High-End Live Action VFX Animation Specialist

3 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia beBeeAnimator Full time $90,000 - $150,000
Animation Career Opportunity

As an accomplished animation professional, you will be part of a dynamic team responsible for creating high-end live action VFX animation.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Collaborating closely with the Head of Animation and fellow Animators to achieve project goals.
  • Completing digi-double, creature, character, or rigid body animation tasks efficiently.
  • Delivering work to strict deadlines while adhering to project schedules and working within the framework of the pipeline.

Essential Skills & Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in CG animation within high-end live action VFX feature films.
  • Proven ability to perform visual and analytical problem-solving in 3-dimensional space, including accurately interpreting 3D layouts and analyzing 3D form.
  • Thorough knowledge of Maya.
  • Experience troubleshooting and predicting potential problems with assigned tasks and issues coming from other departments.
  • Ability to support Leads and Supervisors.
  • Experience mentoring junior artists.
  • Proven experience finding creative solutions within the bounds of the shots.
  • Ability to contribute to the pipeline and team by bringing improvements and over-arching methodologies to better the department.
  • A well-crafted showreel showcasing exceptional, highly detailed, high-end live action VFX animation work, including hero creatures, hero digi-doubles, and detailed high-level performance showing instances of flying, bipedal, vehicle, and motion capture.

Nice to Have: Additional Skills

  • Experience with realistic and stylized facial animation.
  • Tool development using Python or MEL.
  • Experience shooting Mocap material using Moven Mocap suit.

About You: Ideal Candidate

  • Well-versed in the principles of animation.
  • Ability to work well in a team environment.
  • An eye for detail and a desire for animation.
  • Open, communicative, and a great willingness to learn and work in a team.
  • Must have a can-do personality.

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