3D Map Animator

HIRING — 3D Map Animator
Rate: $4-8 per minute depending on skill level + monthly bonuses for milestones reached.

(NOTE: Only a small portion of each video is 3D map animations. Most of the video is compiled of video footage, photos, images, news articles)

Salary: $1200 - $1500 per month (something to be explored after working together for 2 months, not mandatory)

Praetorium Media is looking for a 3D map animator to join our channel team The Hidden States — one of the fastest-growing American geography channels on YouTube.

About the project:
The Hidden States is a faceless channel making documentaries about America's forgotten regions — the history, the disasters, and the things locals don't talk about. In the first four months: 21,000+ subscribers and 2.8 million views from only 20 videos. The maps aren't decoration on these films. The maps are the film.

What you'll be doing:
Animating 3D maps built on real geographic data — regions drawn along their actual borders
Camera work across terrain — travelling in over the land, drawing boundaries, lighting a region as it's revealed
Putting history onto the ground where it happened — floods tracing a valley, distances measured across a route, water rising over a town

What's important:
You animate from real boundary data, not by tracing shapes by eye
Experience with After Effects + GEOlayers, Blender, Cinema 4D or Google Earth Studio
One map or diagram sequence in your portfolio counts for more than a full showreel

What we offer:
• A written shot-by-shot storyboard of the introduction as the introduction is where the most important map animations must be done — timings, camera moves, captions, all decided before you start. Minimal revisions, no guessing what was wanted.
• Direct access to the founder — no agency layer, no ticket queue
• Flexible schedule with clear deadlines
• Bonuses for viral videos

Want to make maps watched by millions? Join us.

Fill out the form here: [контакты и ссылка отклика — после бесплатной регистрации]

Once your form is submitted we review your answers. If your experience fits what we need, we send you the resources to build a short test sample: around 20 seconds of animation, from a shot-by-shot storyboard we supply. A completed sample that meets the brief is paid a $50 fee.
2. The test task message
As promised, here's the test assignment. This will help us understand your work style and make sure we're on the same page.

Task: animate the first 20 seconds of the opening below — shots 1 to 3 of the storyboard.

Title: Northern Appalachia Is Hiding Something — Everyone Thinks It's Banjos And Coal Towns

Script: [контакты и ссылка отклика — после бесплатной регистрации]

Hook/Intro Storyboard: [контакты и ссылка отклика — после бесплатной регистрации]

Narration: [контакты и ссылка отклика — после бесплатной регистрации]

Everything you need is written into the storyboard: every shot, its timing, the camera move, and which captions appear where. If you can see a better way to do something, go ahead — we're not limiting your creativity.

Deadline: 2 days

If anything is unclear, just ask — we're here and happy to help.

How to submit:
Upload the finished video to Google Drive and email the link to [контакты и ссылка отклика — после бесплатной регистрации]. Please put your full name in the subject line.

Payment: $50 on a completed sample that meets the brief.

Looking forward to seeing your work.