Studio Name: ZEILT Productions
Job opening: Senior 3D Animation Artist (Animateur 3D Senior H/F)
Job Location: Foetz, Luxembourg (On-site / Présentiel)
Employment Type: Fixed-Term Contract (CDD – 4 to 5 Months)
Core Focus: High-end character performance, expressive posing, and feature film (long-métrage) animation production
Key Requirements: Mandatory Senior-level experience, absolute mastery of Autodesk Maya, exceptional acting and body mechanics execution, and intermediate English communication skills
ZEILT Productions—the Academy Award-winning studio behind the Oscar-winning animated short film “Mr Hublot”—is expanding its feature film animation team and launching immediate recruitment for a Senior 3D Animation Artist (H/F). Based on-site at their studio facility in Foetz, Luxembourg, this fixed-term contractual role (CDD) is structured specifically for seasoned character animators who excel at breathing life into complex digital figures. If you want to contribute your expertise to a high-profile feature film project within an internationally recognized production environment, this premium casting track offers a world-class workspace.
Selected senior animators will push the limits of character emotion, physical weight mechanics, and overall performance appeal. ZEILT Productions nurtures an innovative, challenging, and technologically advanced creative environment that balances rigorous artistic criteria with a highly positive, collaborative, and human-centric workplace culture.
What You’ll Do (Responsibilities)
The senior animation artist will drive high-end cinematic sequences and performance blocks for an upcoming feature film production:
- Character Performance & Acting: Deliver nuanced character animations, capturing precise emotional beats, subtle facial behaviors, and exceptionally strong silhouette posing.
- Shot Finalization: Refine character physics, locomotion arcs, and interaction mechanics to maintain high-end cinematic realism and narrative fluidity.
- Collaborative Staging: Coordinate with department leads and European production partners, ensuring all sequential deliverables align perfectly with director style guidelines.
Required Software Knowledge & Skills
Candidates applying for this advanced feature film role must possess a mandatory senior profile and meet the following pipeline criteria:
- Primary Software Suite: Complete, authoritative professional operational command over the Autodesk Maya animation toolset.
- Artistic Sensitivity: A highly developed artistic sensibility focused heavily on cinematic timing, composition rhythm, acting choices, and structural detail.
- Communication Skills: A reliable ability to collaborate seamlessly inside team spaces, with a minimum requirement of intermediate English language fluency to speak with European partners.
Perks & Studio Environment: ZEILT Productions offers flexible daily working schedules to promote personal work-life balance. While this is strictly an on-site salaried CDD role in Luxembourg, the studio supports the ability to execute occasional, punctual remote workdays (télétravail ponctuel) based on schedule parameters.
How to Apply
Please note that an animation assessment test may be requested from selected applicants following an internal review of the underlying showreel quality, experience level, and professional background. Artists ready to join this cinematic team can submit their digital application materials by visiting the recruitment portal or contacting the HR desk directly through the tracking link:
Apply officially and view full digital offer routing details via: ZEILT Production Application Tracking Portal
Mandatory Submission Materials: Your application data block must explicitly include an updated CV/resume, an active video animation demoreel, a personalized Cover Letter, and your personal website/ArtStation link (optional).
Crucial Application Notice: Within your cover letter text or submission message body, you must explicitly declare and specify your exact start date availability parameters.