Assistant designer (Video Design & Animation)

Closing date: 30th September 2024 at 9am

Salary: £27,352 to £30,000 per annum

Contract: 12-month fixed term and permanent contracts available, to be discussed with the applicant as part of the interview and appointment.

Dust off your design portfolio! This award-winning studio is on the lookout for a new assistant designer with a background in video design and/or animation to join their multidisciplinary team.

59 is a multi award-winning studio based in London and New York. We conceive, design and deliver ambitious, large-scale story-driven artwork, stage shows and immersive experiences for live audiences, grounded by a deeply interdisciplinary process involving architecture, animation, video, light, sound, music and technical design. We work in partnership with some of the world’s most prestigious and ambitious clients, and with best-in-class partners globally across industries to build and deliver our projects. Current commissions include artworks, placemaking installations, temporary and permanent buildings, stage shows, ceremonies and events. 

We are looking for new Assistant Designers with a video design and/or animation background to join 59’s team. The role will work in our multidisciplinary Design Department to research, develop, refine and design responses to a broad slate of creative challenges across the company’s project portfolio.

59’s Design team is made up of video designers, animators, spatial designer, architects, lighting and technical designers. You will apply your specific design skills in one (or more) of these areas collaboratively, across a number of projects, to help realise our work. The person in this role will have a strong interest in design for storytelling and an enthusiasm to work across live events such as performance, exhibition and pavilion design. This role will suit someone early in their career designing for live performance or someone who has been working in another industry or context for some time and is looking to transfer their skills to 59’s work.

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience, education or training in video designer and/or digital animation
• An ability to communicate design ideas using a variety of techniques
• A strong interest in interdisciplinary design and collaborating with other specialisms 
• Comfortable working to deadlines and under pressure
• An experienced collaborator and a strong communicator
• Excellent command of Adobe tools for motion graphics and video,  especially After Effects, Photoshop and Premiere Pro
• A thorough understanding of digital media formats, including video codecs, 2D graphics and 3D model file formats
• A thorough and rigorous approach to organisation of research and assets
• Passionate about live performance and public arts projects

Desirable

• Analogue and digital drawing skills
• Experience of 3D modelling, texturing, lighting and rendering using Cinema 4D, Blender or similar packages
• Strong graphic design skills
• Experience of real-time content generation tools, such as Unreal, Touchdesigner, Unity, Notch or similar packages
• Experience of media servers and playback systems

Interviews dates

Round 1 - Wednesday 23rd October

Round 2 - Tuesday 29th October

To apply

To apply for this role, please send us the following details:

• A portfolio, showreel and/or something that showcases your skills
• A CV or something which tells us of your professional experience to date
• A cover letter (maximum two A4 sides) or up to 3 minutes of audio/video which tells us about how your previous experience meets the Person Specification and why you want to work with the 59 team. 

We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds to apply for this role. We believe a diverse range of voices, experiences and skills will help to inform, enrich and develop our working practices.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.