Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Off The Record is a company dedicated to making legal services accessible and affordable. They are seeking a Senior Animator (2D) & Illustrator to produce animated content for their Traffic Tales series and support broader brand creative initiatives. The role involves storyboarding, animating, and designing characters and environments while maintaining a consistent visual style.
Responsibilities
• Storyboard/animatics from scripts or transcripts
• Design characters, environments, and props in series style
• Animate snappy, platform‑native reels (IG/TikTok/Shorts) with great comedic timing
• Mix SFX/music/dialogue and deliver final masters
• Spin up new formats: help prototype and launch additional animated series and short explainers.
• Create web graphics, icon systems, ad creatives, and social templates
• Build motion graphics for explainers and new social concepts
• Edit live‑action and UGC—punch‑up pacing, add motion, captions, and memes
• Color script and art‑direct scenes (you know color theory cold)
• Maintain a consistent look & file hygiene (layer naming, comps, proxies)
• Review performance and iterate—you care what the audience responds to
• Manage revisions quickly, deliver on time.
Skills
• Mastery of Adobe Creative Cloud (After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro), DaVinci Resolve and/or Final Cut Pro
• Color theory (palettes, mood, contrast, readability)
• Creative video editing for short‑form and explainers
• Excellent typography/layout; strong illustration or asset‑building skills
• Character Animation: frame-by-frame, rigging, lip-sync, facial swaps, timing, easing, squash & stretch.
• Story & Comedy: storyboarding, beat selection, comedic timing, readable on-screen text pacing.
• Lottie/Bodymovin for web micro-animations
• Basic sound design/music editing
• Figma for marketing pages and ad variations
• Automation (AE scripts, render queue tools) to speed output
Company Overview
• Off The Record is the smart way to fight any traffic ticket. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://offtherecord.com.
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