and design studio. Our key goal is to provide world-class design and digital art production services to leading clients across games, film and digital media.
The Senior Cinematic Artist will be responsible for helping to lead teams to create motion graphics, animation (2.5D) and cinematics in a broad range of styles in accordance with the requirements of each project/client.
The role involves:

- Evaluating scripts and creating script breakdowns
- Creating animatics to determine pacing, camera work, and transitions
- Creating polished animations with parallax, character animation and VFX
- Processing and incorporating audio
- Provide cinematic direction, feedback, and practical training to the wider cinematics team.

If this interests you, we encourage you to send us your portfolio and show us what you'd bring to our flock You can see some of our motion graphics and Animation work here: Motion Graphics - Atomhawk

**Showreel Requirements**

Please include a link or file to your showreel or animation portfolio, providing examples of Animation/Cinematics from either personal or professional projects.

**Experience using Adobe After Effects is essential for this role.**

Motion Graphics and Cinematics Animators at Atomhawk work on a variety of projects alongside their team members. We work with leading brands including WB Games, XBOX Game Studios, 2K, EA and Zenimax, helping shape the visual design of the games of tomorrow.

**Functional Responsibilities**:

- Development of cinematics at storyboards, previz and final quality stages.
- Using techniques like parallax, displacement, and puppet-style animation.
- Establishing narrative structure, timings, and editing.
- Developing bespoke visual effects.
- Providing clear and constructive written and verbal feedback to other members of the art team.
- Support, mentor and guide others and be actively involved in staff training and development as required.
- A self-motivated team player capable of educating others.

**Required Skills**:

- Ability to interpret Client briefs independently.
- Fluent with Adobe Creative suite, specifically After Effects and Premiere.
- Instinctive understanding of cinematic principles and storytelling techniques.
- Ability to effectively composite 2D and 3D sources.
- Experience with industry-leading After Effects plugins, i.e. Trapcode, Spine, Etc.
- Experience with After Effects Expression Language / JavaScript.

**Desirable Skills**:

- Good knowledge of videogames and films.
- Knowledge of real-time animation in Unreal / Unity.
- Experience with dedicated Animation and VFX programs like Blender, 3DS Max, Maya, Houdini and Nuke.

**Education and Experience**:

- 3-5 years industry experience.
- Experience working directly with clients and other internal disciplines to fulfil client briefs.
- A portfolio that demonstrates the ability to meet industry standard level of work (Cinematics and 2.5D Animation).
- Experience supporting and mentoring more Junior team members, including supporting leadership with annual appraisals.
- Experience of dealing directly with clients, including Art Directors and Producers.

**About Atomhawk**

Atomhawk produces the very best in cutting-edge creative conceptualisation, visualisation, and realisation. Our client list includes major names - Warner Bros, Sony, Microsoft, SEGA, Activision, 2K, EPIC, The Pokémon Company and Blizzard all feature. And we like variety. Every project is different from the last. The spectrum covers gritty, hard-hitting
**Mortal Kombat**, irreverent and stylised
**Surgeon Simulator 2**, comic book superheroes, nostalgic childhood favourites and all things in between. Whichever franchise is on today's agenda
- **DC, Halo, Marvel, Mortal Kombat and Warhammer** - we move through their worlds with ease and creative curiosity.

The work our team produces is world-class. We've celebrated that fact in three artbooks. Each one features concept art, tutorials and professional tips. Volume 3 was created to mark the studio's 10th anniversary, and was displayed and sold at the Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle, where we held the exhibition Other Worlds: The Art of Atomhawk in 2020. You can take a virtual tour of the exhibition here.

Our output hasn't gone unnoticed. We received
**Best Companies' 3 Star Accreditation 2021** and
**Top Companies North East 2021**. We hold the
**Queen's Award for Enterprise for International Trade**, as well as the
**TIGA Star Award 2021**. We were also named
**Best Art/Animation/Trailer Supplier at the 2021 Develop