Market evidence report — animator
Source: 41 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 41), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-08.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
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Seniority distribution
| Seniority |
Ads |
Share |
| mid |
20 |
49 % |
| n/a |
10 |
24 % |
| senior |
6 |
15 % |
| junior |
3 |
7 % |
| lead |
2 |
5 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # |
Item |
Ads |
Share |
| 1 |
Adobe After Effects |
13 |
32 % |
| 2 |
Adobe Photoshop |
7 |
17 % |
| 3 |
Adobe Illustrator |
6 |
15 % |
| 4 |
Adobe Premiere Pro |
6 |
15 % |
| 5 |
Blender |
5 |
12 % |
| 6 |
Cinema 4D |
5 |
12 % |
| 7 |
Figma |
4 |
10 % |
| 8 |
Maya |
4 |
10 % |
| 9 |
Adobe InDesign |
3 |
7 % |
| 10 |
After Effects |
3 |
7 % |
| 11 |
Microsoft PowerPoint |
3 |
7 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # |
Item |
Ads |
Share |
| 1 |
2d animation |
11 |
27 % |
| 2 |
animation |
9 |
22 % |
| 3 |
video editing |
9 |
22 % |
| 4 |
3d animation |
8 |
20 % |
| 5 |
visual storytelling |
8 |
20 % |
| 6 |
motion design |
7 |
17 % |
| 7 |
character animation |
6 |
15 % |
| 8 |
character performance |
6 |
15 % |
| 9 |
graphic design |
6 |
15 % |
| 10 |
activity facilitation |
5 |
12 % |
| 11 |
motion graphics |
5 |
12 % |
| 12 |
motion capture |
4 |
10 % |
| 13 |
storyboarding |
4 |
10 % |
| 14 |
guest engagement |
3 |
7 % |
| 15 |
motion graphics design |
3 |
7 % |
| 16 |
ui element animation |
3 |
7 % |
Methods — full market ranking
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # |
Item |
Ads |
Share |
| 1 |
animation creation |
8 |
20 % |
| 2 |
character meet-and-greets |
5 |
12 % |
| 3 |
dance party leading |
5 |
12 % |
| 4 |
game hosting |
5 |
12 % |
| 5 |
storytime reading |
4 |
10 % |
| 6 |
voice acting |
4 |
10 % |
| 7 |
interactive experience creation |
3 |
7 % |
| 8 |
project management |
3 |
7 % |
Job title variants in the market
| Title |
Ads |
| RWS Global |
LEGOLAND® Character Performer |
| Contract Animator |
2 |
| REMOTE INTERNSHIP- Video Animator |
2 |
| 2D Animator - Series (Remote) |
1 |
| 2D Animator (Volunteer) |
1 |
| 2D/3D Animator (Luxury Travel) |
1 |
| Animator |
1 |
| Animator (First-Person) |
1 |
| Character Animator |
1 |
| Contract Minecraft Blockbuster Animator for YouTube Shorts |
1 |
| Creative Animator for Theatre Productions And Digital Storytelling |
1 |
| Creature & Gameplay Animator - Remote (US) |
1 |
| Digital and motion graphics designer |
1 |
| Digital Animation Instructor (Part Time, After School, In-Person) |
1 |
| Freelance Animator & GFX Artist |
1 |
| Freelance Motion Designer: 2D/3D, Part-Time |
1 |
| Ixilix is hiring : Remote 2D Game Animator - Spine & After Effects Expert in Unio |
1 |
| Lead 2D Animator & Team Lead Flexible Remote |
1 |
| Lead Gameplay Animator |
1 |
| Medical Animator |
1 |
| Micro1 is hiring: Remote LibreSprite Pixel Art Expert & Animator in Valley Cente |
1 |
| Mobile 3D Character Artist & Animator Job at Supono Holdings Ltd in Pleasant Uni |
1 |
| Motion Designer Job |
1 |
| Motion Graphics - Junior Designer |
1 |
| Remote AI Video Editor & Motion Animator |
1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.
