Sound Bight Media is looking for a highly motivated and independent Digital Media Creator who specializes in animation, illustration and video editing to join our team in Portland, Oregon.
The primary goal of this position is give our videos a unique aesthetic, help launch a new animated YouTube channel, and provide guidance on other video illustrations. Additionally, experience editing videos and best practices around editing videos is highly preferred.
The right person for the position will have experience in creating unique illustrations, but also in a way that’s easy to replicate and reproduce on a weekly basis. We’re looking to provide minor animations to our videos, not full cartoon/anime/comic book style illustrations and animations. This means that the person will have experience with tools like Adobe After Effects and Adobe Animate. A back up job for this position will be to help edit full videos to life across all our channels and work with contractors when needed to adhere to established editing guidelines.
Finally, this position will support the company as a whole as needed. We’re a small company that’s very much a start up and everyone wears all hats. This means you could find yourself uploading videos, supporting additional production of videos, scheduling social media, or materials for an article, and so on. Additional skills in the Adobe software suite, particularly Illustrator, Photoshop, and Premiere, is a big bonus.
This position is based in Portland, Oregon and the ideal person hired for this position will be located within the Portland metropolitan area. However, remote applicants within the United States will be considered as well. At present this is a work-from-home position.
Key responsibilities
Overall, this position will be tasked with illustrating, animating and editing for a brand new channel and will help support videos across multiple different channels. This is largely broken down into the following categories.
Note: the percentages are approximations and should not be taken literally.
- Animation and Illustration (65%) - Lead the animation and illustration behind a brand new channel focused on telling micro-history and geography stories. This position will be responsible for dictating the aesthetic and design. Additionally, this position will help with the design of thumbnails for the channel.
- Video Editing (35%) - All videos require some video editing regardless of how much animation there is. This position will, when able, also help with editing videos to ensure that videos across all our channels are coming out with a consistent level of quality.
Requirements and qualifications
- Experience: 3+ years of experience working in animation, illustration and video production.
- Consistency: Able to animate and illustrate videos on a weekly basis and adhere to a strict schedule around content creation.
- Creative skills: Able to use additional Adobe creative suite (After Effects, Premiere, Animate, Illustrator, Photoshop) in order to create animations and help edit videos and even make thumbnails.
- Self-directed: Ability to work independently, manage your own time, and consistently deliver high-quality work independent of other producers.
- Love of educational content: You need to be fascinated by the world, able to digest our content, and have a strong desire to share it with the world.
Preferred qualifications (but not mandatory)
- Education: Abachelor's degree in art, animation, illustration or video production.
- Media experience: Experience working with YouTube creators, educational brands, or digital media publishers
- Love of geography: A passion for learning about and understanding our world in a deeper, geographic way
Pay and benefits
- Salary: $60,000 to $70,000 per year (depending on experience), full-time, exempt
- Healthcare: Included, fully paid including dental/vision
- Paid time/sick time: Unlimited (PTO must be scheduled in advance)
- Retirement: 401k retirement plan with 4% company match
- Bonuses: Annual bonus paid out as a percentage of profits generated and time worked
How to apply
To apply please submit your resume and portfolio. We can not accept an application without a portfolio of your work.
Timeline
- September 20th, 2026: Applications close.
- September 21st - 24th : Interviews held.
- October 1st: Final candidate selection.
- October 15th – October 31st: Flexible start date window.
About Sound Bight Media
Sound Bight Media is the company behind the hit YouTube channels: Geography By Geoff and GeoLex (and soon two more channels!). It also owns and operates the Substack community page: The Bight (thebight.co) as well as the now retired podcast: Geography Is Everything.
Our goal is to create fun and educational content around geography and expand people’s understanding of the world and how it works through geography. We’re aiming to become the premiere place for geography content on the internet which means we’re continually looking for ways to expand, grow and create new and fun content around the framework of geography, be that through history, economics, sports, or really anything else.
Sound Bight Media was founded in Portland, Oregon by Geoff Gibson, the creator of Geography By Geoff and GeoLex.
AI policy
Sound Bight Media is an “AI-light” business. Which means we use AI strategically, not creatively. There are no mandates around using AI, but tools are available should the need arise. That said, under no circumstance is AI to be used for the actual production of videos, social media, or articles. This includes the creation of AI videos, images, and text.
In general, we follow the 90/10 rule around AI. No more than 10% of your work should be done by AI.
This job description was written by a human (Geoff!) and we expect your resume and all items in your portfolio to be written and created by a human. To put it bluntly: do not use AI to write your resume and do not submit AI generated materials as part of your portfolio. All items submitted will be checked for AI usage.
AI will not be used to read, digest, or determine eligibility for the position.
Equal Opportunity Employer
At Sound Bight Media, our goal is to expand people’s understanding of the world through geography. And we know we can’t do that without a team that reflects the world's diversity. As such, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, and we do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. In fact, we welcome all of those traits as they reflect the world in which we all live.
Pay: $60,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Work Location: Remote
