Harbor Picture Company · 14 hours ago
AI Animator
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$67K/yr - $101K/yr
2+ years expHarbor Picture Company is a global company focused on talent and technical innovation in the moving image-making process. They are seeking an AI animator/artist to contribute to the production of AI-driven video, VFX, and motion graphics for advertising, collaborating across disciplines in an agile environment.
Video
Responsibilities
Contribute to concept art, boards, animatics, and exploratory comps using AI tools
Assist dataset curation and model finetuning under senior guidance
Build clean ComfyUI/Runway project graphs; maintain prompts, seeds, presets
Iterate quickly on look dev; hand off to comp/finishing with tidy source packages
Document learnings; propose small workflow improvements
Qualification
Required
2-5+ years in motion/VFX/animation; portfolio showing creative experimentation and solid craft
Demonstrated ability to learn new AI tools and follow pipeline conventions
Strong aesthetic sense; attention to detail in comp, edges, grain, and integration
Team-oriented communicator; organized project files and notes
Experience with compositing and photo editing/manipulation
Curiosity-driven mindset with a desire to explore the future of creative production
Video generation: VEO3 (or equivalent), Runway Gen3, Pika, Luma, Flux; motion/control features (masking, inpainting, keyframe guidance)
Image generation: Firefly, Midjourney, SDXL; upscalers, denoisers, texture synthesis
Traditional DCC/VFX: After Effects (core), Cinema4D (MoGraph basics), Nuke (intro to mid comp), Photoshop; exposure to Flame and Maya preferred
Production basics: Color space awareness (sRGB/Rec.709/ACES), codecs, frame rates, aspect ratios, plate management, versioning discipline
Preferred
Exposure to Flame and Maya preferred
Benefits
Medical coverage
Dental
Vision
Disability
401K
Parental and family care leave
Family forming assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Flexible time off
Company
Harbor Picture Company
Harbor Picture Company is a full-service production and post-production studio located in downtown Manhattan.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Corey Stewart
Chief Technology Officer
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