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The University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning’s mission is to improve the quality of teaching, learning, and childcare. We research, develop, and scale educational innovations for adults and children that put all learners on trajectories for lifelong success. Specifically, the Center targets kindergarten readiness, 3rd grade reading proficiency, and algebra proficiency as critical milestones in children's educational trajectory that are predictive of success in school and life. The Center works at the nexus of research, practice, and policy to develop sustainable systems that leverage educational technologies and improve the implementation of research-based practices. Housed in one of the nation's elite public research universities, the Center operates as a dynamic, entrepreneurial workplace focused on executing UF's service mission to strengthen the human condition and improve the quality of life. The Lastinger Center is committed to attracting, hiring, and retaining top talent by valuing diversity of thought, skill, and experience. As an equal opportunity employer, we believe in fostering environments where team members feel included, valued for their differences, and empowered to do their best work.
Responsibilities to include:
Animation
- Integrate and animate illustrations to support educational and marketing/pr content goals
- Implement and develop knowledge and skill in creating video animations representative of learner and media consumer audiences
- Develop new techniques, systems, and procedures to enhance creative production projects
- Make calls in production scripts to pre-visualize animations
- Animate and rig characters using Toon Boom
- Develop storyboards for scripts
File Management and Creative Sessions
- Maintain, organize all project files and tracking sheets within given parameters and folder structures
- Communicate with relevant parties to iterate on and finalize all projects to meet established deadlines
Creative Development
- Provide creative solutions for the delivery of high-quality, engaging digital content
- Develop and maintain techniques, systems, and procedures to enhance creative production projects
Collaboration
- Collaborate with Animators and Graphic Design on production of creative content
- Liaise with content creators, subject matter experts and instructional designers to understand and interpret creative needs
- Attend regular team and project meetings
Other Duties as Assigned
Hybrid work location policy:
Lastinger Center for Learning supports and promotes a healthy work-life balance. To achieve this, the Lastinger Center offers a flexible, hybrid work schedule that aligns with the university’s Flexibility in the Workplace Policy. Allowing employees to stagger arrival and departure times as necessary and to vary the number of workdays in the office so long as an employee’s FTE commitment is fulfilled within the university workweek. This policy also allows for occasional, incidental remote work based on individual circumstances.
This position is time limited & soft funded.
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