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Our New York office is looking for a highly motivated Edit Assistant / Tape Op to join our Trailers Department.
Preferred applicants will have experience working in Avid and a strong technical background (including knowledge of different video frame rates and formats, encoding and managements of diverse media). You will be assisting editors, audio engineers and account managers in a range of tasks related to our workflow, with potential growth into creative offline editing or post production possible. Enthusiasm for Film and TV advertising is valuable and encouraged.
You will need excellent organizational skills, attention to details, great communication skills and experiences prioritizing multiple deadlines.
Please send resumes to jobs@empiredesign.com.jobs@empiredesign.com
You will be working directly alongside the Creative Directors and Account Handlers as support for the day-to-day design and delivery of the creative. It's high pressure, hard work and long hours, but very rewarding.
The successful candidate will work across a wide range of leading studio releases on 2D and 3D design and animation of motion graphics for multiple theatrical and broadcast campaigns, including trailers, TV spots, social and DOOH.
In this role you are expected to export and deliver files to provided specifications and are responsible for general IT and housekeeping of software, plugins, assets, style guides, and naming convention compliance.
The candidate will also be required to mentor and at times manage other designers and their creative execution.
The successful candidate will have 5 years' experience in a broadcast and/or post production environment and ideally in an in-house creative department or creative agency.
A bachelor's degree in Motion Graphics, Graphic Design, Animation, or another relevant field is desirable.
A strong technical knowledge of post production processes, file formats and delivery specs for theatrical and broadcast platforms is essential, as well as having advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Photoshop), and industry standard plug-ins.
Type setting, exceptional design layout and typography skills, along with advance knowledge in Cinema 4D are also necessary.
Please include a cover letter, your CV, show reel/portfolio and salary expectations with your application to hr@empiredesign.com
The candidate should have 1-2 years' experience in an in-house creative department or a creative agency, ideally working within the entertainment sector (Film/TV).
Strong typography skills are essential and an excellent knowledge of After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator and all the relevant plugins, as well as good working knowledge of Cinema 4D.
The successful candidate will be someone who can work well with tight deadlines in a team environment.
If you’re interested in applying, please send a cover letter plus a copy of your CV and a link to your showreel to hr@empiredesign.com