Our global Visual Effects team combines talent with technology, artistry with rigor, the familiar with the fantastic. Our work can be inspiring or invisible, but always unforgettable. From the language of colour to the hand drawn and photo-real, we bring ideas to life through the use of movement, storytelling and timing.

We are currently looking for a Senior Animator to work with our team in London. Our Animators are responsible for producing high-quality realistic and stylised animation for our clients advertising projects.

The Senior Animator brings the skills of storytelling through passion for character animation. Working with directors and clients to achieve their vision and managing a team of artists to execute the work is the main overview of the role. You will inspire teams and produce fantastic animation through a highly collaborative work environment. You'll be eager to try out new production techniques and provide ideas, feedback, and efficiencies to various workflows and pipeline.

You'll have excellent communication skills and the ability to work autonomously, both giving and receiving direction. On large-scale projects, you'll need to be able to collaborate with remote artists, provide notes and feedback, and perform hero-level animation duties. You should be able to work in a vast amount of animation styles, ranging from photoreal to heavily stylized, with creatures, humans, vehicles and more.

Responsibilities

Working closely with CG Supervisors / Directors / Clients to achieve the desired animation styles, timing and overall storytelling on projects
Lead animation teams on Live Action and full CG projects, often working with remote artists
Help create or suggest tools that should be implemented to speed up workflows
Provide feedback to the Asset & Rigging teams when there are issues with what you are provided
Processing Motion capture data, lip sync execution with advanced facial rigs
Produce high calibre keyframe animation from scratch
Animating realistic and stylised Characters and Creatures for VFX and full CG projects
Mentoring and leading other Animators (if senior level).
Qualifications
Previous experience Animating in advertising, feature film or animation production - ideally realistic creatures or characters
Experience using Maya
Solid understanding of animation production pipelines
Good communication skills to enable you to work well in a team and take direction from clients, directors etc.
Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems independently
Previous experience in CG Animation for advertising, feature film or animation production.
Vast knowledge of Maya and it's animation toolset.
Strong understanding of a VFX/CG animation production pipeline
Excellent communication skills to enable you to lead others and work well with the full pipeline of Artists, Leads and direct communication with Directors.
Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems independently
Python and tool creation is a plus
Understanding of rigging with the ability to provide feedback to that department