Senior Animator
The Senior Animator leads the development of animation assets to support the execution of the production's creative vision. He/She is responsible for developing complex animation assets for production. He also mentors a team of animators in executing animation sequences and complex animation techniques. The work involves delivering on individual goals for art asset development as well as guiding others in delivering creative outcomes as part of a team in a project environment. He spends most of his time in creative ideation and execution of project deliverables as well as in discussions to align expectations with the team. He should be able to generate new creative ideas and develop plans to implement them. He should have an eye for creative detail to be able to critique ideas. He should be able to guide and coach less experienced team members. He should also be proficient at communication, collaboration and stakeholder management to align various stakeholders with his ideas and plans.
Skills and Competencies
Technical Skills & Competencies
Generic Skills & Competencies
Critical Work Functions and Key Tasks
• Analyse script, storyboards and concept art to understand the animation requirements
• Guide research direction to generate ideas for animation sequences
• Guide the creative thought process by using illustrations during creative briefings
• Determine the number of animated sequences to be created from the storyboard or animatic to meet production goals
• Identify requirements for specialized animation for specific production needs
• Support the creation of the project plan for the team by providing time estimates for specific tasks
• Allocate work to junior team members based on specializations or skill-sets and in alignment with the project plan
• Identify tools and pipeline requirements for allocated work
• Visualize various types of simulated motion required in the shots to animate the scene
• Analyse the motion and rigging required for characters created from concept as per research and aesthetics to communicate to the team
and other teams
• Guide the creation of blocking animation from the animatic to determine motion sequence for each shot in the scene
• Create key frames for animated sequences depicting motion by employing advanced animation techniques
• Review animation sequences created by junior team members to provide creative inputs for refinement
• Present animated sequences to the creative leadership for review
• Refine animated sequences based on inputs from the creative leadership
• Guide the maintenance and updating of asset libraries to store animation assets created during the project for the purpose of reference
and reuse
• Develop various available animation techniques to diversify skillsets and deliver across a variety of projects
• Enhance own portfolio with animation created from research, work done on previous projects as well as individual exploratory projects
to showcase own suitability for specific project requirements
• Explore complex motion techniques to enhance own skill-set