CM
Senior Product Engineer
full-time•San José
About this role
<p class="p1">Sr. Studio Artist</p>
<p class="p2">Motion</p>
<p class="p3">Brief</p>
<p class="p4">This role is in the organization to support the Motion & Sound team and to ensure a cohesive</p>
<p class="p4">motion output.</p>
<p class="p4">The core expectation of this role is to contribute to the creative excellence of our motion design</p>
<p class="p4">team by participating in the conception, execution, and delivery of impactful solutions for clients</p>
<p class="p4">and to collaborate with other artists, creative directors, and producers, to develop motion</p>
<p class="p4">graphics and animations, applying fundamental design principles to create engaging visuals.</p>
<p class="p4">Career Development is typically provided by Motion & Sound Director but can be adapted to</p>
<p class="p4">suit an account and/or office location.</p>
<p class="p4">Nature of this role is that of a ‘contributor’ and ‘emerging leader’.</p>
<p class="p2">Skills Developed</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced creative environment</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Ability to actively participate in team discussions and contribute creative ideas</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Ability to juggle projects and working alongside emerging talent, creative directors,</p>
<p class="p4">designers and producers</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Adept at handling multiple tasks and projects, with a keen attention to detail</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Enthusiasm for staying current with industry trends and emerging creative technologies</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Strong desire to develop your skills under the guidance of experienced team members</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Soft Skills</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> Superb verbal and written communicator</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> Team Player</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> Foundational leadership skills</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> Creative collaboration – looking at things, building, refining and revising, trying</p>
<p class="p4">new things</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> Quality control –keen eye for small details, working with QC and team leads to</p>
<p class="p4">implement feedback<span class="s2">•</span> Hard Skills</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> Advanced proficiency in After Effects, skillfully applying easing techniques to</p>
<p class="p4">achieve fluid and natural motion transitions, basic experience with expressions</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> Familiarity with emerging creative tools like Midjourney, Unreal Engine and AI</p>
<p class="p4">applications</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> In-depth knowledge of video formats, compression, and optimization, delivering</p>
<p class="p4">high-quality motion content tailored for various digital platforms</p>
<p class="p4">Activities Performed</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Work alongside a team in end-to-end productions, including concepting, creative ideation,</p>
<p class="p4">animatics, rough cuts, final edits, versioning, optimization and scaling</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Create high quality visually impactful motion design</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Guide and mentor emerging talent, with the support of your team lead</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Evolve and move the work forward daily</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Contribute in meetings and conversation with teams on ways to elevate the work</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Ensure that all motion graphics adhere to brand guidelines and project specifications</p>
<p class="p4">throughout the creative process</p>
<p class="p1">Sr. Studio Artist</p>
<p class="p2">Motion</p>
<p class="p3">Brief</p>
<p class="p4">This role is in the organization to support the Motion & Sound team and to ensure a cohesive</p>
<p class="p4">motion output.</p>
<p class="p4">The core expectation of this role is to contribute to the creative excellence of our motion design</p>
<p class="p4">team by participating in the conception, execution, and delivery of impactful solutions for clients</p>
<p class="p4">and to collaborate with other artists, creative directors, and producers, to develop motion</p>
<p class="p4">graphics and animations, applying fundamental design principles to create engaging visuals.</p>
<p class="p4">Career Development is typically provided by Motion & Sound Director but can be adapted to</p>
<p class="p4">suit an account and/or office location.</p>
<p class="p4">Nature of this role is that of a ‘contributor’ and ‘emerging leader’.</p>
<p class="p2">Skills Developed</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced creative environment</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Ability to actively participate in team discussions and contribute creative ideas</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Ability to juggle projects and working alongside emerging talent, creative directors,</p>
<p class="p4">designers and producers</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Adept at handling multiple tasks and projects, with a keen attention to detail</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Enthusiasm for staying current with industry trends and emerging creative technologies</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Strong desire to develop your skills under the guidance of experienced team members</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Soft Skills</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> Superb verbal and written communicator</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> Team Player</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> Foundational leadership skills</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> Creative collaboration – looking at things, building, refining and revising, trying</p>
