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Current Job Openings
Date Posted: Jan 7, 2010
Position: Senior Motion Graphics/Product Specialist
Industry: Digital Signage, Broadcast, Cable
Full Time: Monday to Friday
Salary: TBD
• This position will work out of our Markham, Ontario office.
• Some travel will be a requirement.
• Some Flexibility with works hours is provided and required as some projects may occur beyond the normal work day.
Company: Capital Networks Limited
Capital Networks Limited, the worldwide distributor of the Audience™ software platform used in Broadcast, Cable TV and professional Digital Signage networks, has an immediate opening for a Senior Motion Graphics/Product Specialist. This position will report to the Director of Production and Client Services.
Position Summary
The Senior Motion Graphics/Product Specialist will create animated video and video artwork for a variety of mediums. In turn they will build completed digital signage and broadcast/cable designs for demonstration purposes and for client-purchased projects using the Audience™ family of products along with standard design and editing platforms. This position will actively support, research, and troubleshoot problem areas within Post-Production, and provide guidance, direction, and technical support to fellow technical and production staff.
Imagination, excellent communication skills, and the ability to multitask and meet strict deadlines are a must. In addition to the above duties, this position will provide Audience™ software training to our resellers and clients as well as software demonstrations at tradeshows and for client presentations. The Motion Graphics/Product Specialist will provide ongoing support for our encoding and traffic services responsibilities. We are seeking a candidate who will utilize our software to its utmost potential to best demonstrate the inherent features.
Essential Skills and Qualifications
• Bachelors Degree or similar in Film or Television Production or an equivalent discipline and five years working knowledge of non-linear video along with After Effects, Photo Shop, Premiere and other Adobe Production Bundle platforms.
• Demonstrated ability with photo real compositing to create eye catching video spots ranging from tags and text to full spots
• Expert Knowledge in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects
• Strong skills in Adobe Premiere and applications like Combustion
• Strong organization skills and demonstrated ability to meet deadlines both independently and collaboratively
• Excellent communications skills (written/verbal) to establish and sustain collaborative relationships with key internal personnel and selected clients.
• Working knowledge of Video/Audio/Graphic Editing concepts and techniques
• Extensive knowledge of Video/Audio/Graphic Production concepts and techniques
• Ability to author simple DVDs and to troubleshoot and/or identify audio and video problems for broadcast, web and vga display.
• Extensive knowledge of MPEG-4, MPEG-2, AVI and Windows Media etc and encoding technologies (we use Digital Rapids)
• In-depth understanding of both NTSC analog and digital video for SD, HD, VGA and web applications
• (PC) Design skills, Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe after Effects, and animation
• Knowledge of FTP protocol and other methods of transferring files
• We are a PC based environment, so knowledge of programs on a PC is essential.
Assets
• Production traffic experience specializing in automated playback systems for the broadcasting /cable TV and digital signage industries.
• Experience using Audience™ software to create, manage and playback multi-zone channels and digital signage
• Knowledge of web architecture, web design, multimedia communications and interface design (MS Expression Blend) are assets as is proficiency Flash
• 3D Modeling/Animation software knowledge
• Comfort level with older analog facilities for encoding from Beta SP.
• Digital media experience within a digital media company, preferably one that specializes in digital signage, interactivity or place-based digital out of home networks
Please provide an accessible online Reel of edited motion graphics work and /or professional Flash movie clips.
Submit Resume
careers@capitalnetworks.com
Applications will be accepted until position is filled.
Note: Only those candidates under consideration for this position will be contacted for an interview.
