Senior Medical Animator

Red Nucleus is hiring a Senior Medical Animator to join our global team! This is a hybrid role based out of our Toronto, ON office.

Our purpose is to advance knowledge to improve lives. We succeed by being the premier provider of strategic learning and development, scientific advisory services, and medical communications solutions for the life sciences industry. Our global team is composed of nearly 800 full-time employees whose commitment to creativity, quality, and on-time delivery is unrivaled in our space.

At Red Nucleus, we believe in providing a rich working environment that pushes us to innovate in ways that engages our employees to be their best selves. Our culture is about meaningful work, a true sense of community, and fun. We love to celebrate our people and we are proud to have been Internationally recognized as a “Great Place to Work”.

How You Will Contribute

In this position, you will be working with our Medical Communications, Canada team. For more information, please visit MedComms | Red Nucleus.

The Senior Medical Animator is responsible for developing high quality 2D/3D animations and presenting accurate scientific and medical information in a clear and engaging manner. The animator will conduct thorough scientific research, develop storyboards, build 3D models, composite scenes and develop animations through their entire life cycle in a fast-paced environment.

You are comfortable working on a close-knit and collaborative team with a wide range of skill sets and personalities. You enjoy the creative iterative problem-solving process required to bring original concepts and high-profile IPs to life in an immersive experience. You thrive in teams and would be described by your peers as a teammate who is always willing to go the extra mile in order to raise the bar.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the creation of high-quality 2D/3D medical animations; working on all aspects of production (modeling, animation, lighting, shading, rendering, basic dynamics, compositing).
• Conduct thorough scientific research for animation and interactive projects.
• Working with the Art Director, lead the creation of storyboards, including literature and visual research, creative solutioning, drawing frames and compiling storyboard documents.
• Create complex 2D motion graphic animations.
• Perform advanced video and audio editing tasks.
• Build 3D models and environments based on the storyboards.
• Work with external vendors and voice talents to produce professional narrations.
• Frequent contact with clients to discuss scientific and creative content.
• Mentor junior artists, conduct demos, support onboarding.
• Assist in the maintenance of and the establishment of new standard best practices.
• Stay abreast of new programs or techniques that help drive efficiency.

About You

Education: Science degree required; graduate of a Biomedical Communications discipline preferred.

Experience:

• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced production environment (5+ years working experience preferred).
• Excellent competency in all aspects of 3D animation production in at least one core 3D program (Autodesk Maya, 3DS Max, Maxon C4D), including modeling, shading, lighting, animating, dynamics and rendering (5+ years experience preferred).
• Good competency in other software packages, including ZBrush, Houdini, Substance Designer, Unity, Character Creator etc.
• Excellent competency in Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Media Encoder etc.).
• Excellent competency in all aspects of 2D animation production (5+ years experience preferred).
• Experience with storyboard development preferred.

Skills & Abilities:

• Creativity.
• Graphic design skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Passion for science and animation.

What You Will Enjoy at Red Nucleus:

• Competitive pay, incentives, retirement, and income security programs.
• Comprehensive benefits and wellness programs focused on healthy lifestyles.
• Generous paid time off, employee assistance programs and flexible work arrangements.
• Performance driven environment including professional development and transfer opportunities.
• People first culture fostering self expression, diversity, and a growth mindset.
• Celebrations! We love to celebrate service anniversaries, holidays, diversity and inclusion events, project milestones and anything else that is meaningful to our employees.
• Support of the community organizations you are passionate about.
• Ongoing programs and events designed to bring our global team together.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are valued at Red Nucleus and we believe we have a shared responsibility to provide equal opportunity and foster an inclusive spirit. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, caste, sexual orientation, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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