The Wisk Marketing team is seeking a motivated, thoughtful, and talented artist to join our company as a 3D Motion Designer. As part of our Creative Team, you’ll create video content, animations, and visual assets for use across a wide variety of media, including social media, Web, video, presentations, and emerging media. You’ll work with our team of Marketing and Communications professionals, executives, and engineers to support company goals, internal communications needs, and external marketing initiatives. A collaborative, can-do, self-starting mindset is an absolute must. Our ideal candidate is an expert in an array of Adobe products, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and After Effects. You should also be an expert in other common 2D and 3D design and animation software, such as Blender, Maya, Rhino, Fusion, redshift, 360, or SolidWorks.

What you will do:

• Create visually stunning CAD renderings and some video motion graphics assets 
• Deft ability to sketch, illustrate, and work with 3D models
• Superb visual communication and conceptual design skills to solve problems, create novel solutions, as well as engaging storytelling
• Collaborate with the Creative Director, Visual Designer, executives, and other colleagues to best support larger internal communications and external marketing goals
• Ability to understand complex technologies and concepts, present ideas/storyboards, and then develop and present storyboards for assets that make concepts easy to understand and align with brand guidelines and project objectives.
• Take concepts to the next level with CAD animations, including 2D and 3D animations
• The ability to add to the story with motion graphics is preferred
• An understanding of how to effectively work within brand guidelines in ways that still push creative boundaries and serve to advance the Wisk brand
• Help develop and establish graphical and animation standards that amplify the Wisk brand that will become part of our distinct visual system
• Ability to work and iterate quickly, and be comfortable with taking direction
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, adhering to project timelines.

Your skills and qualifications:

• A portfolio that shows superb visual and conceptual skills to solve problems and create novel solutions that result in clear, engaging stories
• The ability to take something really complex, simplify and make it visually stunning.
• Passion for telling compelling technical stories through unique creative assets and visual interactions, with portfolio examples to support
• Excels at creating lifelike textures for CGI models ensuring consistency with real-world counterparts.
• Proficiency in creating renderings animations and showcasing products.
• CAD Data Preparation: Optimize, resurface, and remodel CAD data for seamless integration into CGI projects
• Create and execute concepts for social with the aircraft
• Collaborate with the team to organize a system to make product rendering more efficient.
• Able to optimize, resurface, and remodel CAD data for seamless integration into CGI projects
• Strong understanding of design, timing, and composition
• Good understanding of materials and shaders to create realistic textures and UV mapping processes for proper texture application and alignment.
• Strong ability to create CGI assets for Cinema4d with Corona Renderer.
• Expert-level knowledge of Adobe Suite and common motion graphics design software and at least one 3D motion design tool
• Comfortable preparing CGI assets for Cinema4d with Corona Renderer
• Knowledge of video codecs and formats as well as video and web standards
• Bachelor's degree in Industrial/Product Design, or a related discipline. 
• Minimum of 5-6 years of related experience

Who you are:

• You are a strong team player who can collaborate effectively with different stakeholders.
• You have a keen eye for design aesthetics 
• Enjoy brainstorming and collaboration, and are comfortable working independently
• You are proactive and create solutions to challenges as you see them.
• A natural desire to learn new techniques and technology to advance your craft, stay updated with industry trends and best practices, continuously refine skills, and explore to push the boundaries of motion design
• Take pride in attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills and can clearly articulate your ideas
• Solid organizational and time management skills, comfortable multi-tasking, and a self-starter

$136,111 - $156,449 a year

Compensation and Benefits:

In addition to offering a great work environment and the opportunity to be part of the team making electric autonomous flight a reality, at Wisk, we offer excellent total rewards which include a competitive base salary, annual bonus, long term incentive, 401K, health benefits and much more.  

Job Type: Full-time

Pay Range the Company expects to pay: $136,111 - $156,449 per year - The starting base salary within this range for this role varies based on factors such as your geographical location, and your relevant job-related experience that is consistent with a business necessity.