CG Supervisor

Job Description

Mikros Animation is a global CGI animation studio located in Paris, Montreal, Los Angeles, Bangalore and London, offering front end services through to final picture for feature, long-form episodic and traditional episodic animation. Thanks to our global capabilities, we adapt our scale to always serve every project in the best possible way.

We believe great animation is about making connections with real people. To ignite connection and to make images unforgettable, we unite with filmmakers to tell their stories. We embrace our clients' creative ideas in our culture of collaboration, making our studios the home of the projects we are entrusted with. We help filmmakers define and develop their vision from script up to screen to make every project a unique one. We craft striking CG animation and we create characters that connect with audiences on an authentic and emotional level, at the highest creative quality and best price possible.

In less than ten years, Mikros Animation has contributed to ten released feature animations and to numerous high-quality episodic shows for the world's best-known animation studios, either as creative studio, line producer or executive producer. Mikros Animation has also produced more than 250 hours of programming, broadcast by notable channels including Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, TF1, France TV, Gulli, M6, Gloob, and Super RTL. Our episodic content airs and streams globally, in over 180 countries.

What You'll Do:

As the CG Supervisor you will be responsible for interpreting the creative aims of the Director/VFX Supervisors and translate them into a working pipeline within available time & budget. With the technology teams, you'll establish and implement an end-to-end workflow for your show, ensuring quality and efficiency. You'll oversee the team of artists as they produce assets, setting up a working shot pipeline and successfully deliver shots on your project. Your leadership ensures that good and clear communication occurs at all times between artists, supervisors and production.

CG Supervisor Responsibilities
• Experience as a CG Supervisor working on feature films or high-end episodic content.
• Establish the technical direction and technical foundation to meet artistic, budget and schedule parameters.
• Collaborate with pipeline supervisor, VFX supervisor, team leads and other key members of the leadership team to develop a strong and flexible CG pipeline.
• Identify, research, recommend and implement new techniques into studio tools, adding value to work produced.
• Be able to sell solutions and ideas to clients, internal and external.
• Thorough understanding of the complete Animation Pipeline.
• Good history of collaborating with R&D teams and the ability to provide, test and deploy new tool specifications in a production environment.
• Anticipate, communicate, and troubleshoot any creative or technical issues with assistance from key stakeholders.
• Expert in Maya and proficient in other industry standard software.

Qualifications

Requirements
• Minimum 8-10+ years of experience working in the animation / film industry
• Excellent understanding of CG production pipeline
• Excellent communication skills, organization and team awareness
• Strong combined creative and technical background
• Comprehensive knowledge of all aspects of CG animation
• Excellent communication, problem-solving and people management skills
• Attention to detail and organization skills
• Highly organized
• Great understanding of animation styles and techniques as well as a solid comprehension of animation production for television or film
• Work closely with the show TD to resolve all technical roadblocks and improve efficiency through workflow and tool creation
• Knowledge of Python scripting is a plus
• Shotgrid (formally Shotgun) experience highly preferred

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gqpo09-3-138-134-107-42 in your application.