2D Animator for Roman Emperor Explainers

Posted 2 months ago

Worldwide

Summary

๐Ÿ›๏ธ HIRING: 2D Animator โ€” The Caesar Files (Remote) New YouTube channel making 8-12 min animated explainers ranking Roman emperors by their wildest/darkest moments. Faceless, comedic-historian style (ร  la Agent Flappy / Sam O'Nella / OverSimplified) with a recurring mascot, Felix the Centurion, breaking the 4th wall. This is a ground-floor role on a channel built to scale โ€” the first animators grow with it. Channel โ†’ (link removed) Reference โ†’ (link removed) (watch 2+ before applying) ๐Ÿ’ผ ROLE โ€” Animate full episodes from our scripts + VO โ€” Build reusable asset library (Felix, emperors, BGs, props) โ€” Lip-sync, mascot interjections, motion graphics โ€” Target: 1 episode/week (scaling to 2โ€“3 as we grow) โ€” Deliver: 1080p MP4 + source files โ€” ๐Ÿš€ Team Lead path: as we scale to multiple episodes/week, our best animator becomes 2D Team Lead โ€” higher base + a per-episode override on the teamโ€™s output โ€” 100% remote, work-for-hire ๐Ÿ’ฐ PAY โ€” $150/video; will reassess after for full time to $600/mo. โ€” View bonuses on top of base, per episode you animate: +$25 @ 50K, ยท +$75 @ 100K, ยท +$200 @ 250K views

  • $100.00

    Fixed-price
  • Intermediate
    Experience Level
  • Remote Job
  • Ongoing project
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Skills and Expertise
Mandatory skills
Animation
2D Animation
Nice-to-have skills
Adobe After Effects
Motion Graphics
Activity on this job
  • Proposals:Less than 5
  • Last viewed by client:last week
  • Hires:
    4
  • Interviewing:
    1
  • Invites sent:
    4
  • Unanswered invites:
    0
About the client
Member since May 27, 2026
  • USA
    Miami11:31 AM
  • $455 total spent
    6 hires, 5 active
  • Media & Entertainment
    Individual client

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