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As we continue to grow our teams, we urge you to be cautious of fraudulent job postings or recruitment activities that misuse our company name and information. Please protect your personal information during any recruitment process. While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website (monks.com/careers).\nSenior Animator & Video Editor \nAbout the Opportunity\nWe are looking for a highly skilled, versatile, and forward-thinking Animator & Video Editor to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for creating high-impact video assets and dynamic animations for editorial, digital, and social media platforms.\nOur ideal candidate is a fast, flexible go-getter with a strong artistic eye and an eager curiosity for modern technology. You combine classic visual storytelling and traditional animation/editing workflows with cutting-edge Generative AI tools and advanced post-production techniques.\nIn this role, you will:\nFull-Lifecycle Production: Develop complex 2D animation and video projects from initial concept and design to final compositing, editing, and audio mastering.\n Motion Graphics & Animation: Create dynamic motion graphics, kinetic typography, character animations (2D & 3D nice to have), cel animation, and customizable motion templates.\nAI-Assisted Workflows: Integrate advanced Generative AI platforms into everyday workflows for visual generation, style exploration, asset creation, and video/audio processing.\nAdaptability & Optimization: Resize, adapt, and optimize video assets across multiple formats, platforms, and social media channels.\nCollaboration: Partner with Art Directors, Copywriters, and Creative Strategy teams to deliver technical and creative solutions to communication challenges.\nNice to Have Skills:\nCreative Concept & Storytelling: Generate creative ideas, storyboards, and scripts to build compelling audiovisual narratives for editorial and social platforms.\nCreative Concept & Storytelling: Generate creative ideas, storyboards, and scripts to build compelling audiovisual narratives for editorial and social platforms.\n3D & Visual Arts Skills: Strong fundamentals in graphic design, illustration, organic and hard-surface modeling, texturing, lighting, and shading.\nRequired Experience & Qualifications:\n 3+ years of experience as an Audiovisual Designer, Motion Graphics Artist, or Video Editor in agency, editorial, or entertainment environments.\nBachelor’s Degree (BA) in Audiovisual Design, Animation, Digital Arts, Graphic Design, or related fields (desired).\n Core Technical Expertise: Expert-level knowledge in video editing, motion graphics, compositing, rotoscoping, tracking, color grading, and audio post-production (desired)\nCommunication & Management: Strong organizational skills, creative problem-solving abilities, and the capacity to manage projects independently or collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.\nTechnical Skills & Toolset:\n1. Editing, Post-Production & Color\nAdobe Premiere Pro\nDaVinci Resolve\nTopaz Video AI\n2. Motion Graphics, Animation & Design\nAdobe After Effects (including Trapcode Suite & Lottie)\nAdobe Photoshop & Illustrator\nFigma\nCinema 4D & Blender\n3. Generative AI & Next-Gen Tools\nImage & Concept Generation: Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Stable Diffusion, Comfy UI\n Video & Motion AI: Runway, Google AI (Veo3, NanoBanana, Whisk)\nAudio AI: ElevenLabs\n4. Animation & Post-Production Techniques\nAnimation: 2D/3D Character Animation, Cel Animation, Motion Graphics, Storyboarding.\n Visual Effects (VFX) & Compositing: Rotoscoping, Tracking, Compositing, Color Grading.\n3D Pipeline: Organic Modeling, Hard-Surface Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, and Shading.\nAsset Management: Template Creation, Resizing, and Multi-platform Adapting.\nAbout Monks\nMonks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc, where our culture centers on how we show up for the work and for one another. That begins with the commitment to strive for mastery-taking deep pride in our craft and creating work that sets the bar. In everyday execution, we drive momentum by choosing bold action rather than waiting for certainty. Above all, our teams are stronger together, bringing diverse perspectives into a unified team that communicates with clarity, trust, and mutual respect.\nThis commitment to craft and innovation translates directly into widespread industry acclaim: Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services and a leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Digital Marketing Agencies. It ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization (2025), Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2026 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in the Human-Machine Interaction Team category. 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