Studio: Giant Animation
Job Opening: Lead 3D Animators
Location: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Animation Supervisor(s), Art Director, and CG Supervisor(s) to create high-quality, story-driven Animation based on the production style and overall show expectations.
- Work closely with the Rigging and Pipeline departments providing suggestions and feedback to improve character setups, visual quality, rigs, and tool functionality that will benefit the Animation team(s).
- Follow the structured key frame animation workflow used by Giant for each stage of blocking, plus, and polish.
- Help define the characters by building and developing the studio library, which includes Cycles, Expressions, Personality Poses, etc.
- Show clear performance concepts and shot blocking in the Director’s review (Animation Dailies).
- Have a clear understanding of the performance, style, quality, continuity, technical, scheduling, and budgetary requirements of the Production.
- Liaise with Production on task assignments and scheduling of the team, helping to plan assignments/shots/revisions in the context of the overall schedule and direction of a given episode.
- Maintain an open and professional demeanour when providing or taking directions, undertaking revisions and altering approaches as required.
- Support a collaborative and creative environment that produces awesome Giant projects with great teams.
- Perform other tasks as the project requires.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Proven production experience in a Lead role or as a Co-Lead.
- Strong Leadership skills and the ability to confidently Lead a team.
- Excellent time and team management skills.
- Thorough knowledge of Maya.
- Good communicator with excellent interpersonal skills and can deliver high-quality results in a dynamic environment.
- Strong Leadership skills and the ability to support a diverse team.
- Strong organizational skills and a good eye for detail.
- Strong technical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong grasp of appeal and visual communication skills.
- Solid understanding of Production and Technical resources.
