After Effects Specialist for Documentary & Video Production (Full-Time ONLY)

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TYPE OF WORK

Full Time

SALARY

$800 to $1200/mo

HOURS PER WEEK

50

DATE UPDATED

Aug 12, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

About the role
We are looking for an After Effects Specialist for our production for documentaries and high-quality social content across our clients. This is a hands-on motion/VFX role working alongside our team of editors — you’ll take on the After Effects craft that turns a solid cut into a premium, polished documentary. If you love the technical, detail-heavy side of AE (3D camera work, compositing, and finishing) this role is built for you.

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This is a fully remote position that requires team members to work 6 days per week.

The core work — what you will start with
Three recurring tasks make up the heart of this role. If you can nail these, you’re who we’re looking for:
1. Visual containers — placing lower-resolution or archival footage into designed frames and containers inside After Effects so it sits cleanly in a Netflix-level documentary — the footage should feel intentional and premium, never like a low-res clip dropped on screen.
2. Animated documentary maps — this is the most complex and most important part of the role. Building map sequences with 3D camera moves, detailed keyframing, and multi-layer compositions to guide the viewer through locations and journeys. These are involved builds — comfort with 3D space, camera animation, and layered comps in AE is essential.
3. Tilt-shift & blur maps — creating dedicated depth-of-field / tilt-shift and blur passes on a scene-by-scene basis. Each scene gets its own custom blur map, so this takes a careful, consistent eye and patience for detail work across many shots.

What we’re looking for (required)
• Deep After Effects skill on exactly this kind of work — 3D camera and keyframe animation, multi-layer compositions, compositing, and finishing.
• Direct experience animating maps or complex 3D-camera sequences in AE. Please point us to examples in your reel.
• A premium, cinematic eye — you understand what makes footage and graphics read as “high-end documentary” versus amateur.
• After Effects experience across both social and long-form / documentary-style work (show us both).
• Precision and patience for repetitive, detail-critical work (like per-scene blur maps) without quality slipping.
• Ability to work remotely alongside an editor — take direction, turn notes around quickly, and hit deadlines.
• A portfolio or reel that demonstrates the above (link required).

Nice to have
• 3D experience beyond AE — Cinema 4D, Blender, or Element 3D.
• Compositing depth: tracking, rotoscoping, keying, and cleanup.
• Familiarity with Premiere Pro and/or DaVinci Resolve for hand-off with our editor.
• Experience in a documentary, film, or long-form video environment.

Tools you’ll use
Adobe After Effects (primary — this is 90% of the role), plus Premiere Pro / Photoshop / Illustrator; 3D tools (Cinema 4D / Blender / Element 3D) a strong plus.

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