Animator - Advertising, Episodic and Immersive
Job description
We are looking for a Mid-Senior Animators to join our team starting immediately working across Advertising, Episodic and Immersive projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Working closely with the Animation Lead and Supervisor to produce high quality animation which creates compelling, story-driven and action packed moments that fit within the style and pacing of the project
- Working closely with the Rigging and Pipeline departments providing suggestions and feedback to improve character setup, visual quality, rigs and tool functionality
- Animating both primary and secondary characters and elements
- Meeting schedules and show deadlines
- Ongoing communication with Production and Lead regarding schedules and deadlines
- Working efficiently as part of a team, or independently, to complete assigned shots
- Submitting shots for review and follow through with notes and feedback if required
- Continuing to become familiar with new tools, software, data and other related technology
Job requirements
Essential Skills
- Previous experience in a similar role
- Thorough knowledge of Maya
- An understanding of physical motion, weight, balance, texture and form
- An understanding of rigs and typical rigging setups, animation pipelines and transferring data between tools
- The proven ability to work under pressure
- Being open to direction and able to embrace change
- Attention to detail
- Reliable, with good time keeping and the ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent organisation, communication and interpersonal skills
- A demonstrable commitment to creative collaboration within a team and with other departments
- Adaptability and the willingness to learn new processes and technical skills
Desirable Skills
- A working knowledge of Modelling, Rigging and Mel/Python scripting
- Previous experience working with motion capture data
- A traditional animation and/or art background
- Knowledge of human and animal anatomy as well as life drawing skill
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