Studio: Animal Logic Entertainment
Job Opening: Lead Animator
Location: Sydney, Australia
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership, direction and allocation of work to the animators within your team
- Work closely with your Animators, as well as the Rigging and Modelling departments to ensure characters remain on model and style
- Establish and maintain an appropriate level of communication with all crew members and ensure they are properly supported and mentored
- When required, produce high quality animation in line with the Directors creative vision
- Become proficient with the department’s propriety tools
- Understand the processes of adjoining departments and communicate with these departments as needed
- Understand the overall brief and goals of a project and communicate this clearly to each member of the team
- Delegate work responsibly to ensure successful completion of shots across team members of all skill levels
- Drive team reviews and, when appropriate, offer creative feedback on reviewed shots
- Work with the Animation Supervisor and the production team to prepare bids and pitches as required
- Prioritize and break down a project into organized parts
Qualifications & Skills:
- 10+ years of experience in animation
- Proven leadership experience within feature animation
- Proven ability to produce feature film quality character animation in a range of styles, with a strong focus on naturalistic/realistic human movement and acting
- Deep knowledge of animation techniques and proficiency in Maya, within a feature film animation pipeline
- Deep understanding of traditional animation techniques and the principles of character performance such as posing, staging, timing, acting and storytelling techniques
- A strong understanding of anatomy, movement, and basic real-world physics and their application for animation
- Have an “eye” for the nuances of a believable action
- Understand department pipelines including all assets and tools, and their purpose
- Knowledge of rigging and pipeline to help direct any technical changes
- Recognized post-secondary qualification in animation, film or a related field is preferable
- The ability to help define the brief and direction with draw overs that define the intent visually
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