3D Animator

Career Area:

Marketing

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, youre joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We dont just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Your Work Shapes the World

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.

Job Summary:

As a 3D Animator at Caterpillar, you will be launched forward into creating our industries highest quality visual demonstrations, marketing, and training products. This role supports marketing and eCommerce visualization initiatives across the enterprise based on demand.

Produces graphic designs, using a variety of techniques and software, for both print and electronic communications (e.g. promotions, advertisements, and instructional materials) distributed through a variety of media outlets.

Focus on advanced CGI content for animations and motion graphics using 3D models and visual techniques.

What You Will Do:

• Create informative and entertaining graphics, photographs, audio, video, and other visual elements for visual communication media within the field.

• Interprets customers project needs into feasible creative ideas and information; provides recommendations in the creative production process.

• Participates in the collection of customer needs for creative work and gives suggestions on the implementation of strategic plans for creative execution.

• Adhere to the company’s brand voice and appeal to the target audience to increase public engagement

Education Requirement:

2-year degree technical degree

What Skills You Will Have:

Customer Focus:

• Focuses activities on developing and maintaining positive customer relationships.

• Discusses general differences between internally and externally focused organizations.

• Cites the cost and benefits of good versus poor customer service.

• Explains why customer satisfaction is important to successful product/service delivery.

Collaborating:

• Demonstrates a basic understanding of the concept of collaborative processes.

• Explains the concept of collaboration as applicable to organizations.

• Provides examples of how collaboration has helped achieve organizational goals.

• Contrasts collaborative with competitive operating styles in organizations.

Creativity:

• Shares ideas and is open to other opinions and views.

• Analyzes own assignments and work environment for creative changes.

• Exhibits interest in new ideas and experimentation.

• Contributes to and encourages new ideas; builds on suggestions of others.

• Explores possibilities and their viability.

Effective Communications:

• Describes non-verbal behaviors that influence the interpretation of the message.

• Cites examples of effective and ineffective communications.

• Explains the importance of effective business communication.

• Speaks/writes using correct language, mechanics, and gestures.

Relationship Management:

• Provides examples of the characteristics of effective business relationships.

• Describes the nature of a productive business relationship.

• Explains the benefits of building business partnerships.

Promotion and Marketing Communications:

• Cites examples of the process which allows the public to know about a brand and get a clear idea about their offerings.

• Keeps abreast of the latest techniques and methodologies in marketing communication.

Additional Information

The location for this position is Rapid City, SD.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

This position will require less than 10% travel.

What You Will Get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

Competitive Base Salary

Annual incentive bonus plan

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

401k savings plan

Health savings account (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Short and long-term disability coverage

Life Insurance

Paid parental leave

Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers .

For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media

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Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

October 7, 2024 – October 11, 2024

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals – Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities – are encouraged to apply.

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