Boris FX is hiring for the following positions:
Content Creator
Software Engineer
To apply for any of the open positions, please send cover letter and resume to jobs@borisfx.com with the job title in the subject field.
No inquiries from agencies at this time please.
Content Creator
Do you live and breathe motion graphics, visual storytelling, and creative content production? Are you excited to share your passion with a global community across all social media channels? If so, Boris FX has the perfect opportunity for you!
Boris FX, a leader in visual effects software, is searching for a creative Content Creator eager to become an integral member of our marketing team. This role is ideal for a highly skilled motion graphics or VFX artist with excellent editing chops, a flair for captivating video production, and a desire to inspire and educate fellow creatives. You will represent the full Boris FX Suite—including Sapphire, Continuum, Mocha Pro, Silhouette, SynthEyes, Particle Illusion, and Optics—by bringing each product’s unique capabilities to life through engaging, high-quality content on platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Meta, X, TikTok, and more.
What You’ll Do:
- Create Engaging Video Content: Develop and produce high-quality motion graphics tutorials, demo reels, and training videos that highlight the full spectrum of Boris FX products.
- Build Your Personal Brand: Grow your presence and cultivate a loyal community across various social media channels by sharing insights, tips, and innovative techniques using our complete product suite.
- Visual Storytelling: Transform technical subjects into compelling visual narratives that simplify complex visual effects and motion graphics concepts.
- Live Presentations & Streaming: Participate in live streams, webinars, and interactive Q&A sessions that engage and educate your audience in real time.
- Community Engagement: Act as a brand ambassador by actively engaging with online communities, participating in forums, and representing Boris FX at industry events.
- Collaborative Innovation: Work closely with our marketing and product teams to develop content strategies that both educate users and influence future product development.
- Customer Support & Troubleshooting: Leverage your technical aptitude to test software, troubleshoot challenging shots, and provide valuable feedback that enhances product performance.
What We’re Looking For:
- Passion for Content Creation: A genuine love for producing charismatic, high-quality video content with a strong focus on motion graphics, visual effects, and product education.
- Social Media Savvy: Proven expertise in content production for platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Meta, X, TikTok, and more, with a track record of building and engaging online communities.
- Professional Experience & Skills: We’re seeking a creative, energetic individual with strong prior video production skills. While you don’t need to arrive as a Boris FX expert, you should be well-established in creating engaging content and have an innovative approach to digital storytelling.
- Technical Mastery: Proficient in creating high-quality content using Adobe Creative Cloud tools.
- Creative Communication: Exceptional public speaking and presentation skills, with experience as a trainer, mentor, or content creator.
- Project Management: Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple creative projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
- Team Collaboration: Excellent people skills to work effectively with Sales, Marketing, and Support teams, ensuring customer success and continuous product improvement.
Bonus Skills:
- Experience teaching motion graphics or visual effects techniques across a range of software, particularly within the Boris FX suite as well as industry-standard products such as Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, Nuke, Flame, or VEGAS Pro.
- Familiarity with 3D animation or camera tracking applications (e.g., C4D, Maya, Syntheyes, or 3D Equalizer).
- Multilingual presentation skills are a plus.
Details:
- Position: Full-Time (Remote)
- Ideal Locations: United States, Canada, or United Kingdom.
- Compensation: Salary commensurate with skills and experience
When You Apply:
- Submit an up-to-date resume and a cover letter detailing your passion for content creation, motion graphics, and your vision for engaging a global audience across various social media platforms.
- Include links to examples of your work (demo reel, projects, YouTube channel, social media profiles, etc.) that showcase your expertise and creative style.
Software Engineer
Are you someone who would be excited about working in the visual effects industry developing VFX tools for the next blockbuster movie or Super Bowl commercial? Do you have a passion for quality, super-fast, maintainable code?
Boris FX is a leading provider of specialized visual effects software to the film, media and advertising industries worldwide. Our products are used in top video content of all kinds. We care about speed, quality and creativity. We’re looking for a motivated engineer to help us move faster, scale larger, and create more amazing products.
You’d work closely with the rest of our small, geographically dispersed development group on Academy Award-winning visual effects software and make a significant impact on our company.
This is a full-time position that is permanently remote / work from home. Salary commensurate with skills and experience.
Roles and Responsibilities
Write sophisticated image processing and computer vision software in C++ and OpenCL.
We all wear many hats, so there’s some customer interaction, bug fixes, conferences, product design and QA as well as serious high-performance, artist-focussed software development.
Required Experience
- Solid experience, comfort and fluency with C++
- Experience creating, debugging and shipping high-performance products
- Image processing and/or computer vision skills
- Degree in Computing or a related subject, or equivalent experience
- Familiarity with two or more of Windows, Mac and Linux
- Experience with distributed version control (especially Git)
- Experience with agile development, bug tracking (such as Jira)
Pluses
- Familiarity with video editing/effects software development
- Experience with parallel or GPU programming
- Comfort and fluency with Python
- Strong debugging skills and a desire to solve challenging problems
- Experience working in a distributed team, for example open-source projects
Personal Characteristics
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Detail oriented
- Enthusiasm to learn
- Able to work independently
- Likes a small company environment