Who We Are
Verkada is the largest cloud-based B2B physical security platform company in the world. Only Verkada offers seven product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, visitor management, mailroom management and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform.
Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies.
Founded in 2016 with more than $360M in funding raised to date, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 14 offices across three continents, 1,500+ full-time employees and 15,700+ customers across 70+ countries, including 43 companies in the Fortune 500.
The Marketing Creative Department is looking for a passionate motion designer. At Verkada, we solve complex problems with elegant solutions, and apply the same standard of excellence to storytelling and marketing communication.
The stories we tell often involve real, multilevel, physical buildings and other work environments, or the microscopic levels of sensor chips, UI elements, even dust pigments floating in the air.
Big stories require broad know-how and deep understanding in 3D animation, 2D motion graphics, video compositing/editing, as well as experiences in storyboarding and previsualization.
Partnering closely with Marketing and cross-functionally with Product Design you will be responsible for creating work that can make both our software and hardware standout. You will produce world-class visual stories that are compelling to professionals in our industry, as well as other business leaders. As a team we will always push for bigger and better stories across different channels and mediums.
Responsibilities:
- Designing and animating a variety of product stories for launches, keynotes, product and brand videos, paid/social ads, and web content. Some examples here, here and here
- Creating photorealistic hardware renders and product photography
- Creating innovative animations for software stories (UI/UX animation)
- Designing and animating title cards, typography in motion and supers
- Storyboarding product and brand video content
- Creating new ways to visualize innovative product stories and demonstrations
- Maintaining and helping define visual brand standards
- Compositing and VFX for a variety of videos
- Determining best practices for final deliverables for web, digital and social
- There is a lot of work to create with plenty of opportunities, so there will be no problem staying busy
Requirements:
- This role is open to various levels with a minimum of 5 years in the motion design industry, with both 2D and 3D experience
- Skilled in Adobe CC with expert knowledge of After Effects, PhotoShop, Illustrator, and Premiere
- Deep understanding of Cinema 4D and various render engines (Redshift, Octane, etc)
- Experience running and leading end to end 3D and 2D production workflows and strong accuracy in assessing project turnaround time
- General experience in compositing, editing, and color correction
- Knowledge of video capturing / lighting / cinematography is a plus
- Hard surface product rendering experience preferred
- Knowledge of X particles and Houdini a plus
- A continuous desire to learn and grow
- Having a passion for our mission will make this job far more enjoyable
Employee Pay Disclosure
At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate’s skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. For this role, Verkada estimates a starting annual base salary will fall in the range of approximately $100,000 - 215,000. This estimate can vary based on the factors described above, so the actual starting annual base salary may be above or below this range. Annual base salary is also just one component of Verkada’s total rewards package. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
US Employee Benefits
Verkada is committed to investing in the holistic health and well-being of all employees and their families. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:
- Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under most plans and 80% for family premiums
- Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
- Health Saving Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
- Expanded mental health support
- Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
- Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
- Professional development stipend
- Wellness/fitness benefits
- Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily
Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
As an equal-opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
