CGI Supervisor

Animaj; Paris; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Animaj seeks an experienced CGI Supervisor to lead the end-to-end production pipeline for its animated projects. You will bridge engineering, production, and creative teams to implement scalable workflows and ensure creative vision is preserved through technical decisions.

With 6–8+ years in 3D/CG production, you will manage external studios, drive AI tooling adoption, and oversee pipelines from asset creation to final render across digital-first, TV, and feature formats.

Qualifications

• 6–8+ years in 3D/CG production with supervisory experience on ambitious projects.
• Experience supervising end-to-end CG pipelines from asset creation to final render.
• Strong ability to manage external studios and governing technical choices.
• Proficiency with Blender or Maya and pipeline tooling (Flow).
• Fluent English and ability to communicate with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsabilités

• Own the full CG production pipeline for each show, from asset creation through rigging, animation and lighting to final render.
• Define and tailor pipelines per project to fit digital-first, TV, or feature formats.
• Act as Animaj’s voice with external studios, guiding workflows and ensuring adoption of tools and processes.
• Balance inputs from engineering, production, and creative teams to determine optimal technical decisions.
• Drive AI tooling deployment on productions and provide grounded feedback to improve the tech stack.

Connaissances

CGI supervision

Leadership

English fluency

Scripting

Pipeline tooling

Outils

Blender

Maya

Flow

Python

MEL

Description du poste

CGI Supervisor## AboutAnimaj is a **next-generation media company** that brings high-quality and inspiring brands to Kids and Families worldwide.We acquire and transform **high-quality IPs into multi-platform franchises**, using a digital-first and AI-driven approach.Our content, produced independently, aims to inspire children to dream, explore, and create.To bring this vision to life, we have so far raised **€175m in debt and equity** (from renowned VC investors such as LeftLane, XAnge and Daphni) and have already acquired 4 IPs - including our flagship, Pocoyo, a symbol of European excellence - with more to come.Animaj is a fast-growing startup, selected in France's French Tech 120 (FT120).## Job DescriptionYou'll sit within the Technology organization, **reporting to the CTO**, and be embedded day-to-day with the production teams. Your mandate is the **bridge between tech, creative, and production**: everything Engineering ships gets adopted on the floor, and production and creative realities shape the tech roadmap.You'll own the **full production process on each show,** from 3D asset creation to final renders, implying you are comfortable across the whole pipeline rather than deep in one corner of it. TV series and features each demand a different setup: you’ll define the right pipeline for each project, getting our tech stack production-ready, and protecting the creative vision through every technical decision.You'll also **carry delivery accountability** on one pilot show running the new pipeline, because a pipeline that can't ship a show isn't a pipeline.You'll also be **Animaj’s voice with external studios**: the one who takes them through our workflows and methodologies, and makes sure every project gets the most out of our tech stack.Internally as much as externally, you'll be the person everyone turns to on workflow and tech — and the one who makes the call when engineering, production and creative constraints don't align. Weighing all three and deciding the best way forward is a core part of the job.### Responsibilities* Eager to go beyond the status quo and inherited habits, you will be instrumental in deeply challenging the way CGI animation is produced. **Your end goal is to build, with Engineering, a new production interface that has nothing to do with the production interface as the industry knows it today,** continuously shaking up existing creative and production processes.* Thanks to your expert-level hands-on E-2-E experience in **CG asset creation** (including rig) and **shot production**, you’ll define the right pipeline for each production, keeping technology, production, and creative aligned.* Work with **all stakeholders** (Engineering, TDs, Creative, Production, etc.) to ensure your workflows are fully implemented and are working in a scalable and streamlined fashion. In return, you feed production and creative pain points directly into the engineering roadmap.* When **engineering**, **production**, and **creative** pull in different directions, weigh it up and **make the call**. Find the fastest, most cost-effective way to hit the quality bar on each project; the best result for the least time and money, without compromising the work.* Ensure **Animaj’s AI technology** is put at the heart of each of our productions, and facilitate its deployment and implementation.* Act as the **CGI and animation expert across the company**, including with the engineering team, so they build for how the work really happens. Give them clear, grounded feedback on Animaj tools; what's working, what's getting in the way, so the tech stack keeps improving.* You will be Animaj's voice with our external studios: you'll be guiding vendor studios on how to adapt to our pipeline and technology, take them through our workflows and tools, get them properly on board, and ensure full adoption. Get to know how each studio operates, and meet them where it helps — but bring them onto our methods where it counts.### Outcomes**After 30 days at Animaj:*** Completed a hands-on audit of the pipeline across all active productions and each vendor and/or partner studio's setup.* Vendor Standard Practices documented and shared - the reference every partner studio works to.* **Technical intake gate installed**: no rig, asset, or tool enters production untested.* **Fluent in our stack** (Blender, Flow, AI/S2P/S2M tooling) and known to every partner studio as Animaj's branding - technical voice.* **Adoption map delivered**: every Engineering release of the last 6 months rated adopted / partially adopted / dead on the floor, with root causes.**After 90 days at Animaj:*** Per-format pipeline standards (digital-first, TV series, feature film) documented and adopted, internally and by partner studios.* Animaj's latest **AI tooling or model deployed on at least one live production stage**, with measured time savings.* Every Engineering release has a **named adoption owner** and a floor-level implementation status, reviewed with the CTO and VP Production Innovation & Operations* CG data **requirements for training our models** (sketch-to-pose, sketch-to-motion and successors) unblocked and flowing to engineering.* Render-stage rework from technical causes measurably down; recognized as the **reference voice** on workflow calls.**After 6 months at Animaj:*** Pipeline E-2-E production-ready for our next premium series and feature-film development, including onboarding of the selected studio partners who are technically strong.* Animatic-to-final-render aka E-2-E efforts on a clear downward trajectory.* Vendor onboarding runs from a playbook; the engineering roadmap is visibly shaped by production-floor feedback.## Preferred Experience* **6–8+ years in 3D/CG production for animated series & films**, with significant time as a supervisor, lead or senior TD role, and credits as CGI supervisor on at least two ambitious projects.* **Supervising end-to-end CG pipeline**, from asset creation through rigging, animation and lighting to final render.* Strong in **Blender** (alternatively Maya), highly comfortable in the technical layer: **pipeline tooling**, **production tracking** (Flow), **troubleshooting**. **Scripting** (Python/MEL) is expected.* You get **genuinely excited by AI-native production tooling**. Candidates who see AI as a threat to craft rather than a lever for it will not be a fit.* A track record of managing external studios or outsourcing partners, being in charge of governing the technical choices and getting studios to adapt to your way of working.* Comfortable across formats, from digital-first to TV to film, and steady in a **fast**, **high-pressure** environment.* Fluent English* Nice to have: + **extensive rigging knowledge**, + **engineering background** (or the ability to work as a peer with software engineers), + experience with high-volume episodic, feature and **digital-first** work, and kids'/preschool animation.## Recruitment Process* First interview with our **VP of Production Innovation** (30’)* **Case Study*** On-site Focused interviews + with our **CTO and a Product Manager** (45’) + **with our Head of Production and a TD/artist from the floor (45’)*** Final interview with **our Co-Founder & CEO** (45’)## Additional Information* Contract Type: **Full-Time*** Location: **Paris*** Experience: **> 5 years*** **Possible partial remote**