WHO WE ARE

 

CREATORVC is a global team that makes documentaries celebrating the topics we love. We understand old classics in new ways, recontextualise childhood favourites, and create the kind of niche films we always wanted to watch but couldn't find anywhere else. Our work includes the In Search of Darkness trilogy ('80s horror), In Search of Tomorrow ('80s sci-fi), In Search of the Last Action Heroes, Aliens Expanded and The Thing Expanded, and we have worked with the likes of John Carpenter, James Cameron, Guillermo del Toro and Robert Englund.

 

Our films are funded directly by a global community of backers, and those backers don't just watch the films, they help create them. It's about relationships, community and finding your tribe.

 

We are a remote team based across the US and Europe who came together around a shared love of these movies and of making great content. We coordinate over Slack and run our projects in Notion, and we trust each other to work autonomously and own our areas of responsibility. We are about to begin work on Jaws Explored, with a packed slate of genre and factual entertainment projects lined up over the next couple of years.

 

THE ROLE

 

We are looking for a motion graphics artist to shape the visual language of our documentaries. You will design and build the cutaways, titles, lower thirds and graphical sequences that bring these films to life, working closely with our motion graphics lead and our director.

 

The right title sequence, the well-judged cutaway, a piece of kinetic type landing exactly on the beat, these are part of how a film earns its scare or its laugh, and that is yours to own.

 

Above all, we want someone who genuinely loves this material. If you are a hardcore horror, sci-fi and film fan who lights up at the chance to work on the movies you grew up obsessing over, you will fit right in. Personality, dedication and reliability matter to us as much as raw skill.

 

This is not a one-off gig. We are looking for someone to grow with us across the whole slate and to build a long-term relationship with.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

 

•  Design and animate 2D motion graphics that define the look of each documentary

•  Build a consistent visual system and hold its quality across a lot of shots, since a good doc needs many cutaways that all feel like they belong to the same film

•  Collaborate on concepts and translate ideas into finished sequences

•  Keep your projects clean, well-organised and easy for others on the team to pick up and work in

•  Give realistic time estimates and hit your deadlines across a large, asset-heavy production

HOW A PROJECT RUNS
 

The motion graphics work happens in a focused block towards the end of each production, once the edit is mostly locked. That block usually runs around two to three months. For an established series like In Search of Darkness, where the styles and techniques are already set, it tends to be closer to two; for a bigger Expanded title it can be more like three to four. During that window it is effectively full time, around 40-hour weeks, and then things ease off between projects. If you also get involved in a film's marketing campaign, that adds a few weeks at the very start.

 

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

 

Essential:

 

•  An inherent love of film, and genre film in particular

•  Advanced 2D motion graphics skills in After Effects

•  A strong grounding in graphic design, composition and typography

•  Familiarity with editing

•  The ability to work remotely and autonomously as a self-starter

•  A love of building a consistent visual system and keeping its quality high across many shots

•  Excellent reliability and time management, including giving accurate estimates

•  Strong organisational skills, both with production assets and within your After Effects projects, so teammates can work in them easily

•  Good communication skills, including the ability to convey concepts clearly in words

•  The composure to hold your nerve, and your standards, when a deadline gets close

 

Nice to have:

 

•  Premiere (or another editing package), Photoshop and Illustrator

•  3D skills in Cinema 4D or similar (a bonus on top, not a requirement)

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK WITH US
 

We are a small, highly collaborative team with a flat structure, which means you can expect more responsibility and ownership than you might get elsewhere. You own the look of your work. Feedback is how we sharpen it, not how we design it by committee, and you will give your feedback on others' work in return. We believe iron sharpens iron: honest conversation makes all of us better.

 

And it's fun. There's a reason we make films about the movies we love. We get to geek out together, talk about the latest releases, and work alongside people who share the obsession.
 

WHAT WE OFFER
 

•  A lot of creative freedom: you shape the style and design of the motion graphics for each film

•  Flexible hours, so you can work whenever suits you best

•  New projects that bring new creative and technical challenges, and real room to grow

•  The genuine reward of seeing your work become an essential part of the finished films

•  A remote, friendly team built around Slack and Notion

•  A long-term home, not a single project
 

HOW WE WORK TOGETHER
 

We offer two arrangements, and you choose the one that suits you. If you would rather have certainty, we agree a fair fixed fee for each project. If you would rather share in the upside, you can take a profit-share, so that when a film does well, you do too. We function like a cooperative, and either way we are straight with you about the numbers from the start.
 

HOW TO APPLY
 

Send us your reel or portfolio and a short note about yourself. Tell us about the films and genres you love, and point us to a title sequence, a piece of motion design, or a moment in a doc that you wish you'd made. We always aim to hire from within our community, so if you already know and love what we do, even better.

 

If this sounds like the job you would have invented for yourself, we would love to hear from you.

 

One last thing. We get sent a lot of AI-generated resumes, and honestly, please don't do that. We would so much rather hear something real and personal about you: who you are, what you love, and why this material actually matters to you. Ultimately we are going to hire someone who is genuinely enthusiastic, properly into the subject matter, and really up for being part of this team. That kind of thing only ever comes through in your own words, not in something a machine wrote for you.