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Who We Are
For over 20 years, Hornet has been a beacon of imaginative storytelling, driving creative excellence in motion design, animation, and live action. We pride ourselves on a curated diversity of talent, delivering unique, ground-breaking work for clients and collaborators. Our mission reflects an enduring passion for storytelling and the magic found in creativity.
Who We Are
Hornet is a creative agency and production studio dedicated to building brands that inspire and resonate. For over 20 years, Hornet has been a beacon of imaginative storytelling, driving creative excellence in motion design, animation, and live action. We take pride in a curated diversity of talent, delivering groundbreaking work that transforms ambitious ideas into impactful stories and striking visual experiences. Combining strategic insight, design excellence, and production mastery, we craft award-winning work across animation, mixed media, and live action.
From bold brand identities to unforgettable content, Hornet delivers with the agility of a boutique studio and the depth of a world-class agency. Our mission reflects an enduring passion for storytelling and the magic found in creativity, shaping culture and elevating brands through innovation and collaboration.
Who You Are:
You’re a relationship-builder and strategic thinker who knows how to turn opportunity into momentum. You understand how brands grow and how marketers think. You know the terrain—marketing, media, brand experience—and how to navigate it to identify the right clients, the right conversations, and the right moment to open the door.
You’re proactive, persuasive, and collaborative, with a solid grasp of the process from pitch to delivery(production). You support smart strategy, compelling creative, and exceptional design as part of a team focused on closing transformative creative business
Responsibilities:
- Leverage existing relationships and networks to generate immediate business opportunities.
- Source and qualify prospects to expand Hornet’s client base across creative production, branded content, and media.
- Conduct outreach, follow-ups, and tailored communications to ensure prospects are ready for handoff to the Account Executive team.
- Collaborate closely with internal teams to align on strategy, provide market insights, and support growth initiatives.
Track engagement metrics, maintain prospect lists, and ensure smooth handoffs and pipeline visibility.
Qualities:
- Proven experience driving business development in a production studio, creative agency, or related environment.
- Strong existing relationships or a network of contacts to accelerate growth.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills with the ability to clearly articulate Hornet’s value proposition.
- Highly organized, self-motivated, and able to prioritize in a dynamic environment.
- Comfortable working independently and delivering results quickly.
Who We Are
Hornet is a creative agency and production studio dedicated to building brands that inspire and resonate. For over 20 years, Hornet has been a beacon of imaginative storytelling, driving creative excellence in motion design, animation, and live action. We take pride in a curated diversity of talent, delivering groundbreaking work that transforms ambitious ideas into impactful stories and striking visual experiences. Combining strategic insight, design excellence, and production mastery, we craft award-winning work across animation, mixed media, and live action.
From bold brand identities to unforgettable content, Hornet delivers with the agility of a boutique studio and the depth of a world-class agency. Our mission reflects an enduring passion for storytelling and the magic found in creativity, shaping culture and elevating brands through innovation and collaboration.
Who You Are
Hornet is seeking a Lead Compositor to join the team. Lead Compositors play a crucial role in enhancing and realizing design and story. They are tasked with using their own creative vision and skill to represent the culmination of artistic output of entire teams of talented individuals. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator, capable of easily conveying ideas and challenges to production. They should be committed to delivering the highest quality product on screen and possess a diverse range of artistic and technical skills to make a piece truly stand out. This is a hybrid role, requiring a minimum of three days per week onsite at our Soho office. Certain projects may occasionally require a full-time in-office presence.
Responsibilities:
- As a Lead Nuke Compositor, candidate must be able to seamlessly integrate all assets and elements for a shot from live-action footage, stop motion footage, 2D or 3D sources with minimal technical oversight.
- Responsible for project team management, shot allocation, look development, project workflow and finishing.
- Manage timeline of project in progress in Flame or Resolve for QC and reviews
- Conduct reviews with the project compositing team to keep all shots on track in terms of artistic quality and timing.
- Work with Directors and Studio Creative Directors to help creatively elevate active projects.
- Advise the bidding team on creative, budget and schedule implications for potential projects as they move through the pitch and pre-production phases.
- Collaborate with Producer, Director of Production and Head of 2D to balance budget and artist resources against creative and client feedback.
- Proactive engagement with advancing creative technology tools and the knowledge of how and when to use these tools in a production environment.
- Be a resource to other studio compositors as technical issues or pipeline questions arise.
- Instruct and enforce studio production workflow standards with production crew and freelance artists.
- Help mentor artists new to compositing from juniors, interns and artists coming from other departments.
Qualifications:
- 5 to 7 Years of VFX Compositing experience on a broad variety of projects. 1 to 2 years of related project leadership experience.
- Strong communication skills, comfort with direct client interaction, and enthusiasm for both leading and learning are required.
- After Effects, Resolve and/or Flame experience are a plus.
- Keen eye for color and detail and a passion for a variety of styles of art.
- Knowledge of CG process from start to finish. Knowledge of Unreal or Cinema 4D is a plus.
- Knowledge of Python is a plus. Proficiency in AI / ML desktop and web APIs a plus.
