Animation Director Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Animation Director to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Sourcing and creating critical game ready animation content;
- Identifying potential problems in the animation pipeline and working with the Producer(s) to prevent them;
- Responsible for establishing the animation production pipeline and enforcing the process throughout the project cycle;
- Leading and motivating the animation team to realize overall goals and deliver a successful project on time;
- Overseeing the lifecycle of animation content through the pipeline;
- Collaborating with Producer and Project Director to identify and plan animation requirements for projects;
- Liaising with outsourcers to source additional animation content at appropriate quality standards;
- Assisting the Producer in the creation and overall management of the animation schedule and resource plans;
- Tracking and approving completed animation content from outsourcers or junior artists;
- Collaborating with Gameplay and Animation Programmers to brainstorm technical ideas and solutions.
Requirements:
- Strong time management skills with a proven ability to focus on priorities juggle multiple tasks and meet deadlines;
- Experience with pipelines required for both game animation and pre-rendered animation for film and Visual FX is an advantage;
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and organizational skills;
- The ability to effectively communicate, both creatively and technically;
- Experienced with motion capture pipeline;
- Ability to work cooperatively on a team spanning artists, programmers and designers, and to compromise when necessary to achieve overall best results;
- Ability to communicate effectively with executive level staff on a broad range of topics: technical, business, and creative;
- Several years of experience with character and creature animation, facial animation, skeletal construction and point weighting;
- Ability to balance impacts of deadlines and resources with style and quality requirements of a title’s animation direction;
- Demonstrates an understanding of storytelling, craftsmanship and continuity;
- Ideally has Animation Direction and/or Animation lead experience on at least one shipped game;
- 3-5 years of games industry experience in animation;
- Passion for making and playing great games, with an awareness of current titles and industry trends;
- Must be familiar with one or more types of Animation software (MotionBuilder etc);
- Understands game production design process and methodology.