Hasta La Motion!

For almost ten years, Prime Focus VFX has been delivering world-class visual effects to major feature film projects. Combining extensive experience in post visual effects production, look development and custom R&D solutions, Prime Focus offers clients a vast range of VFX services. We provide a local presence for production and post-production with integrated, collaborative offices in Los Angeles, Vancouver and Winnipeg.

We have an immediate need for a Senior Animator project hire proficient in 3D Studio Max to join our team in our Vancouver Canada Location. Vancouver Residents are a plus.

The Senior Animator partners with the Animation Supervisor and the production team in order to understand and execute the client and studio’s vision. A Senior Animator is responsible for creating performance and motion for characters and objects for use in the production of live-action and fully CG images. The Senior Animator utilizes storyboards, animatics and other visual reference to create lip-sync, facial and body character animation as well as prop animation. This position is responsible for accurately addressing critique and comments from supervisors, and ensuring that revisions are completed in a timely manner.

The demands on our Animators are extremely high. We require lively, enthusiastic, and organized artists who can cope under pressure to work in our busy deadline driven entertainment division.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2-5 years experience in a VFX production facility with an emphasis on character animation. Proficiency with 3D Studio Max is required.

This position requires a strong demonstration of animation principles, timing, and acting choices. The Senior Animator will demonstrate the skills to create broad and subtle styles of animation, and will be critical of his or her own work. Communicating work status to the Animation Supervisor and the Production Management staff in a timely manner is also a requirement of this position.

The Senior Animator must demonstrate the ability to consistently meet deadlines, both on an individual and a team basis. Our ideal candidate will be a creative problem solver who possesses exceptional all around communication skills. Supervising experience and an interest in mentoring artists is required for the Senior Animator position.

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