2017 NASA Science Animation Fellowship

Description

USRA is an independent, nonprofit research corporation where the combined efforts of in-house talent and university-based expertise merge to advance space science and technology. USRA works across disciplines including biomedicine, planetary science, astrophysics, and engineering and integrates those competencies into applications ranging from fundamental research to facility management and operations. USRA engages the creativity and authoritative expertise of the research community to develop and deliver sophisticated, forward-looking solutions to Federal agencies and other customers - on schedule and within budget

The NASA Animation Fellowship is a yearlong program for animators wishing to explore the intersection of animation, motion graphics and science illustration.  You will work with an outstanding team of animators, data visualizers, video producers, and science writers as you produce animations for some of NASA’s most exciting science missions such as mind bending results from the Hubble Space Telescope, the inner workings of the hurricane heat engine, rivers of plasma racing beneath the surface of the Sun, an audacious new concept to sample the atmosphere of Venus, and extra solar planets made of clouds rubies and sapphires.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Fellows are expected to make substantive contributions by creating animation and motion graphics content for use by a wide range of audiences: newsmedia, museums, science centers, educators, and NASA’s popular social media streams
• You will assist senior animators by creating motion graphics, models, setting up scenes/lighting, rendering, compositing, and archiving
• You will have a chance to develop your own projects from start to finish: attending meetings with scientists, storyboarding, modeling, creating final renders, and working advising on distribution strategies