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Animator

4 months ago

Vancouver, Canada DNEG Full time
Position at DNEG

DNEG Vancouver is currently looking for senior Animators to join us for a 6-month contract.

Working closely with our Head of Animation, Animation Supervisors and fellow Animators, you will be responsible for creating believable animation with convincing performances and motion. You will have the ability to complete digi-double, creature, character or rigid body animation. Delivering work to strict deadlines, you will be aware of project schedules and work hard to achieve these goals, and produce content within the framework of the DNEG pipeline.

Communicating with the team is key and you must be willing to take notes and direction well. The animation team culture and environment is hugely important at DNEG so you must be capable of working with your peers and mentoring those around you.

Must Have

5+ years CG animation experience within high end live action VFX feature films

Ability to perform visual and analytical problem solving in 3-dimensional space, including the ability to accurately interpret 3D layouts and analyse 3D form

Thorough knowledge of Maya

Proven experience troubleshooting and predicting potential problems with assigned tasks

Ability to support the Leads and Supervisors

Showreel showcasing a variety of exceptional, highly detailed, high-end live action VFX animation work including hero creatures, hero digi-doubles and detailed high level performance showing instances of flying, bipedal, vehicle and use of motion capture

Experience mentoring junior artists

Proven experience pro-actively in finding creative solutions within the bounds of the shots

Ability to contribute to the pipeline and team bringing improvements and over-arching methodologies to better the department

Nice to Have
  • Tool development using Python or MEL
About You

Well versed in the principles of animation

Ability to work well in a team environment

An eye for detail and a desire for animation

Open, communicative and a great willingness to learn, and work in a team

Will have to have a can-do personality, positive, technically astute and have the knowledge that you are starting at entry level

The base salary range for this full-time position is $92,000 to $130,000. DNEG salary ranges are determined by function, department, level and location. An individual's pay within a given range is determined by their transferrable or job-related skills and work experience. Salary ranges are modified from time to time based on external market data collected through our third-party surveys.

About Us
We are DNEG, one of the world's leading visual effects and animation companies for the creation of award-winning feature film, television, and multiplatform content. We employ more than 9,000 people with worldwide offices and studios across North America (Los Angeles, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver), Europe (London), Asia (Bangalore, Mohali, Chennai, Mumbai) and Australia (Sydney). #J-18808-Ljbffr