Animation Supervisor

Key Responsibilities

• Partners with studio leadership to deliver the highest quality animation
• Works with animators and cross-department supervisors to identify and solve problems, both technically and artistically
• Spends time as needed in hands on shot delivery
• Liaises with other production team members to ensure production deadlines are met
• Actively involved in artist hiring as well as coaching, training and development
• Qualifications
• Significant visual effects production and leadership experience on high-end live-action feature films and episodic TV
• Proven technical and leadership capabilities
• Experience in leading, mentoring, and training large teams
• Exceptional organizational skills; understands how to prioritize tasks, assignments with team skills
• Expert knowledge of Nuke and Maya is required
• 3ds Max, Photoshop, and Zbrush experience is a plus
• Must have a strong sense of animation: acting, staging, posing, weight, timing, storytelling, and staying on model
• Strong understanding of the language of the camera; framing, perspective, lenses, coverage, continuity, camera movement, blocking, etc.
• Strong understanding of the principles of animation, exceptional artistic skills
• Solid animation grounding, preferably action-oriented; previs experience is a plus
• Solid camera animation work (laying out shots, staging, using film cameras, or on-set experience)
• A good attitude and ability to smoothly change and adapt to the project
• Background or experience in fine arts, which shows a thorough understanding of physical motion, weight, and balance
• Knowledge of human and animal anatomy as well as life drawing skills is desirable
• Ability to debug technical problems and follow up with the team to ensure animation is implemented

About Us