3D Animator

3 weeks ago

Alexandria, Australia Flying Bark Productions Full time

**Flying Bark Productions is working on exciting projects such as the recently announced Avatar: The Last Airbender feature film, Netflix's Stranger Things animated series, Marvel Studios’ What If ?, Disney Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Shaun Tan’s Tales From Outer Suburbia, Flying Bark’s own 200% Wolf movie, and many others.**What do we do?**

Flying Bark Productions is a renowned independent producer of family-focused animation entertainment. For over 50 years, our full-service 2D and 3D production facility has created award-winning feature films and TV series such as _100% Wolf,_ _Maya: The Bee_ and _Blinky Bill: The Movie_.

With over 400 artists at our studios in Sydney and Los Angeles, and partner studios around the world, Flying Bark is one of the largest studios in Australia. Flying Bark is wholly owned by Studio 100: a vertically integrated entertainment powerhouse based in Europe, with theme parks, theatrical productions, and live action and animation studios in Belgium, Germany, France and the USA.

Flying Bark also provides world-class animation services for global clients including Paramount (_Avatar: The Last Airbender_) Nickelodeon (_Glitch Techs, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_), Marvel (_What If...?_), LEGO (_Monkie Kid_) and Disney+ (_Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur_).

**Why work with us?**
- We have an industry leading studio space in the heart of Sydney’s creative inner-west, complete with a cinema, quiet room, Zen Garden, games room, and state of the art animation facilities.
- Breakfast is served daily - on us
- We have cake days, movie nights, wrap parties & a Kulture Klub dedicated to coordinating our busy social calendar
- The Barkers have big hearts too, with our Paws for a Cause fundraising arm raising much needed funds for charities such as Beyond Blue, RSPCA and the Cancer Council.
- If you love dogs as much as we do, you can bring them to work
- Work from anywhere with our flexible remote working policy.
- We have a full slate and plans for international expansion so there is always plenty of opportunity for career development.
- Our employees say our culture is the best they've ever experienced - everyone is welcome and celebrated
- You'll have access to mental health resources and free counselling via our Employee Assistant Provider, Support Act.

The 3D Animator is responsible for bringing life to the characters of the project, with an emphasis on enhancing the story and audience connection with the characters and narrative. Additionally, working to, and maintaining, the creative and technical requirements for animation for the project as required by the Animation Director; and to the production and shot schedule provided by the Production Company.

**Here's what we're looking for**:

- _ Minimum requirement of 2+ years production experience in_ **3D animated films and/or animated episodic;**:

- Demo Reels showcasing excellent facial performance & body mechanics;
- Portfolios with mature, stylized and anime-inspired animation preferred. 2D animation experience is a bonus but non-essential for this role. Somewhat in the vein of Spiderverse, Entergalactic, Arcane and The Witness [Love, Death, Robots];
- Good sense of narrative storytelling, comic timing and emotive visual language;
- Excellent experience with character animation including lip sync and key posing in a CG animation environment;
- Solid experience and understanding of Maya in a production based environment;
- Solid knowledge of animation workflows, character rigs and storyboard interpretation;
- Experience creating animated sequences of characters, objects, and cameras,
- Able to collaborate with the animation team to achieve the EPs vision
- Proficient with keyframe animation and have strong fundamentals such as posing, timing, and pacing;
- Ability to rough out animation blocking for review, then revise and polish to completion;
- Strong understanding of the principles of animation;
- Passion for animation and storytelling.

**Key Measures of Success**:

- Ability to take direction from a Supervisor and be team oriented;
- Ability to take and successfully interpret a verbal or visual creative brief;
- Excellent communication skills and willingness to share information in a team environment;
- Ability to consistently meet deadlines;
- Ability to take direction and be flexible and responsive to change;
- Ability to work independently as well as under direct supervision;
- Fast problem solving and implementation of solutions.

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