Lead Animator

As a Lead Animator, you will be responsible for creating high-quality character, creature, and/or object animations for feature films, often tackling the most challenging shots and finding solutions to support your team. You will collaborate closely with other leads, supervisors, and the head of department to identify and resolve both technical and artistic problems, ensuring that rigs meet the animation department's needs and providing technical support to team members in shot creation.

Must Have

• Create high-quality character, creature, or object animations for feature films.
• Collaborate with leads, supervisors, and HOD to solve technical and artistic problems.
• Ensure rigs meet animation department needs by working with the rigging department.
• Support animation team members with the technical aspects of shot creation.
• Possess 3-5 years of experience in an animation lead role on feature films.
• Required knowledge of Maya.
• Strong understanding of animation basics: acting, staging, posing, weight, timing, and storytelling.
• Maintain a good attitude and adapt smoothly to project changes.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of physical motion, weight, and composition from a fine arts background.
• Ability to troubleshoot and solve technical problems, escalating as needed.

Good to Have

• Degree/bachelor's in animation or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 4-6 years of experience as a film animation team leader.
• Knowledge of human and animal anatomy, and life drawing skills.
• Knowledge of Nuke and 3ds Max.
• Coding/scripting experience in Python or MEL.
• Previs experience.

As a Lead Animator, you will be responsible for creating high-quality character, creature and/or object animations for feature films, typically tackling the hardest shots and/or finding solutions to support other members of the team in completing their shots.

Key Responsibilities

• Create high-quality character, creature and/or object animations for feature films
• Work closely with other leads, supervisors and head of department to identify and solve problems, both technical and artistic
• Work with the rigging department to ensure rigs meet the needs of the animation department
• Support animation team members, particularly with the technical side of creating shots

Qualifications

• Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in a animation lead position on feature films
• Knowledge of Maya (required)
• Must have a strong sense of animation basics; acting, staging, posing, weight, timing and storytelling
• A good attitude and ability to smoothly change and adapt with the project
• Background or experience in fine arts demonstrating a thorough understanding of physical motion, weight, and composition
• Knowledge of human and animal anatomy as well as life drawing skills is desirable
• Ability to troubleshoot/solve technical problems and escalate as needed
• Knowledge of Nuke and 3ds Max (a plus)
• Coding /scripting experiences in python and or mel (a plus)
• Previs experience a plus

About Us

Eyeline is a global creative studio partnering with storytellers to turn their ambitions into stunning reality. By blending the time-honored craft of filmmaking with breakthrough technologies, we unlock bold, cinematic visions at scale. Our three pillars - VFX, Studios and Labs - form the creative spine of Eyeline, guiding how we think, work, and show up in every frame.

At Eyeline, we believe technology serves artistry and our people are the soul behind everything we do, deepening creative connection, rather than replacing it. We build worlds with exceptional craft and precision, working hand in hand with our creative partners from concept to final pixel.

Netflix Investment- Eyeline

With the support of Netflix’s investment in our pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce, we’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in visual effects and virtual production technology. In addition to our work with Netflix, we continue to partner with a wide range of long-standing and new clients worldwide.

Come as you are

We are looking for those seeking to take risks with us, those driven by passion for their craft. To us, these are key ingredients that we look for in our team. We are committed to ensuring fair and equal treatment of your application. When you apply for a role with us, you will receive consideration based solely on your qualifications.

We will only consider applicants based in Seoul or surroundings, or those willing to relocate.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.