Freelance After Effects/Graphic Designers

About the Job

If you are an exceptionally gifted Graphic Designer with crazy After Effects skills and you are looking to be part of a company where you can utilize your creativity to inspire, then this freelance position is perfect for you.

We are looking for extremely talented freelance graphic designer/motion graphics artist to produce 1 min mini movies/short films. If you are passionate about your faith and want to be part of the internet's largest provider of church-related media resources then you will love working with us.

Requirements: The skills needed for this position can be ranked in the following order of importance. 1. Graphic Designer with exceptional typographic abilities and brilliantly trendy design style. 2. Creative conceptualizing of scenes + script. Tell a story visually that will inspire. 3. Accurate. Meticulous eye for detail. Perfectionist in every way. Great speller. Great Grammar 4. Amazing After Effects guru. On top of all the latest motion trends etc. 5. Deadline-driven 6. Able to work closely with art-director If you are the ideal candidate then you will own or have access to production equipment including camera, mics, sound, green screen, effects packages and lots of material to make your work great!

We will give you access to music and a photo-stock account if needed. You should have professional knowledge in using production software such as After Effects, Premier, Sorenson Squeeze, Video Compression, Photoshop, Illustrator. You should know how to render and compress for web, M4V, MPEG, MP4 and WMV. Description of typical workflow: The videos you will be creating are based on the Christian Calendar and some non-religious events/holidays. You will be creating inspirational short films ( 1-2 min.) for use by Churches during their Sunday service, bible studies or worship events. Themes range from Valentines Day, Lent, Palm Sunday to Easter, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. In using video and after effects, it is your job to come up with a creative way to visually illustrate a message or short script that depicts the meaning or ideas behind a holiday or event listed above. It should inspire the viewer and make them want to share it with others.

Interviews will be conducted via telephone and e-mail. For that reason all final candidates will be required to submit a test/demo project on a theme dictated by us. Based on your resume, demo reel and the test project we will make our decision.

If you meet these requirements then send us your resume and a link to your online demo-reel.