Senior 3D Creature Animator — Lead & Mentor

Alt. VFX; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Alt.vfx in Brisbane is seeking a Lead/Senior 3D Animator to join the creature and animation team on an ongoing, full-time basis. You will deliver high-quality character and creature animation while collaborating with creatives to achieve the desired look.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years’ experience in commercials, VFX films and TV, expert Maya skills, and can mentor junior artists while maintaining a steady, deadline-driven workflow. Previs or MoCap experience is a bonus.

Qualifications

• 6+ years' experience creating character and creature animation for commercials, VFX films and TV.
• Expert in Maya.
• Ability to deliver animation solutions for shot-specific requirements such as body mechanics, facial animation, and camera animation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver consistent and quality key frame animation as well as animation using MoCap data.
• Partner with key creatives, supervisors and leads to develop the approach that ensures all elements achieve the desired look, as well as continuity.
• Be able to work with a good degree of autonomy, as well as mentor and assist more junior members of the team, inhouse and freelance.
• Maintain shot quotas set by supervisors, production and leads, whilst identifying problematic shots that may affect delivery schedules and communicate concerns to Leads and Supervisors.
• Your work should demonstrate an experienced ability to define character personality, create fluid motion, organic movement and storytelling.

Skills

Character animation

Creature animation

Team leadership

Time management

Tools

Maya

Job description

Alt.vfx in Brisbane is seeking a Lead/Senior 3D Animator to join the creature and animation team on an ongoing, full-time basis. You will deliver high-quality character and creature animation while collaborating with creatives to achieve the desired look.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years’ experience in commercials, VFX films and TV, expert Maya skills, and can mentor junior artists while maintaining a steady, deadline-driven workflow. Previs or MoCap experience is a bonus.