Asset Supervisor

**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, Flying Bark’s own 200% Wolf movie, and many others.**

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**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.

**What we're looking for**:

- Previous Asset Supervisor experience in VFX or animated features.
- Well rounded experience in modeling & surfacing.
- Substantial experience and understanding of Maya, Mari and Katana in a production-based environment.
- Excellent technical knowledge of geometry, topology and UV layout techniques as well as development of textures and shaders.
- Excellent communication & leadership skills.
- Have a proven track record of creating immersive and beautiful environments and characters.
- A solid knowledge of modelling and surfacing workflows and ability to work interactively with all downstream departments to resolve issues quickly.

**Responsibilities you’ll take on**:

- Direct, inspire and mentor Modelling, Rigging and Surfacing artists
- Ability to inspire and mentor their team, and appropriately assigning work to suit artists’ strengths, whilst also being able to give constructive and regular feedback
- Ability to flag issues that may impact on the successful delivery of assets within the production schedule
- Developing and working within the constraints of the pipeline, and providing feedback about where workflows could be improved
- Maintaining strong communication and the ability to work to a verbal or visual brief, flagging in advance any issue