Netflix Crowd/Fix Animator 

Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 

493856164

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate closely with Directors and Animation Leadership to produce high quality feature animation in line with the Director’s creative vision to assist in the following tasks.

• Responsible for generating animation cycles for use in crowd simulations, as well as animating background characters in standalone shots.

• Develop high quality animation and cycles for the crowd team and help enhance shots through background character animation.

• Assist in aesthetic or technical fixes for animation – including, but not limited to intersections, eyelines, pops in motion, cloth adjustments, and overall polish of shots.

• Participate in animation reviews to develop an understanding of shots and their history, proactively help to identify problem areas, communicate fix trends to Animation Leads.

• Support Animation Leadership to deliver the best quality shots possible by creating, finishing, and fixing performances within a timely manner.

• Learn how the feature animation pipeline works, including its technical requirements between animation and other departments, and help prepare shots for coming into animation and out of animation.

• Collaborate with grace, humility, inclusion, and open-mindedness.

What You’ll Need:

• An understanding of animation principles, and an excellent sense of story, pacing, continuity, and appeal.

• Be a proven team player who brings a high level of creative imagination and problem-solving to the role, while also being self-managed/self-driven.

• A reel no more than 2 minutes in length, showcasing your strongest animation performances with believable expressions, emotional depth, weight, physics, and entertainment.

• Proficiency in Maya or equivalent software preferred but not required

• 1+ years animation experience working in feature films, VFX, TV or games.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment.

• Have the ability to listen and be open to constructive criticism.

• Open to new workflows and tool sets.

• Ability to work to deadlines within a team environment.

• A willingness to always improve and inspire those around you.

• Excellent verbal, written, and e-social communication skills.