Job address
US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Arts, AV/Technology, & Communications
occupation category
Multimedia Artists and Animators
Job type
Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Builds and manages designer’s own portfolio of product to secure design work
- Completes line test to ensure smooth flow of movement
- Prepares, labels, and stores back-ups models and images in accordance with company procedures and industry standards of documentation
- Illustrates and translates script into storyboard
- Obtains final agreement of finished 3D animation sequences from relevant personnel
- Designs characters
- Produces sufficient quantity of key drawings to establish the action and to ensure that they are within the standard set for the agreed design/model
- Produces key drawings within the constraints and types of production
- Designs screen and layout according to creative production requirements and technical specifications
- Creates new files for the specified task and names files appropriately
- Ensures identified changes are incorporated to the prepared models
- Identifies and uses quality documentation within company standards
- Records information on the quality and other indicators of production performance accordance with workplace procedures
- Illustrates a convincing sense of space in animation set designs
- Corrects key drawings, animated elements and images are made after review by relevant personnel
- Models and sets-up environment layout for 3D production as appropriate to the required 3D model
- Obtains final agreement and approval from relevant personnel for the finished models
- Applies textures, lighting and rendering as required in production
- Ensures work is carried out in accordance with process improvement procedures
- Troubleshoots digital formats
- Uses Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, and Sketch technology in product production process
- Complies drawings with soundtrack breakdown
- Troubleshoots digital imaging acquisition equipment
- Presents relevant personnel and stakeholders with 3D animation sequences for detailed responses and recommendations
- Analyzes creative briefs, scripts, visual references and technical and production parameters to determine modelling requirements
- Links all components according to storyboard
- Troubleshoots video editing systems
- Manages continuity of character performance
- Presents 3D models and relevant digital animation sequence to relevant personnel for review, comments and recommendations
- Composes, frames and tracks the filmed/digital image
- Models different kinds of 3D characters for production
- Uses authoring tools and features of software relevant to the authoring process
- Identifies animation requirements from the timings and soundtrack breakdown
- Integrates animated objects or characters into static or moving backgrounds, using animation techniques available within software as required, and as appropriate according to the software
- Creates complex 3D models for key characters requiring complex rigging, surfacing and animation
- Tests 3D model motion combined with other media to create required digital animation sequence
- Uses object motion hierarchies to achieve the required motion effect
- Defines camera control options and appropriate rendering parameters to achieve the required creative outcome
- Develops prototypes for complex character models to be finalized for production
- Applies the 12 Principles of Animation (Squash and Stretch, Anticipation, Staging, Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose, Follow Through and Overlapping Action, Slow In and Slow Out, Arcs, Secondary Action, Timing, Exaggeration, Solid Drawing and Solid Posing, Appeal) when designing
- Creates advanced textures for 3D models
- Creates 2D matte paintings
- Troubleshoots graphic software systems
- Ensures output image in compliance with broadcast standards and regulations
- Incorporates sound where necessary, referring to soundtrack breakdown
- Combines objects into a single animated steam according to creative requirements and technical specifications
- Identifies all relevant animation requirements from the storyboard, layouts and director’s instructions or camera sheet
- Creates simple and complex animated movements into static or moving backgrounds according to creative and technical requirements
- Works with production team to ensure coordination of all aspects of product meet the brief, budget and timeline
- Researches and designs the lighting concept
- Conducts research to understand the concept
- Consults with key personnel to establish software requirements
- Checks completed work against workplace standards relevant to the task undertaken
- Analyzes the budget to determine technical approaches to be taken for developing 3D models
- Creates buttons and other interactive elements
- Clearly identifies key drawings and safely and securely stores them in accordance with company procedures
- Designs props and set
- Respects all roles within the production process
- Identifies appropriate tools and features to meet creative and technical requirements
- Implements animation rig for skeleton and animation controls
- Plans and choreographs camera moves
- Directs animation performance for a sequence
- Communicates plan for animating character movement and expression to a team
- Constructs rigid and non-rigid objects as required by the design brief and storyboard
- Applies time stamping techniques to animation frames
- Utilizes adobe photoshop, windows media player, WMV files, AVI video, and VLC media player when appropriate
- Selects software selected is in accordance with the specified delivery platform e.g. Maya, 3Dmax, Studio max, Maxxon, Blender, Procreate
- Incorporates designs changes discussed and identified to complete the 3D animation and meet the recommendations
- Imports multimedia components into the authoring tool
- Checks and debugs all link functions to make sure that these are fully interactive and presented to relevant personnel
- Utilizes knowledge of programming languages, such as HTML and CSS, as well as content management systems like WordPress to develop web-based products
- Operates camera stabilizing system
- Uses research to develop designs for animation in various cinematic styles
- Selects appropriate 3D animation software to be used to ensure that output requirements are met
- Collaborates with concept artists to modify concept art to meet the needs of the character models and animation
- Identifies and prepares necessary materials and equipment to be used according to the task to be undertaken
- Produces and completes key drawings with relevant details from material and styles
- Applies pre-defined textures using texture mapping parameters as required
- Ensures cross platform file transfers, digitized time coding and interface calibration to meet the requirements of technical and creative specifications
- Integrates motion captured movement routines and cleanup to create naturalistic and convincing movement animations
- Designs and creates animation rig for 3D objects
- Identifies a range of industry standard 3D animation software including computer-assisted techniques for product suitability
- Optimize 3D models to enhance the efficiency of the asset pipelines and the rendering process
- Uses negotiation skills to ensure designer earns enough money for the value they deliver to their clients including client ROI analysis and benefits of product (tangible and intangible)
- Sets up and calibrates image monitoring equipment
- Saves and stores data files, images, and audio in appropriate file format
- Clearly labels key drawings with animation breakdowns
