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# 3D Generalist: Animator & Storyteller (Blender + Adobe)

- **Company:** MAINSTAY DIGITAL, LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $31,200.0 - $52,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Animation, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe
- **Published:** July 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a473e13eb111fac3

## About the Role

* Several years of professional 3D and animation experience (studio, agency, or freelance)
 * Expert-level Blender workflow - all 3D work is done in Blender
 * Senior-level proficiency across the Adobe suite (After Effects, Premiere Pro) for editing and motion graphics
 * Demonstrated storytelling and animation instincts - pacing, staging, composition
 * Proven track record delivering finished, narrative-driven pieces end-to-end and independently
 * A portfolio that includes actual videos - finished, moving work. Stills alone will not be considered for this role. Please note your specific role on each piece.

Bonus Skills

 * Storyboarding or boardomatic/previs experience
 * Sound and music editing to picture
 * Real-time engine experience (Unity)

## Description

We're looking for a 3D generalist with the instincts of an animator and a storyteller - someone who can take a storyboard and carry it through the entire production process on their own.

You'll own the full arc of a piece: starting from a storyboard, building it into a boardomatic, developing it into a full animatic, then taking it all the way through to final animation, lighting and render setups, editing, and motion graphics. This is a role for someone who thinks in terms of pacing, composition, and narrative - not just technical execution - and who can make strong creative calls without needing every beat directed.

This is project-based contract work for an experienced generalist who can own the pipeline from brief to delivery with minimal direction.

What We Need

A 3D generalist / animator who can:

 * Take a storyboard and develop it into a boardomatic, then a full animatic
 * Carry a piece through to final animation with strong sense of timing, staging, and storytelling
 * Handle lighting and render setups end-to-end
 * Finish the piece through editing and motion graphics
 * Make strong visual and narrative decisions independently (composition, pacing, storytelling, design)
 * Communicate proactively, flag issues early, and meet deadlines consistently


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