Environment Modeling Lead Artist

2 Weeks ago • 6 Years + • Animation

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)

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.

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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.

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About The Company

About Skydance Media 

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, and interactive platforms. Its feature films include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, LIFE, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and True Grit. Skydance’s upcoming film releases include Top Gun: Maverick, Gemini Man, The Old Guard, 6 Underground and the nwe untitled Terminator film. In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance Television launched in 2013. Its current slate includes Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie on Netflix, Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack Ryan on Amazon, and Condor on AT&T Audience Network. Skydance Interactive launched in 2016 to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Interactive recently debuted its first original title – Archangel, a story-driven VR shooter.


About Skydance Interactive

Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality games. The division of Skydance Media was launched in 2016 through the acquisition of The Workshop Entertainment. Skydance Interactive’s first VR offering is Archangel, launched on July 18th 2017. Skydance Interactive in 2017 partnered with Skybound Entertainment to develop a number of original virtual reality video games based on the expansive world of The Walking Dead universe. The Walking Dead VR game will be the inaugural co-developed title from both companies. The studio is located in Marina del Rey, CA. 


About Animation

In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance’s first three animated features are Luck, Split (working title), and Powerless (working title). Luck, directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, is a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects our daily lives. Split, directed by Vicky Jenson (Shrek) and written by Linda Woolverton, tells the story of Elian, a teenager who comes of age using her magical powers to defend her family when the opposing forces of light and darkness threaten to divide her kingdom. Nathan Greno (Tangled) is set to direct Powerless. The studio is located in Los Angeles, CA. 

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