Description:
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead Animation Projects: Oversee and direct animation projects, ensuring creative and technical quality meets studio standards.
- Character Animation: Create high-quality 2D and 3D character animations, including facial animation, body mechanics, and lip-syncing.
- Mentorship & Leadership: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-level animators. Lead by example in technical execution and creative problem-solving.
- Collaboration: Work closely with directors, designers, modelers, riggers, and other departments to achieve seamless integration of animations into the final project.
- Tools Expertise: Use Blender for 3D animation, After Effects for post-production and compositing, and other relevant animation tools effectively.
- Technical Troubleshooting: Identify and resolve technical issues with animation rigs, pipelines, or rendering processes to ensure smooth workflows.
- Quality Control: Ensure that animations adhere to artistic and technical standards, ensuring consistency and attention to detail throughout production.
- Feedback & Iteration: Act on feedback from creative leads and directors, making necessary adjustments while maintaining artistic integrity.
- Deadline Management: Manage and prioritize animation tasks, ensuring timely delivery of animations without compromising quality.
- Innovation: Stay up to date with the latest industry trends, tools, and techniques. Suggest and implement new animation technologies or processes that improve efficiency and quality.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Extensive Experience in 2D/3D character animation, with a strong portfolio showcasing your skills in both 2D and 3D animation styles.
- Proficiency in Blender: Strong experience with Blender for 3D modeling, rigging, and animation.
- After Effects Expertise: Skilled in post-production and compositing, with the ability to integrate animations smoothly into final renders using After Effects.
- Leadership Experience: Proven ability to lead a team of animators, providing constructive feedback, direction, and support to achieve team and project goals.
- Creative Problem-Solving: Ability to troubleshoot animation, rigging, and technical challenges, developing effective solutions that enhance the overall production.
- Strong Understanding of Animation Principles: Expertise in traditional and modern animation techniques such as timing, spacing, weight, and anticipation.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to convey ideas and collaborate with both technical and creative teams.
- Attention to Detail: Strong focus on quality and consistency throughout the animation process, from initial concept to final output.
- Experience with Render Farms and Optimization: Knowledge of optimizing 3D scenes for rendering, including working with render farms and dealing with issues related to rendering efficiency.
- Project Management Skills: Ability to manage multiple animation tasks and deadlines while maintaining the quality of output.