Animator

3M; Surprise (AZ); On-site; USD 82,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

3M in Surprise, AZ is seeking an Animator to join a leadership-driven team on a contract basis. You will contribute to projects tied to concrete metrics, while mentoring colleagues and continuously expanding your skill set.

This role offers the chance to grow within 3M, develop cross-functional collaboration, and deliver outcomes with a clear documentation trail, all without relocating from Arizona.

Qualifications

• Experience mentoring or supporting senior teammates.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Growth mindset and openness to feedback.
• Adaptability to plant roots quickly.
• Ability to mentor and collaborate across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Tie general effort back to a number 3M cares about.
• Read the room and adjust how you pitch Emotional Intelligence to each audience.
• Maintain clear documentation of work performed and outcomes delivered.
• Keep Cultural Awareness documentation current as the work outpaces it.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across 3M to hit shared goals.
• Balance independent work with effective contract team collaboration.
• Coordinate scheduling, resources, and logistics for assigned tasks.
• Keep skills current through ongoing training and self-directed learning.

Skills

Networking

Mentoring

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Growth mindset

Adaptability

Job description

The next Animator at 3M will inherit a general team that respects Leadership and is allergic to busywork. Sum it up however you want — contract Animator, $82,000 - $112,000, 5 years of Networking, and a stake in 3M that only deepens.

Key Responsibilities

• Tie general effort back to a number 3M cares about
• Read the room and adjust how you pitch Emotional Intelligence to each audience
• Maintain clear documentation of work performed and outcomes delivered
• Keep Cultural Awareness documentation current as the work outpaces it
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across 3M to hit shared goals
• Balance independent work with effective contract team collaboration
• Coordinate scheduling, resources, and logistics for assigned tasks
• Keep skills current through ongoing training and self-directed learning

What You'll Bring

• A Surprise grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support senior teammates
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• A knack for Mentoring that colleagues quietly come to rely on
• A growth mindset and openness to constructive feedback

People choose 3M because we pair ambitious technology with a team that genuinely cares, right here in Surprise. At 3M feedback has a short half-life, delivered close to the moment it can still help.

We start the conversation at $82,000 - $112,000 and end it with mentorship, benefits, and the flexibility to grow without relocating from AZ.

Demand on the general team has us moving fast to fill this seat.

Reach out, walk us through your Cultural Awareness, and let's see if 3M is your next stop.