Head Of Animation

A niche media agency has an opportunity for a Head of Animation. You will need to be an experienced 3D animator and have experience in managing a team and studio workflows.

Duties include:

• Oversight on quality of all 3D animations/outputs
• Provide insight to accurate producing of animation quotes
• Along with the Traffic Manager, ensure jobs are scheduled correctly into the department and be the link that ensures time is allocated accurately and deadlines are met
• Delegate work through the pipeline to the team members.Ensuring there is consistency between the storyboard and final animation work
• Providing feedback and critiques to the team during the production phase
• Ensuring client and internal feedback or changes have been briefed and implemented
• Being the contact between client services and the team
• Managing freelancers and outsource partners
• Ensuring that all animation assets and are saved in good order, that the animation library is up to date, well organised and able to be presented to management

Requirements:

• Experience in digital publishing or animation related industry and providing art direction and mentorship across a multi-disciplinary team
• Working knowledge of Blender, Autodesk Maya and the Adobe suite
• Working knowledge of Google Workspace
• Experience in managing a team and studio workflows
• Not being afraid of getting close to highly technical content
• Understand the urgency of meeting agreed deadlines
• Good people skills
• Being able to work under pressure
• Ability to take initiative
• Fluent in English.