- On set VFX supervision experience and interest in pursuing this field is a plus.
Hornet is a creative agency and production studio dedicated to building brands that inspire and resonate. For over 20 years, Hornet has been a beacon of imaginative storytelling, driving creative excellence in motion design, animation, and live action. We take pride in a curated diversity of talent, delivering groundbreaking work that transforms ambitious ideas into impactful stories and striking visual experiences. Combining strategic insight, design excellence, and production mastery, we craft award-winning work across animation, mixed media, and live action.
From bold brand identities to unforgettable content, Hornet delivers with the agility of a boutique studio and the depth of a world-class agency. Our mission reflects an enduring passion for storytelling and the magic found in creativity, shaping culture and elevating brands through innovation and collaboration.
Hornet is seeking a CG Intern to join the 3D department. At Hornet, we understand that an exquisite and fully realized 3D world is a powerful tool for storytelling – and telling a story is what we do best! Whether it’s through crafting robust models, to imbuing shaders with rich levels of detail, or composing visually compelling lighting design, our 3D team is constantly pushing toward new and technically innovative ways to communicate through the medium of 3D design and animation. It is this attention and focus on the fine details that makes each project stand apart for its bold designs and captivating narratives.
Ideal candidates can proficiently model, look develop, and rig CG assets, as well as animate, light, and composite CG shots. CG Interns may work with live action footage, digital still photography, and rendered CG elements to create assets that are seamlessly integrated into assigned shotwork.
For more information about the specific opportunities offered, please view our Hornet Internship Program Overview Deck
Responsibilities:
- Support the CG team by working on new shots or revising existing shots as needed
- Use artistic and technical skills to work on all aspects of CG assets or shots for photo-real or stylized projects, employing a variety of software programs, and working under the general supervision of Senior CG Artists and CG Leads
- Participate as a team member in determining various aesthetic and technical solutions; receive feedback from other members of the production by attending dailies on a regular basis and participate in creative problem solving
- Work to meet defined milestones within a project’s established timeline
- Construct models that match established designs, meeting the requirements of rigging / animation, and render efficiently
- Set up shaders for look development
- Utilize lighting setups to create imagery that are convincing and render efficiently
Qualifications:
- The candidate should have strong design abilities, a good eye for composition, and a proven ability in one or more CG techniques, including modeling, look development, rigging, animation, lighting, or compositing
- The candidate should be highly self motivated, proactive, and team oriented with a high level of problem-solving and creative thinking skills
- Must be able to communicate clearly, take constructive criticism and conduct themselves in a professional and courteous manner in the workplace
- Familiar with AI models, process and tools
- Familiar with Photoshop, After Effects and/or Nuke
- Familiar with Substance Painter and building procedural shading networks
- Good understanding of Maya, Houdini, Blender, or similar
- Good understanding of Redshift, Arnold, or similar ray trace renderer
- Comparable software experience considered
- This internship is a hybrid 3 day in office / 2 day remote position. Only candidates in the NY metro area will be considered.
Hornet is a creative agency and production studio dedicated to building brands that inspire and resonate. For over 20 years, Hornet has been a beacon of imaginative storytelling, driving creative excellence in motion design, animation, and live action. We take pride in a curated diversity of talent, delivering groundbreaking work that transforms ambitious ideas into impactful stories and striking visual experiences. Combining strategic insight, design excellence, and production mastery, we craft award-winning work across animation, mixed media, and live action.
From bold brand identities to unforgettable content, Hornet delivers with the agility of a boutique studio and the depth of a world-class agency. Our mission reflects an enduring passion for storytelling and the magic found in creativity, shaping culture and elevating brands through innovation and collaboration.
Hornet is seeking a CG Design Intern to join the 3D department. At Hornet, we understand that an exquisite and fully realized 3D world is a powerful tool for storytelling – and telling a story is what we do best! Whether it’s through crafting robust models, to imbuing shaders with rich levels of detail, or composing visually compelling lighting design, our 3D team is constantly pushing toward new and technically innovative ways to communicate through the medium of 3D design and animation. It is this attention and focus on the fine details that makes each project stand apart for its bold designs and captivating narratives.
Ideal candidates can proficiently model, look develop, and rig CG assets, as well as animate, light, and composite CG shots. CG Interns may work with live action footage, digital still photography, and rendered CG elements to create assets that are seamlessly integrated into assigned shotwork.
Ideal candidates can quickly conceptualize and iterate 3d designs utilizing all aspects of cg tools from model to lookdev, rig to animation and light to comp. Good communication and collaboration skills with creatives and leads. Styles may include photo real product visualization to abstract style and blending 2d/3d and mix media.
