Senior Content Creator - Character Animation

Moonbug Entertainment; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global entertainment company in London is seeking a Senior Content Creator focused on character animation. This role involves creating engaging animated YouTube Shorts designed for children. Ideal candidates should have advanced skills in 3D character animation and proficiency in Maya. Additional experience with editing software like Premiere Pro and After Effects is a plus, along with a passion for children's content.

Benefits

Free Private Healthcare

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave

Matched 5% pension scheme

Free yoga/fitness wellbeing classes

Free weekly lunch

Friday drinks @ 4pm

Qualifications

• Advanced skills in 3D character animation production including rigging, lighting, and rendering.
• Strong understanding of animation fundamentals such as timing and movement.
• Familiarity with creating engaging short-form animated content.

Responsibilities

• Create animated YouTube Shorts focusing on character animation.
• Edit and composite animated content using Premiere Pro and After Effects.
• Contribute creatively to story-led animated children’s content.

Skills

3D character animation

Rigging

Lighting

Adobe Premiere Pro

After Effects

Maya

Tools

Maya

Adobe Suite

Blender

Job description

About Moonbug Entertainment

Thank you for considering the Senior Content Creator - Character Animation role with Moonbug Entertainment, an award-winning global entertainment company inspiring kids everywhere to laugh, learn and grow. The company is behind some of the biggest kids’ entertainment brands in the world including CoComelon and Blippi. Moonbug believes every child should have access to our entertaining and enriching content, which is why our shows are available on more than 150 video platforms globally including Netflix, Disney+, BBC iPlayer and YouTube Kids. Moonbug is also a global leader in pre-school music and audio experiences, available on 100+ audio platforms globally. Moonbug brands extend far beyond the screen to include streaming music, toys, games, books, live events, and even theme park exhibits.

Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. By bringing together elite talent operating at the intersection of content, community, and commerce, it helps to position leading entertainment businesses for accelerated, sustainable growth in the current market and beyond.

London, Camden | Office based | Benefits including Free Private Healthcare, Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave, matched 5% pension scheme, free yoga/fitness wellbeing classes, free weekly lunch and Friday drinks @ 4pm

The Opportunity

We are looking for a creative and hands-on Senior Content Creator focusing on character animation to join our dynamic Shorts team. The Senior Content Creator will focus on producing animated YouTube Shorts content from start to finish. This role will need to work with our internal assets and be able to successfully create high quality, fun, educational & family-friendly animated content featuring some of our favourite Moonbug characters!

You will be familiar with ‘Made for kids’ youtube content and be able to ideate, plan, and produce short-form character based animated content that is engaging, visually compelling, and creatively diverse, with a strong emphasis on formats that entertain, educate, and inspire children and families.

Our ideal candidate will have the knowledge, skills & experience to spot & emulate trends on youtube in the made for kids space, and work in unison with the Shorts team to transform ideas into bigtime youtube shorts hits. Skills in editing and delivering live-action footage using Premiere Pro and After Effects are a bonus!

Responsibilities

• Create animated YouTube Shorts focusing on character animation and knowledge of modelling, rigging, lighting, and rendering of children's content and environments.
• Edit and composite animated and live-action content using Premiere Pro and After Effects.
• Contribute creatively to story-led animated children’s content.
• Explore the use of 2D animation and/or stop motion (if experienced) to develop experimental or hybrid Shorts content.

Requirements

• Advanced skills in 3D character animation production – including, rigging, lighting, rendering, and a solid understanding of animation fundamentals (e.g., timing, movement, performance).
• Highly skilled using Maya.
• Bonus: experience with Adobe Suite.
• Bonus: experience with stop motion.
• Bonus: experience with Blender.
• Other short-form platforms.