Overview
Western FX Studios is looking for Intermediate Animators for our live-action Netflix children’s series.
This project will involve a great deal of Full CG characters and CG prop animation.
Requirements
– 2+ years CG Character animation experience in a production environment.
– Strong understanding of the principles of animation, especially an eye for clarity and readability.
– Significant lip-sync and facial animation experience.
– Proficiency with Autodesk Maya.
– Technical animation capabilities and a technical understanding of visual effects pipelines are a plus.
– Basic knowledge of and experience with Shotgrid (Shotgun).
About Western FX Studios
Western FX Studios is part of a boutique Post Production facility in Vancouver, Canada that creates visual effects for a stable, long-running client base - Air Bud Entertainment. We strictly follow all labour standards, pay proper OT after 8 hours (on the rare occasion that we do overtime), and have an excellent work environment. The studio best suits artists and programmers who value their lives and who, while working hard when they have to, also cherish the parts of their lives that aren't job related. We're best known for the family classics: Air Bud, MVP, the Air Buddies franchises, the Pup Star franchise, and our Emmy nominated series, Pup Academy. We also completed the Warner Brothers feature film, “Cats and Dogs 3: Paws Unite”, as well as shots for the NBC hit-show “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”. Our latest Netflix Original series, “Scaredy Cats”, is currently #3 on Netflix for childrens programming!