For more information about the specific opportunities offered, please view our Hornet Internship Program Overview Deck
Responsibilities:
- Create 3d assets and design frames for pitches and production
- Ability to match a reference or existing style and iterate quickly is a plus
- Support the CG team by working on new shots or revising existing shots as needed
- Use artistic and technical skills to work on all aspects of CG assets or shots for photo-real or stylized projects, employing a variety of software programs, and working under the general supervision of Senior CG Artists and CG Leads
- Participate as a team member in determining various aesthetic and technical solutions; receive feedback from other members of the production by attending dailies on a regular basis and participate in creative problem solving
- Work to meet defined milestones within a project’s established timeline
- Construct models that match established designs, meeting the requirements of rigging / animation, and render efficiently
- Set up shaders for look development
- Utilize lighting setups to create imagery that are convincing and render efficiently
Qualifications:
- The candidate should have strong design abilities, a good eye for composition, and a proven ability in one or more CG techniques, including modeling, look development, rigging, animation, lighting, or compositing
- The candidate should be highly self motivated, proactive, and team oriented with a high level of problem-solving and creative thinking skills
- Must be able to communicate clearly, take constructive criticism and conduct themselves in a professional and courteous manner in the workplace
- Familiar with AI models, process and tools
- Familiar with Photoshop, After Effects and/or Nuke
- Familiar with Substance Painter and/or building procedural shading networks
- Good understanding of Maya, Houdini, Blender, or similar
- Good understanding of Redshift, Arnold, or similar ray trace renderer
- Comparable software experience considered
Hornet is a creative agency and production studio dedicated to building brands that inspire and resonate. For over 20 years, Hornet has been a beacon of imaginative storytelling, driving creative excellence in motion design, animation, and live action. We take pride in a curated diversity of talent, delivering groundbreaking work that transforms ambitious ideas into impactful stories and striking visual experiences. Combining strategic insight, design excellence, and production mastery, we craft award-winning work across animation, mixed media, and live action.
From bold brand identities to unforgettable content, Hornet delivers with the agility of a boutique studio and the depth of a world-class agency. Our mission reflects an enduring passion for storytelling and the magic found in creativity, shaping culture and elevating brands through innovation and collaboration.
Hornet is seeking a Motion Intern to join the Motion team. At Hornet, we understand that graphics are a powerful tool for storytelling, and telling a story is what we do best! Whether it’s through shapes, type, clever transitions, or engaging UI demonstrations, our Motion team is constantly pushing for new and more innovative ways to communicate through motion, with an attention and focus on the fine details that makes each piece shine.
For more information about the specific opportunities offered, please view our Hornet Internship Program Overview Deck
Responsibilities:
- Support the motion team by working on new shots or revising existing shots as needed.
- Attend dailies with Senior Artists, Creative Directors, and Hornet Directors to get feedback on work and be in tune with notes on key shots and larger production challenges.
- Share your artistic and technical inspirations and knowledge with fellow artists and leads to help steer assignments to suit your interests.
Qualifications:
- The candidate should have strong design abilities and a good eye for composition and typography.
- A great sense of motion graphics animation in Adobe After Effects. Cinema 4D skills are a plus.
- The candidate should be highly self-motivated, proactive, and team oriented.
- Must be able to communicate clearly, take constructive criticism and conduct themselves in a professional and courteous manner in the workplace.
- Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects -- C4D a plus.
Hornet is a creative agency and production studio dedicated to building brands that inspire and resonate. For over 20 years, Hornet has been a beacon of imaginative storytelling, driving creative excellence in motion design, animation, and live action. We take pride in a curated diversity of talent, delivering groundbreaking work that transforms ambitious ideas into impactful stories and striking visual experiences. Combining strategic insight, design excellence, and production mastery, we craft award-winning work across animation, mixed media, and live action.
From bold brand identities to unforgettable content, Hornet delivers with the agility of a boutique studio and the depth of a world-class agency. Our mission reflects an enduring passion for storytelling and the magic found in creativity, shaping culture and elevating brands through innovation and collaboration.
Hornet is seeking a Compositing Intern to join the team. Hornet Compositors are the culmination of the creative output of whole teams of talented people. It's in compositing where the final details of design and story come together. The ideal candidate will have a good base of knowledge in Nuke and/or After Effects and be interested in learning new compositing tools and tricks to bring their work and utility within the post production team to the next level.
For more information about the specific opportunities offered, please view our Hornet Internship Program Overview Deck
Responsibilities:
- Support the comp team by comping new shots or making revisions to existing comp setups as needed.
- Learn practical timeline management skills in Resolve and Flame, work with Leads and Producers to prepare work in progress commercials for review, QC for Client postings.
- Attend dailies with Senior Artists, Creative Directors, and Hornet Directors to get feedback on work and be in tune with note on key shots and larger production challenges.
- Nuke compositing including keying, rotoscoping, 2D tracking, retouching, rig removal, 2D compositing and 3D compositing. After Effects compositing including cell animation and design compositing.
- Share your artistic and technical inspirations and knowledge with fellow artists and leads to help steer assignments to suit your interests.
Qualifications:
- Keen eye for color and strong attention to detail for integration of elements within a scene.
- Appreciation for a variety of styles of art and design.
- Understanding of the CG process.
- Live action keying experience preferred, rotoscoping and 2d tracking knowledge required.
- 3D camera tracking knowledge is a plus.
- Proficiency in DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator preferred; Premiere, Maya a plus
Hornet is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, including people identifying as BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, gender nonconforming, living with a disability, veteran or active duty military, or any other minority group.