3d Animator

Description:

3D ANIMATOR

Who are we? 

ELT songs is developing an engaging children’s English language learning platform: Planet Pop! We teach English through original music videos, dance and engaging media content. The Company’s mission is to make learning a new language as easy and enjoyable as listening to your favourite song on the radio. We’re in the process of building the first ever English language teaching platform that covers the entire Cambridge CYL curriculum in songs and accompanying video tutorials.

Position Summary

Animation is the creation of a virtual world in which everything must be visualized and created from pure imagination. The 3D Animator brings an imagined universe and the characters that inhabit it to life. Everything within frame has scope, weight and meaning. Animators need to be able to visualize new worlds into being. 

The first step in the animation process is storyboarding, that is, visualizing the story. Here, each scene is sketched out and the action is mapped over a sequence of panels. This serves as a guide for the production process. 

The characters and backgrounds are then modelled in three-dimensional forms using virtual rigs which are then textured to produce an outer layer.

Their movements and trajectories are then inputted into the software as mathematical equations which are then rendered via a graphics processing unit which outputs the final animation.  

Key responsibilities

• Liaising with animators and concept artists regarding the requirements of the project
• Working from concept art to create characters, objects, layouts, backgrounds, etc
• Researching visual style, genre and technologies to produce each individual project
• Sketching storyboards based on the script
• Identifying key scenes and sequences
• Transforming storyboards into animated sequences
• Recreating real world environments and layouts
• Creating illustrations, scanning and photo retouching
• Animating characters, creatures, props, vehicles, weapons, objects, etc
• Developing animation composites
• Calculating and enter algorithms for final renders
• Amending artwork as per instruction from designers and developers
• Working with programmers on software and design issues
• Adapting to software upgrades and stay up to date with new technologies
• Managing files, asset libraries and update procedures documentation
• Working to a tight schedule
• Integrating sound, sync dialogue and add sound effects to visuals
• Collaborating with compositors to deliver all assets required for final render
• Applying motion capture to animation

Skills

• Excellent knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, illustrator, After Effects and Maya
• Ability to visualize 3D iterations of two dimensional sketches and artwork
• Experience in 3D modelling

Terms

If you have a positive outlook, take pride in your work, and thrive in a creative environment then email us with your current availability, CV and/or portfolio.

Full time positions available

Looking to start in Early 2022

UAE residence only - this job will be based in Dubai