<p class="p4">new things</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> Quality control –keen eye for small details, working with QC and team leads to</p>
<p class="p4">implement feedback<span class="s2">•</span> Hard Skills</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> Advanced proficiency in After Effects, skillfully applying easing techniques to</p>
<p class="p4">achieve fluid and natural motion transitions, basic experience with expressions</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> Familiarity with emerging creative tools like Midjourney, Unreal Engine and AI</p>
<p class="p4">applications</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s4">o</span> In-depth knowledge of video formats, compression, and optimization, delivering</p>
<p class="p4">high-quality motion content tailored for various digital platforms</p>
<p class="p4">Activities Performed</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Work alongside a team in end-to-end productions, including concepting, creative ideation,</p>
<p class="p4">animatics, rough cuts, final edits, versioning, optimization and scaling</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Create high quality visually impactful motion design</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Guide and mentor emerging talent, with the support of your team lead</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Evolve and move the work forward daily</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Contribute in meetings and conversation with teams on ways to elevate the work</p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s2">•</span> Ensure that all motion graphics adhere to brand guidelines and project specifications</p>
<p class="p4">throughout the creative process</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><em>Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer. <br><br>Critical Mass uses artificial intelligence in our recruitment process to enhance job postings, filter keywords during the review of prospective candidates, and, in some cases, transcribe interviews with our recruiters. Human review remains central to the process, and all hiring decisions are ultimately made by our team.<br></em></p>
<p><em>The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com, omc.com<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:[email protected]">us.greenhouse-mail.io</a>.</em> <em>We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you.</em> <em>We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly. </em></p>
<p><em>If U.S. based:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams#avoid">https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams#avoid</a><br>If Canada based:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/finance/consumer-affairs.html">https://www.canada.ca/en/services/finance/consumer-affairs.html</a><br>If U.K. based:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.gov.uk/consumer-protection-rights">https://www.gov.uk/consumer-protection-rights</a><br>If Costa Rica based: <a href="https://www.consumo.go.cr/educacion_consumidor/consejos_practicos.aspx">https://www.consumo.go.cr/educacion_consumidor/consejos_practicos.aspx</a> <br></em></p></div>
What you'll do
- The role involves contributing to the motion design team's creative excellence by participating in the conception, execution, and delivery of impactful solutions for clients. Additionally, the position includes guiding and mentoring emerging talent while ensuring adherence to brand guidelines throughout the creative process.
About Critical Mass
Critical Mass is a team of 1,900 inspired folks based in 13 offices around the world, providing full-service digital capabilities for the greatest brands on Earth. Our secret sauce is our uncompromising design standards, our relentless focus on customers, and an ability to put powerful new technologies to work for our clients.
We work with the best—Apple, Nike, Mars Wrigley, Nissan, Diageo, Airbnb, BMW, BNY Mellon, Johnson & Johnson, and many more—brands who strive for connected digital ecosystems and unparalleled experiences. We help them get there by gaining deep insight into their consumers and orchestrating data, AI, design, media, and tech stacks around human stories.
We’re a global agency founded in Canada, but digital is our home. If you know us, then you know we’re a special, quirky place that attracts big talent and tiny egos. (We actually give out a “so f-n nice” award—lots of them). But just because we’re friendly doesn’t mean we’re not a force to be reckoned with. We’re driven. Relentless. And we live our values. We’re Critical Mass, but our friends call us CM. Please call us CM!
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What does a Senior Product Engineer do at Critical Mass?
As a Senior Product Engineer at Critical Mass, you will: the role involves contributing to the motion design team's creative excellence by participating in the conception, execution, and delivery of impactful solutions for clients. Additionally, the position includes guiding and mentoring emerging talent while ensuring adherence to brand guidelines throughout the creative process..
Is the Senior Product Engineer position at Critical Mass remote?
The Senior Product Engineer position at Critical Mass is based in San José, Costa Rica. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.
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