Animation Supervisor
4 days ago
The Animation Supervisor is responsible for the overall quality of the animation on a particular project, for delivering consistent and compelling performances in line with the Director's vision.
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Manage, train and mentor a team of Animators
- Provide examples and benchmarks for the animation team to follow
- Work closely with the Animation Leads to ensure the team are producing high quality animation which creates compelling, story-driven and action packed moments that fit within the style and pacing of the film
- Take responsibility for the quality of work across the team
- Work with rigging and pipeline to provide suggestions and feedback in order to improve character setup, visual quality, rigs and tool functionality
- Work with the Animation Leads to ensure ongoing communication with Production regarding the team's progress towards the schedule
- Overall responsibility for meeting show milestones and deadlines
- Attend client reviews and lead daily reviews with the animation team
- Continue to become familiar with new tools, software, data and other related technologies
**Essential Skills**:
- A Thorough knowledge of Maya
- A strong grasp of physical motion, weight, balance, texture and form
- A demonstrable understanding of rigs and typical rigging set-ups, animation pipelines and transferring data between tools
- Knowledge of human and animal anatomy as well as life drawing skills
- A demonstrable commitment to creative collaboration within a team and with other departments
- Previous experience supervising/leading a team
- Attention to detail and problem solving skills
- Reliable, with good timekeeping and the ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent organization, communication, interpersonal, and management skills
- Adaptability and the willingness to learn new processes and technical skills
- Previous experience working with motion capture data
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Animation Supervisor
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Animation Supervisor
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Animation Supervisor
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Animation Supervisor
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Animator
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Animator - Lead
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Lead Animator
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Animator
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Experienced Animators
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Animator - Intermediate
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Shot Finaling
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Shot Finaling
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Animator
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Fx Supervisor
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Development Animator
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Animator - Expression of Interest
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Animator - Expression of Interest
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Intermediate Development Animator
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Lead Animator
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