Visual Effects Artist

Aquent Talent; Menlo Park (CA); Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidized health plans

Paid sick leave

Retirement plans with match

Job summary

A talent recruitment agency is seeking a talented VFX Artist to join a creative team supporting a global social media company. In this role, you'll create visually compelling motion content for digital platforms, applying your expertise in tools like Adobe After Effects and Houdini. The ideal candidate is passionate about animation and design, with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to thrive under deadlines. Collaborate within an innovative environment that values diversity and creativity.

Qualifications

• Expert proficiency in Adobe After Effects is required.
• Experience in Nuke, Cinema4D, Maya, Blender, or similar tools is preferred.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement stunning visual effects.
• Edit and refine footage masterfully.
• Combine multiple video layers seamlessly.
• Develop engaging animated titles and infographics.
• Perform precise color correction and enhancement.
• Manage project assets efficiently and streamline workflows.

Skills

Adobe After Effects

Compositing

Keyframing

Animation principles

Collaboration

Tools

Houdini

Maya

Nuke

Cinema4D

Blender

Premiere Pro

Photoshop

Illustrator

Job description

We are seeking a talented VFX Artist to join our creative team supporting a global social media and technology company renowned for connecting billions of people worldwide through groundbreaking technologies.

In this role, you’ll create visually compelling motion content for digital and social platforms—designing graphics, transitions, and post-production effects that enhance storytelling and brand engagement across multiple media channels. This position is ideal for someone fluent in Adobe After Effects, Houdini, and Maya and passionate about bringing static assets to life through animation, compositing, and design.

What You\'ll Do:

• Design and implement stunning visual effects
• Masterfully edit and refine footage
• Seamlessly combine multiple video layers,
• Develop engaging animated titles, lower thirds, infographics, and other dynamic elements for a diverse range of video projects.
• Perform precise color correction and enhancement, adjusting color, lighting, and overall visual style to perfectly align with project specifications and creative vision.
• Develop and maintain reusable templates and manage project assets efficiently, streamlining workflows and ensuring consistency across projects.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• Experience in some of these tools: Nuke, Cinema4D, Maya, Blender, or similar tools.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe After Effects.
• Familiarity with other Adobe Creative Cloud tools, including Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
• Strong understanding of compositing, keyframing, and core animation principles.
• Demonstrated ability to create and effectively utilize After Effects templates and expressions.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a proven ability to thrive and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication and collaborative teamwork skills.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world\'s biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We\'re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

Client Description:

Based in Menlo Park, California, this top social media company builds technologies that help people connect. Their mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.

With a culture of constantly iterating, solving problems and working together to connect people all over the world, it\’s important that their workforce reflects the diversity of the people they serve. Hiring people with different backgrounds and points of view helps make better decisions, build better products and create better experiences for everyone.

Working here, you’ll:

• Be part of their mission of community building
• Work on the most visible apps and services in the social media industry
• Work in an Agile environment, in constant iteration and problem-solving mode
• Have a hand in developing products that empower more than 3 billion people around the world to share ideas, offer support and make a difference

Why work with AQUENT? Check out our awesome benefits: https://aquent.com/talent/talent-benefits

Aquent is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.