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Animation supervisor job

Posted: September 08, 2006
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subject: Animation supervisor ,

is looking for Animation supervisor
duration - Full Time

Job details: Animation supervisor Supervise the animation department.
Responsible mentoring and managing animation staff, collaborating with tech and art directors in development of project pipelines, tools and technologies, and participating in the design, development and production for a AAA next gen title.

The Animation Supervisor, in partnership with the Art Director, Design Director is responsible for the aesthetic and creative vision of the game in development, ensuring it of the highest quality, both visually and in gameplay.

Ideal Candidates will have 3/5+ years experience working as a production artist in the gaming industry.

All candidates must submit a demo reel, CD or URL of recent work, which must be accompanied by a breakdown sheet specifically describing responsibilities for each sample.

Responsibilities:

In collaboration with the Art Director and Design Director, envision and maintain the unique visual style and creativity of the project while ensuring production is completed on budget and on schedule.
Act in a leadership role coordinating and supervising the efforts of several Animators .
Scheduling and assignment of tasks, based both on high level design and individual strengths/weaknesses,
Conducts critiques with clear and consistent direction to animation team
Participate in animation reviews and when appropriate offer direction to individual animators on animation fundamentals, character motion, acting, camera direction, timing, posing, etc.
Work with Project Producers to determine and schedule animation deliverables and priorities and communicate animation department status and direction to other departments in the studio.
Work with the Tools and Technologies departments to design, develop, evaluate and maintain technical guidelines as related to animation production, as well as animation tools, pipelines, processes, etc.
Responsible for testing, implementing and updating animations into the game engine.
Participate in a weekly Artists and Animators meeting, to communicate the weekly planning and review work in progress.
Assign, file and fix bugs and enhancement/feature requests.
Ensure the final visual and technical quality of the animations.


Qualifications:

Minimum 3 years game industry experience.
Experience as a credited Animation Director or Animation Lead for several AAA titles, directing a team of animators on projects that consist of both interactive gameplay elements and cinematic sequences, both in-engine and FMV.
Experience in game design and production and the use of relevant tools and software (Motionbuilder, Maya, proprietary tools and editors, etc.) and knowledge of standard guidelines for consoles (Playstation, Nintendo, Xbox, etc.).
Experience with outsourcing elements of a project and integrating internally and externally created animation assets
Experience working with licensed properties and original IPs.
Ability to build, evaluate and revise schedules and manage a projects execution within those schedules. Ability to schedule dependencies with other project leads.
Must have a passion for playing and creating highly creative, quality videogames.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
Great attention to detail.
Solid Understanding of technology
Experience in managing 3D animators (schedule, quality)
Willingness to accept direction and work well under pressure in order to meet production deadlines.



The ideal candidate will also have:

Familiarity with digital compositing tools (Combustion, After effects, Digital Fusion)
knowledge in story boarding
References in films
Experienced with Motion Capture

Sample Work Required

Location: Lyon, France

Contact info:
Contacts:
Dominique Peyronnet at:
dpeyronnet@wsg.fr

Instructions:

Please apply with cover letter, resume, and online portfolio/demo if applicable. Email only please, no phone calls.

We will contact only those applicants whose experience and skills we feel match our requirements.


http://www.wsg.fr
Phone: +33(0)472849888
Fax: +33(0)472849889
E-mail: dpeyronnet@wsg.fr
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