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As a Business Analyst - Content, you'll analyze complex data sets to understand user behavior, improve content recommendations, and optimize user experience.  You will work with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, content, marketing) to ensure data-informed decisions. Key responsibilities include tracking and analyzing content performance across cultures, creating dashboards and reports, analyzing viewer preferences, supporting content acquisition with performance insights, and building forecasting models to predict content success and ROI.  The role requires strong analytical skills, proficiency in SQL, Excel, product analytics tools (Mixpanel, Amplitude), and BI tools (Tableau).

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<div id="cw-rich-description" style="color:#171B27; margin-bottom: 32px;"> About the opportunity : As a Business Analyst - Content, you will play a critical role in analysing and interpreting complex data sets to help us understand user behaviour,improve content recommendations, optimize user experience, and drive strategic decisions. You will work closely with cross functional teams, including product, engineering, content,and marketing, to ensure our day-to-day work is strongly data-informed. <div> </div>Key responsibilities: <ol><li dir="ltr">Track and analyse content performance across regional cultures. </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Analyse metrics like watch time, completion rates, and engagement for content in different cultures </li><li dir="ltr">Compare performance across cultures to identify successful content patterns </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Create content performance dashboards and reports </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Build automated dashboards showing key content metrics </li><li dir="ltr">Generate regular reports on content performance for stakeholders and content team </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Analyse viewer preferences and behaviour by cultures and regions </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Study how different regions consume content. </li><li dir="ltr">Understand peak viewing times, preferred devices, and viewing patterns by cultures </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Support content acquisition with performance insights and forecasts </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Help acquisition team make data-driven decisions on content purchases </li><li dir="ltr">Predict potential performance of new content based on historical data </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Generate ROI analysis for content investments </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Calculate return on investment for different types of content </li><li dir="ltr">Compare ROI across cultures and genres </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Optimize content scheduling based on viewing patterns </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Recommend best release times for new content </li><li dir="ltr">Optimize content placement on platform based on viewing data </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Create content performance forecasting models </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Build models to predict content success </li><li dir="ltr">Develop viewership forecasts for new content releases </li></ul></ol>Our ideal candidate: Must have: ● 1-4 years of product analytics experience in a B2C context ● Proficiency with SQL, Excel, product analytics (Mix panel, Amplitude or similar) and Business Intelligence (Tableau or similar) tools ● Strong problem-solving skills and an insatiable curiosity to get behind the ‘why’of every problem statement ● Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a cross-functional team Should have: ● Ability to judge what metrics to measure for different problem statements ● Ability to design and run experiments independently ● Ability to write great analysis documents/notes to succinctly communicate your findings to a broad audience ● Experience designing event tracking schemas Nice to have: ● Experience in the OTT/entertainment industry <div dir="ltr"> </div><div> </div> </div>

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The Lead 3D Character Animator at Blue Zoo will lead a team, delivering high-quality character animation, ensuring adherence to deadlines and directorial vision. Responsibilities include managing a team, providing feedback, mentoring junior animators,  troubleshooting issues,  and communicating effectively with various stakeholders.  The role requires advanced Maya skills, strong storytelling abilities, and excellent comedic timing.  A hybrid work model (at least 2 days in the London studio) is required. The position starts April/May 2025.

