Environment Modeling Lead Artist
Job Summary
Job Description
As an Environment Modeling Lead Artist at Skydance Animation, you'll manage a team, creating the movie's visual look within deadlines. You'll act as a liaison between the Supervisor and team, providing direction, feedback, and ensuring quality standards are met. Responsibilities include modeling environments, vegetation, iterating with designers, and mentoring team members. Expertise in modeling, sculpting, optimization, and current tech trends is essential. You'll collaborate with various departments (Lighting, Shading, etc.) and solve technical problems with the TD Supervisor. The role requires 6+ years of experience, including at least 1 year as a Lead in animation.
Must have:
- 6+ years VFX/animation experience
- 1+ year Lead experience
- Strong modeling & organic modeling skills
- Team management & mentorship
- Collaboration with other departments
- High English level
Good to have:
- Spanish (oral and written)
8 skills required
Job Details
Skydance offers a dynamic, inclusive, and ever-evolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed, and growth fostered. The partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements are demonstrated within each pillar of the company. At the heart of it all is a commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling.
While all Animation studios look to hire people who are creative and hard-working, Skydance Animation is specifically looking for pioneers who seek to push the limits of what the world’s most collaborative art form can achieve, and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio that’s doing something different.
---
As an Environment Modeling Lead Artist, you will manage a team of modeling artists to create the visual look of the movie within the assigned deadlines and act as the link between the Supervisor and the team.
Responsibilities
- Takes and receives direction from the Supervisor and providing feedback for the team and reviewing artist’s work.
- Is an expert on all things related to modeling, sculpting and optimizing assets.
- Works with the Director, Production Designer and Supervisor to elevate the quality of the work to the next level.
- Models trees, bushes and other vegetation with the look of the movie.
- Iterates with the production designer to find the location design.
- Leads the team providing them with support, guidance and instruction in areas that contribute towards their artistic and professional growth, making sure all the assets follow the quality standards and artistic direction and that achieves the deadlines.
- Follows the Supervisor’s guidance.
- Keeps up on current technology trends and tools (hardware and software) that best suit the production (and the company) in the development of a stronger creative technical environment.
- Shows a proactive approach to learning new skills and tools.
- Solves technical problems with the TD Supervisor, defining the best way to do it.
- Provides modelling support to the Lighting, Shading, Rigging, Scene comp and FX teams throughout production.
- Acts as the link between inputs and outputs departments as scene comp, Layout, shading, lighting…
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional experience in VFX or animation industries.
- At least 1 year of experience as Lead in the animation industry.
- Must be able to work alone and collaboratively, often with multiple tasks and under deadline pressure.
- A good eye for proportions, color, composition and detail.
- Strong modeling knowledge.
- Organic modeling Knowledge
- High English level.
- Spanish oral and written, is desirable.
#Animation #LI-Hybrid
Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, interactive, and animation divisions.
Recruitment Fraud Alert
It has come to our attention that there may be fraudulent activity by individuals impersonating our Talent Acquisition team. Skydance will only contact you from an official “@skydance.com” email address. If you suspect that you are being contacted by an unauthorized person or believe that the correspondence you have received is suspicious, please do not click on any links or attachments in such emails and submit any questions or concerns to our information security team at information.security@skydance.com.
Similar Jobs
Cloud Imperium Games
Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, Germany (On-Site)
• 3 Months ago
wenkyl studio
Gliwice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (On-Site)
• 1 Month ago
Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded
Similar Skill Jobs
Rockstar Games
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (On-Site)
• 10 Months ago
Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded
Jobs in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Socialpoint
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (Hybrid)
• 1 Month ago
Sailpoint
Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain (Hybrid)
• 2 Months ago
Motorola solutions
Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain (On-Site)
• 1 Year ago
Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded
Environment Art Jobs
Wargaming
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania (Hybrid)
• 4 Months ago
Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded
