Studio: Framestore
Job Opening: Animation Supervisor
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Manage, train and mentor a team of Animators
- Provide examples and benchmarks for the animation team to follow
- Work closely with the Animation Leads to ensure the team are producing high quality animation which creates compelling, story-driven and action packed moments that fit within the style and pacing of the film
- Take responsibility for the quality of work across the team
- Work with rigging and pipeline to provide suggestions and feedback in order to improve character setup, visual quality, rigs and tool functionality
- Work with the Animation Leads to ensure ongoing communication with Production regarding the team’s progress towards the schedule
- Overall responsibility for meeting show milestones and deadlines
- Lead daily reviews with the animation team
- Continue to become familiar with new tools, software, data and other related technologies
Qualifications & Skills:
- Overall 10+years of experience in Animation
- Thorough knowledge of Maya
- A strong grasp of physical motion, weight, balance, texture and form
- A demonstrable understanding of rigs and typical rigging set-ups, animation pipelines and transferring data between tools
- Knowledge of human and animal anatomy as well as life drawing skills
- A demonstrable commitment to creative collaboration within a team and with other departments
- Previous experience supervising/leading a team
- Attention to detail and problem solving skills
- Reliable, with good timekeeping and the ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent organization, communication, interpersonal, and management skills
- Adaptability and the willingness to learn new processes and technical skills
- Previous experience working with motion capture data
