Studio: arx anima animation studio
Job Opening: Asset Supervisor
Location: Vienna, Austria
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Teamwork is a virtue. You will lead a marvelous team of artists to craft amazing landscapes and characters that meet the technical and aesthetic requirements of the project.
- Characters have a very strong defined style, you will be ensuring, working closely with the rigging supervisor, that the final production ready model will certainly respect the soul established in the sculpted designs.
- You will shape and supervise an Asset Team composed of modelers, texture painters and look development artists in the production of extensive open hair sets, providing both artistic and technical mentorship.
- Environments are an essential part of any production. In this position, you will be directly responsible for ensuring disciplines of scene assembly, layout and set dressing.
- Troubleshooting is an attitude, assisting your team in specific modeling/texturing/surfacing tasks including fixing errors will greatly reinforce your leadership
- You will work closely with the Pipeline, Rigging, Layout and Lighting supervisor to guarantee the smooth transition of the assets to the following stages of production.
- You will cooperate with the production manager in planning, estimating and scheduling the 3D content creation
- You review the 3D content of the artists and manage their related tasks
- The asset supervisor will be responsible for planning, estimating and scheduling of 3D content under a compactly defined time-frame
- As a decision maker, you will assess the implementation of certain assets and find efficient solutions according to the standards of the show
- You will communicate with other departments (layout, animation, rendering) in order to ensure smooth workflows
Qualifications & Skills:
- For the open position as Environment Supervisor, you will bring
- Strong knowledge and understanding of the natural world, architecture, and anatomy
- Good sense for creating and assessing a very stylized design
- Experience in producing animated movies and/or series in the same or a similar position for at least 3 years
- Strong leadership skills with a solution-driven mindset
- Deep understanding of technical needs to define the production requirements
- Experience in production of environment and characters is required
- Experience in procedural modeling and scene optimization is a big plus
- Proven technical knowledge of Maya is mandatory
- Proven technical knowledge of Houdini is a big plus
- Deep understanding of the relevance of the asset department to ensure a smooth production workflow is crucial
- Ability to delegate and empower your team
- Social skills for your fellow coworkers, including 50GB of humor and respect
- Ability to implement and maintain an open and supportive feedback culture
