At Black Spectacles we’re on the hunt for teammates who:
- Are passionate about architecture and making an ambitious impact on the architecture and design community.
- Love to work on small, remote teams
- Owns it- comfortable taking responsibility for your work
- Take calculated risks and encourage others to do the same
- Take a world-class approach to everything you do
- Makes it safe to share ideas
- Takes care of your people
If this sounds like you, we need to talk!
Black Spectacles is an ambitious group of 25 fully remote teammates with the goal of growing to 75 over the next two years to support our purpose of helping architects thrive in their careers, trying to achieve big things to support the architecture community.
At Black Spectacles, you’ll benefit from working with a team who lives and celebrates our values every day, and you can be sure that you will regularly see and feel the impact of your work. As a fully remote company you’ll benefit from working from home year round, and from quarterly company trips to keep you connected to your team.
Black Spectacles has been recognized by Great Place to Work and Built In as a great place to work, by the American Institute of Architects for the national impact we’re having on the profession of architecture, and has been recognized by Inc Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in the country.
To keep that momentum going strong, we’re on the hunt for a Motion Graphic Artist to create 2D graphics and 3D animations for our learning videos and help bring the ideas we’re teaching to life.
You Will:
- Work with video production team to create 2D motion graphics for video content
- Update videos for voice over and address feedback from production team
- Participate in regular storyboarding exercises to visualize learning content
- Attend and participate in daily or weekly projects and review meetings
- Sketch and outline potential concepts for motion graphics in videos
- Edit videos on feedback from Art Director or Production Team
- Work on motion graphics for multiple videos at a time
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge about motion graphics technologies and techniques
- Be a supportive team member that will help to establish and grow the Black Spectacles brand
- Specific types of content being design and animated are along the lines of objects and buildings: character modeling and animation is not required.
Requirements
- Expert in After Effects
- Expert in 2D animation and design
- Experience with storyboards and visualizing complex concepts through design
- Strong keyframing ability
- Solid understanding of timing and spatial design
- Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
- Experience with editing and Premier Pro
- Ability to create, edit and maintain graphic assets
- Ability to take constructive criticism and adjust design based on feedback provided
- Experience in Architecture field is a big plus
Benefits
- Chicago based, fully remote remote role
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Health, Dental, Vision, Short-term / Long-term Disability and Life insurance
- Flexible Savings Accounts and Health Savings Accounts
- 401k with Employer match
- Employee referral program
- Team events amp; quarterly gatherings
Black Spectacles is an equal opportunity employer.