About the Role
- Hourly Rate: $60.26 per hour + superannuation
- Location: Hybrid | Richmond or Geelong | ACT
- Contract Length: Contract until 31 December 2026, with extensions available
- Citizenship: You must be an Australian citizen to be eligible for employment.
As an APS6 Broadcast Animator / Animation Designer, you will play an integral role in providing high-quality, in-house animation production services. You will take ownership of the full animation life cycle, translating complex ideas, agency priorities, and high-level directives into engaging, easy-to-understand visual content.
Role Responsibilities
- End-to-End Production: Deliver full-scope animation work, managing the ideation, storyboarding, scripting, editing, and final delivery of digital products.
- Multi-Channel Optimisation: Produce rich media content tailored for social media channels, websites, digital signage, and motion graphics.
- Brand & Style Adherence: Create branded animation content suites that maintain strict consistency with internal Style and Brand Guidelines.
- Advanced Visuals: Apply complex animation elements within piece-to-camera video segments and use animation as a powerful data visualisation tool.
- Asset Management: Efficiently organize, manage, and maintain internal animation assets and libraries.
- Project & Stakeholder Management: Collaborate across cross-functional video production teams (including content writers and policy stakeholders) to manage timelines and fast-turnaround requests.
Selection Criteria (Key & Desirable Skills)
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite alongside 2D and 3D animation software, such as Blender. Exposure to Premiere Pro or Media Encoder is highly advantageous but not essential.
- Proven experience managing animation from initial concept, storyboarding, and scripting through to the finished project.
- Experience delivering animation outputs optimised for social media, websites, digital signage, and motion graphics, including using animation as a data visualisation tool.
- Ability to create consistent, branded animation suites across multiple video segments while effectively maintaining internal animation libraries.
- Demonstrated capability in end-to-end project management, stakeholder coordination, and working collaboratively within cross-functional video production teams under limited supervision.
- Prior experience in an Australian Government environment or knowledge of government communications protocols.
- A strong understanding Accessibility Guidelines (e.g., WCAG 2, captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions).
- Familiarity with media copyright, consent, and usage rights, alongside experience using content tracking tools and the wider Office 365 ecosystem (SharePoint, Teams, Outlook).
How to Apply
If you are a creative storyteller passionate about social impact and high-quality digital design, we want to hear from you!
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
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