Animation Supervisor

Rodeo FX; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Rodeo FX in Bengaluru is seeking an Animation Supervisor to lead the animation team, ensuring creative direction, technical integrity, and timely delivery across high-end VFX for major projects. You will partner with production, CG, and other departments to design workflows and mentor artists on complex shots.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of VFX experience, advanced Maya skills, and a strong portfolio.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in high-end visual effects for feature film and/or episodic productions.
• Advanced Maya proficiency and understanding of body mechanics, character performance, facial animation.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality photoreal character, creature, or object animation in VFX.

Responsibilities

• Define the creative direction of the animation work in alignment with the client’s vision and the show’s narrative goals.
• Lead dailies and reviews, ensuring animation performances are expressive, cohesive, and on style.
• Personally contribute to challenging shots or sequences to support the team and elevate quality.
• Oversee the technical execution of animation work, ensuring deliverables are pipeline-compliant and render-ready.
• Collaborate with Rigging, CFX, Layout, and other departments to identify and solve technical challenges.
• Recommend and validate tools or workflows that improve the department’s technical efficiency.
• Inspire and lead the animation team with clarity, positivity, and consistency.
• Communicate project objectives and expectations clearly to artists and other stakeholders.
• Provide ongoing coaching and constructive feedback to artists, with a focus on growth and excellence.
• In partnership with Production, plan workload distribution and assign shots based on artist strengths, level, and pacing.
• Track progress and anticipate blockers, proactively escalating critical issues when needed.
• Participate in artist casting, hiring, and evaluation processes, offering insights on performance and potential.
• Help define and optimize animation workflows across the project to balance creative ambition with delivery constraints.
• Participate in pipeline R&D by testing and documenting tools before implementation.
• Support training and knowledge-sharing initiatives across the department.

Skills

Animation Lead

Animation Supervisor

Maya

Character performance

Facial animation

Body mechanics

Team leadership

Tools

ShotGrid

Job description

Rodeo FX is an award-winning creative company offering services in visual effects, animation, advertising and experiential. We partner with some of the world's leading storytellers and entertainment companies, including Netflix, HBO, Disney, Marvel, Amazon Studios, Warner Bros. and Sony.

In 2026, Rodeo FX opened its newest studio in Bengaluru, expanding our global network across Canada, the United States, Europe and India. Located in International Tech Park Bengaluru, the new 40,000-square-foot studio is designed to accommodate up to 400 artists and supports both Rodeo FX and Mikros Animation.

Our Bengaluru team is fully integrated into Rodeo FX's global pipeline, collaborating with artists, supervisors and production teams across our international studios on incredible projects.

We're now building the senior creative and technical leadership for this studio. Joining us at this stage means having the opportunity not only to contribute to world-class projects, but also to help shape the team, workflows and culture of a growing global hub.

Work arrangements:

As an artist-founded and artist-led company, creativity is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is to give our talent the freedom, resources, and environment they need to produce high-quality work and thrive in a stimulating, collaborative, and supportive setting.

To support close collaboration, strong team connections, and the creative energy of our studio, all Bengaluru roles are expected to work from the studio five days per week. This on-site presence helps foster effective communication, faster decision-making, knowledge sharing, and a consistent studio culture across teams.

Job Description

The Animation Supervisor at Rodeo FX is responsible for the creative direction, technical integrity, and timely delivery of all animation work on a show. Acting as both an artistic leader and a strategic project partner, they oversee the animation team, guide key creative decisions, and ensure that the department delivers consistently high-quality results that align with both the client’s vision and Rodeo FX’s standards. They work closely with artists, production, CG and VFX supervisors, and other departments to design effective workflows, manage priorities, and resolve challenges as they arise. While they drive planning and mentoring efforts, they remain capable of hands‑on work and directly contribute to complex shots when needed.

Key Responsibilities:

Creative Quality

• Define the creative direction of the animation work in alignment with the client’s vision and the show’s narrative goals.
• Lead dailies and reviews, ensuring animation performances are expressive, cohesive, and on style.
• Personally contribute to challenging shots or sequences to support the team and elevate quality.

Technical Quality

• Oversee the technical execution of animation work, ensuring deliverables are pipeline-compliant and render-ready.
• Collaborate with Rigging, CFX, Layout, and other departments to identify and solve technical challenges.
• Recommend and validate tools or workflows that improve the department’s technical efficiency.

Leadership & Communication

• Inspire and lead the animation team with clarity, positivity, and consistency.
• Communicate project objectives and expectations clearly to artists and other stakeholders.
• Provide ongoing coaching and constructive feedback to artists, with a focus on growth and excellence.

Project Management

• In partnership with Production, plan workload distribution and assign shots based on artist strengths, level, and pacing.
• Track progress and anticipate blockers, proactively escalating critical issues when needed.
• Participate in artist casting, hiring, and evaluation processes, offering insights on performance and potential.

Workflow Strategies

• Help define and optimize animation workflows across the project to balance creative ambition with delivery constraints.
• Participate in pipeline R&D by testing and documenting tools before implementation.
• Support training and knowledge‑sharing initiatives across the department.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in high‑end visual effects for feature film and/or episodic productions, including significant experience as an Animation Lead, Animation Supervisor, or equivalent.
• Advanced proficiency in Maya and deep understanding of body mechanics, character performance, facial animation, timing, weight, and acting.
• Strong portfolio or demo reel demonstrating high-quality character, creature, and/or object animation in photoreal VFX.
• Proven experience leading Animation artists, reviewing work, providing clear creative direction, and delivering to production schedules.
• Strong understanding of VFX production workflows and pipeline integration, including collaboration with Rigging, CFX, Layout, and downstream departments.
• Familiarity with production tracking tools such as Flow Production Tracking (ShotGrid) or equivalent.
• Strong leadership skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Strong professional English communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with teams across multiple studios and time zones.
• Experience participating in client reviews or CineSync sessions is an asset.
• Experience contributing to workflow innovation, technical documentation, tool development, or internal training initiatives is an asset.

Additional Information

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