Senior 3D Animator

Flying Bark Productions is looking for a Senior 3D Animator to work in our Sydney Studio!

The Senior 3D Animator is responsible for creating the most challenging animation and character performances that serve the story and deepen audience engagement. Working under the guidance of the Lead Animator and Animation Supervisor, the Senior Animator will bring characters to life while adhering to the animation style and production timelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Complete complex shots, with the expectation of mainly independent completion of these shots to the animation standard and within the time allocated.
• Proactive collaboration with their Lead, Coordinator, and Production Supervisor regarding overall animation schedule and production goals.
• Thorough understanding of the animation process and how our work affects downstream departments
• Mentorship and guidance of more junior animators
• Assisting team members with identifying and solving complex technical setups and workflow solutions
• Consistent successful self-management of workload and schedule that requires minimal guidance from the production team
• Completion of shots to a consistently high standard, requiring minimal feedback for core animation principles and common tasks such as lip sync and body mechanics.
• Clear verbal and visual communication skills when identifying and reporting rigging feedback
• Top level of polish and appeal in completed animation
• Ability to scale final polish to fit animation bids when necessary, while knowing which aspects are the most important in a shot
• Ability to pick up work from other animators and successfully take it to completion
• Resilience during stressful situations, and the ability to reliably finish work and lead by example in these circumstances

Skillset:

• Minimum requirement of 4+ 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.
• Ability to take direction from a Supervisor and be team oriented;
• Ability to take feedback from director and lead animator and apply to shots accordingly;
• 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.

Pay: $2,000.00 – $2,200.00 per week

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Alexandria NSW 2015