Junior 3D Layout Artist

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Our Lead 3D Character Animator are fantastic storytellers and excellent motivators. Their day-to-day focuses on managing their team, delivering characterful animated performances, expert comedic timing, charming acting choices, and maintaining production deadlines, whilst meeting that all important brief from our Directors and Clients.&nbsp;
<div>The successful candidates will need to be based in the UK as they will be required to come into our London studio at least 2 days a week, in a hybrid working model. Currently, we're unable to consider VISA sponsorship. 
This opportunity is due to start in April/May 2025, please note that this vacancy can close early if we receive a high number of applications.</div>
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Day to Day:
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 <li>Leading a team of animators, and regularly communicating with the Animation Directors.</li>
 <li>Managing your time efficiently to meet the deadlines of your assigned shots.</li>
 <li>Arranging daily catch ups with your team to make sure they are on track and aware of their deadlines.</li>
 <li>Flagging to the Animation Directors and Production in advance if there are any potential issues with deadlines or workload.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
 <li>Making sure your work is communicating the story, ideas and acting choices clearly from blocking through to the final animation.</li>
 <li>Responding positively to, and acting on, notes and feedback from your Directors and Animation Directors.</li>
 <li>Mentoring and coaching less experienced members of the team.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
 <li>Acting as a good role model for your team. Achieving the highest quality work in the time given, as well as responding well to fixes.</li>
 <li>Talking up and down the pipeline to other Supervisors and Leads, troubleshooting any issues, as well as keeping Production and Animation Directors aware where appropriate.&nbsp;</li>
 <li>Mentoring the team and helping with their development, including participating in your team’s review sessions along with the Animation Directors.</li>
 <li>Updating the Animation Directors on the team’s progress, communicating any concerns regarding the teams’ performance and wellbeing.</li>
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Must Have:
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 <li>Advanced understanding of body mechanics, posing and getting the best performance possible out of a character.</li>
 <li>An advanced understanding of Maya or similar software.</li>
 <li>Ability to receive and act on feedback and respond to direction.</li>
 <li>Excellent time management and prioritising skills.</li>
 <li>Great communication and a motivational team leader, naturally sharing your knowledge and skills with other team members.&nbsp;</li>
 <li>Demonstrable experience of being a team player and great collaborator.</li>
 <li>Excellent creative problem solving skills.</li>
 <li>Problem solving skills to find the best approach to meeting the brief as well as troubleshooting issues and asking questions if unsure.</li>
 <li>Confidence in working independently. Being diligent, taking initiative and being reliable.</li>
 <li>Being organised and managing yours and your team’s time efficiently.</li>
 <li>Ability to help and support your team, contributing to the development and growth of your team members e.g. supporting already defined goals and giving clear direction in line with Animation Director’s requests.</li>
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 <li>Previous experience as a Lead Animator on an animation production.</li>
 <li>Python or Mel script knowledge.</li>
 <li>Good at drawing/additional creative skills (acting/dance).</li>
 <li>Shotgun or FTrack experience.</li>
 <li>Understanding of a 3D production pipeline.</li>
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			Blue Zoo is a leading animation studio in the UK, with a world-class reputation as the go-to place for creating bold, fun and characterful animation. Established in London in 2000, the studio has grown to become the largest dedicated CG animation studio in the UK, picking up a shelf full of BAFTAs, an Annie and an Emmy along the way!
We couldn’t be prouder that Blue Zoo is the first major animation studio in the world to receive We’ve been independently certified by B Lab, a non-profit organisation who award the B Corp certification. The certification verifies companies who are working to improve the lives of employees as well as industries as a whole. The certification process involves over 170 rigorous metrics to improve the lives of our staff, customers, suppliers, and the local community, ensuring we are not just saying we are ethical with empty gestures, but independently evidencing it.
We are going through an exciting period of growth and are building a studio that is full of amazingly talented, happy artists, making work they are proud of, which in turn makes a small contribution to a happier world. Blue Zoo believes that a healthy balance in our lives - whatever our situation - is key to supporting the wellbeing of our staff. We offer flexible working to support this.
We look for people who have expertise, enthusiasm and are motivated to make things better. You’ll work alongside a talented and diverse group of people who respect each other's differences and seek to understand and embrace fresh perspectives.&nbsp;
What we’ve got for you:
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 <li>Winner of Best Places to Work in TV 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2024.</li>
 <li>Inclusive self-funded shorts programme.</li>
 <li>Many fun in person and remote social events throughout the year.</li>
 <li>Bi-monthly employee feedback and engagement programme.</li>
 <li>Comprehensive benefits package, including loads of discounts and offers.</li>
 <li>Online wellbeing programme.</li>
 <li>Profit share (for employees who have been with us for 2+ years).</li>
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Blue Zoo is committed to creating and nurturing an inclusive studio that promotes and values diversity and invites everyone to ‘bring their whole selves’ to work. We believe that companies that truly embrace and value diversity, and create an environment where everyone from any background can do their best work, are better companies.&nbsp;
To be engaged our people have to feel included and valued. We work hard to build and nurture a culture where inclusiveness is embedded in the way we work, not just an initiative. We strive to engender a studio community that feels a deep sense of pride and commitment that transcends any role, department or level and works together to produce excellent and engaging work.
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