Lead Animator

Job Description

With offices all over the globe, MPC is one of the world's leading visual effects (VFX) studios, creating award winning, high-end VFX for the Film and advertising industries.

We are constantly looking for the best talent in the world, enthusiastic people that come in everyday to be a part of some of the best work in the industry. Our teams in London, and throughout our global network of studios, produce creative, visually stunning and technically challenging VFX and digital projects of the highest quality, and we are looking for candidates with a desire to be involved in the
success of these projects.

Animators are responsible for producing high-quality hyper-realistic animations for our feature film productions.

If you have a passion for animation and can use Maya then we want to hear from you, whether you've just graduated, are looking for new challenges or are used to leading teams of Animators - all levels are welcome!

Are you looking to work closely with CG & VFX supervisors? Are you passionate about problem solving? If so MPC would love to hear from you. We have some incredible projects lined up and we are looking to fill the last remaining Lead Roles, please get in contact for more information

Qualifications

You would be an absolute superstar if you also possessed the following bonus skills:
• Previous experience with Linux
• A small amount of scripting knowledge - Mel or Python preferred
• Previous experience in a VFX environment
• An understanding of Rigging
• Passionate about building and leading teams of creatives
• Ability to make decisions to drive progress on a project
• Ability to solve complex problems and determine solutions
• Ability to innovate new methodologies to streamline workflows
• Ability to collaborate and engage with other department leads for efficient communication

The details above provide an outline of the key requirements for candidates to apply for a role in this department. At MPC we have a number of job classifications within our artist team structure. These are:
• Artist
• Key Artist
• Technical Artist
• Lead
• Head of Department

Based on your skills we will assess your suitability for a particular role during the application process.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5z3v0-3-15-235-196-42 in your application.