3D Character animators (Animals)

UtopiaPeople is a freelance agency for postproduction and production specialists, we represent 7600 freelancers around the world.
For more information about us please visit www.utopiapeople.com

Our client is a small VFX company located in Stockholm, Sweden with an international client base working with both feature film and commercial project, worldfamous for their high-end work with 3D photoreal animals. They are now looking for experienced 3D character animators specialised on animal behaviour/movement, our client work with Maya. Previous experience of similar projects is a must. Job is scheduled: September 20 – October 29. Only applications with updated webreel will be considered.
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Client will provide you with apartment and arrange flight tickets if you can not set this up yourself. Daily fee: Depending on experience, paid in EUR. EC Citizens prefered.

To apply:
You must be registered as a freelancer on www.utopiapeople.com (register free at http://www.utopiapeople.com/forms/registration.php ) If you are interested please email job@utopiapeople.bef ore August 26th at 12:00 CET (the sooner we can get your application the better), marking your email with "Char-anim-STHLM" please write any information that you want to pass on to client in that email.

We will notify you if you are short listed. Only applications with webreels will be considered

3D Artist – Freelance Job

If you are creative, versatile and an organized individual using Maya for the past 3-5 years and excellent in modeling, texturing and animation; really dig compositing, editing and enjoy working on high end broadcast commercials, please apply! We are looking to develop a roster of freelance 3D Artists for future projects.

Mandatory qualities:

Thorough knowledge of Maya, Photoshop, After Effects and Final Cut Pro Studio
Photorealistic texturing and lighting skills
Character modeling and rigging design experience
Character Animation experience
Environmental effects & particle simulation experience
Proficient using Illustrator & PF Track
Comfortable in a MAC environment
Experience with commercial HD/SD broadcast standards

Favorable qualities:

Compositing experience – rotoscoping & wire removal
Motion Graphics experience
Editing experience
Flash/Web programming experience
Proficient using Flash

Please reply with a link to your online reel and resume. Also include your day rate and availability.

TO: jobs@jmbpost.com
EMAIL SUBJECT: Freelance 3D Position

Please no phone calls. Vancouver, BC Canada residents only.

www.jmbpost.com

Experienced Shake Compositors

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for more info visit:

http://www.smoothdevil.com/index.php?page=job&job_id=1425

closes: 1 Sep 2010

looking for crowd simulation Artist

looking for massive artist for crowd simulation work (approx15 sec ).

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Roto Artist – Santa Monica, CA

Sassoon Film Design is looking for experienced Rotoscope Artists.

Minimum 2 years After Effects experience is required. Must be detail oriented and have a good work ethic.

This job is in Santa Monica, CA. Local applicants only.

Please submit resume to sassoonfilmdesign@yahoo.com

NO phone calls or drop-ins please.

Compensation depends on experience ($15-$20/hour)

3D Generalist – Santa Monica, CA

Santa Monica VFX company is seeking experienced matchmovers/trackers.

Must have at least 2 years experience match moving characters & objects in Maya, building scenes/cameras, building models as needed, working with rigs, and tracking.

Syntheyes is preferred for tracking, but we will train if you already know another tracking package.

Knowledge of After Effects helpful, but not required. Previz artists also welcome to apply.

Compensation depends on experience ($20-$25 per hour)

Please submit resume via email to sassoonfilmdesign@yahoo.com

NO phone calls or drop-ins please.

This job is in Santa Monica, CA. Local applicants only.

After Effects Compositor – 2D to 3D conversion – Santa Monica, CA

We are looking for experienced After Effects Compositors for 2D to 3D conversion.

Minimum 3 years After Effects experience is required. Experience in stereoscopic 3D and/or 3D program skills a plus but not required. Must be detail oriented and have a good work ethic.

This job is in Santa Monica, CA. Local applicants only.

Please send resume to sassoonfilmdesign@yahoo.com

NO phone calls or drop-ins please.

Compensation depends on experience ($20-$35/hour)

SENIOR Flame Compositor needed next week!

Award winning SWAY Studio is actively looking for a senior-level Flame Compositor for the week of 8/23-8/27 for commercial work.

Requirements:

* A minimum of 4 years of FLAME experience
* Experience working on commercials or similar fast-paced environment preferred
* Must be self-motivated and a collaborative team player
* Excellent problem solving skills
* Ability to work under tight deadlines
* Dependable and flexible

Qualified candidates are invited to send a link to their online reel and resume to jobs@swaystudio.com.

Please write “Flame Compositor” into the email subject heading when responding.

No phone calls, please
Local Los Angeles Applicants only

VFX/CG Supervisor- V-Ray/MAX

Award winning SWAY Studio is actively recruiting a well-rounded CG Supervisor to participate in a variety of cutting edge commercial work.

Requirements
• Minimum 4 years of CG leadership experience using 3DS MAX and V-RAY renderer on live-action commercial and/or feature film productions
• A broad knowledge of 3D techniques, software packages and pipelines
• Basic Nuke compositing knowledge
• Creative and collaborative problem solver who is organized and critical of his or her own work.
• Strong artistic skills, with a good eye for form and motion
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, and an interest and ability to mentor artists
• Knowledge of programming/scripting languages (such as python, C++, perl, etc.) is a plus

Responsibilities
• Proactive at determining, modifying and maintaining the most effective and efficient technical workflow
• Evaluate the layout, modeling, rigging, animation, texture, lighting and compositing needs of a project and develop and execute a strategy for incorporating these needs within the pipeline
• Manage a team of artists by providing clear direction and strong leadership, setting clear objectives, monitoring their process, progress and results
• Reporting concerns with deliverables, performance or the ability of any personnel to meet contracted requirements and deadlines
• Ability to evaluate pitches, proposals and ideas in order to identify methods and accurately evaluate the team and technical requirements of a project
• Expand artists’ creative and technical capabilities through continued experimentation, research and professional development

Qualified candidates are invited to send a link to their online reel and resume to jobs@swaystudio.com.

Please write “CG Supervisor” into the email subject heading when responding.

No phone calls, please
Local Los Angeles Applicants only

Sr. 3D Generalist/Visual Effects Artist

Reports to: Postproduction Supervisor

Roles / Responsibilities

The primary focus of the Sr. 3D Generalist is the creation of original content for inclusion in Mind Over Eye contracted projects. The following is a list of the primary roles and responsibilities of this position:

PRIMARY – A thorough knowledge of all of these skills are required at a minimum

3d Generalist: 3D Studio Max 2009+ (required), Maya 2009+ (bonus)
o 2d Design
o 3d Design
o Modeling
o Fluid/Soft/Rigid Body Simulation
o Texturing/Shading
o Lighting
o Camera/Element Animation

Rendering: Must be able to render final image elements for final compositing, including multi-pass rendering of frame buffers and the re-assembly of those elements into whole compositions.
o Mental Ray (minimum)
o V-Ray (ideal)

Compositing Etc.:
o Image/Element Prep
o 2d/3d Tracking (Boujou 5, PFTrack)
o Rotoscope (Monet 3+, After Effects CS4+, Nuke5+)
o Keying
o Final Compositing (After Effects CS4+, Nuke5+)
Email reels and resumes to resume@mindovereye.com