Lead Animator required at Animal Logic

 Lead Animator required at Animal Logic

Studio: Animal Logic

Job Opening: Lead Animator – Netflix Animated Feature Film

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

Type: Full-Time

Responsibilities:

  • Provide leadership, direction and allocation of work to the animators within your team
  • 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 departments 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 communicates this clearly to each member of the team
  • Delegates work responsibly to ensure successful completion of shots across team members of all skill levels
  • Drives team reviews and, when appropriate, will 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’ Animation experience in feature animation, VFX and/or animated television
  • Proven leadership experience within feature animation or VFX
  • Proven ability to produce feature film quality character animation in a range of styles demonstrated through past project work and/or reel/portfolio
  •  A deep knowledge of animation techniques and a proficiency in Maya, within a feature film animation pipeline preferred
  • Deep understanding of traditional animation techniques and the principles of character performance such as posing, staging, timing, acting and storytelling techniques
  • A deep 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
  • A knowledge of rigging and pipeline to help direct any technical changes
  • Recognised post-secondary qualification in animation, film or related field preferable
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills working with production and other departments as required
  • Ability to effectively work, communicate and provide feedback with all personality types
  • Have the ability to listen and be open to all feedback given and apply this to shots moving forward; anticipating the supervisors/ directors preference in accordance to the style of the project
  • Enthusiasm, positivity, initiative and talent coupled with an understanding for taking direction and performing tasks to the individual’s best abilities
  • Be detail orientated, balanced with a strong technical understand to quality control each shot in a sequence
  • Ability to multitask, prioritise and balance workloads to achieve deadlines within a team environment
  • Open to new workflows and tool sets

Apply for the Job Online: To apply, visit https://boards.greenhouse.io/animallogic/jobs/3458527