Senior Environment Modeller (DNEG Animation)

Overview

In this role you will craft detailed 3D environments for high-end animated content, collaborating with the production design and layout teams to bring concepts to build-ready models. You will ensure models meet pipeline standards and communicate performance considerations across a large team. This position sits at the heart of DNEG’s animation pipeline, contributing to visually rich worlds for major studios and independent productions. You will work in a collaborative, creativity-driven environment with opportunities to shape the look and feel of projects.

Responsibilities

• Build complex 3D environments and set pieces based on direction from the Production Designer
• Collaborate with Development Artists and Layout Department to convert designs into builds/models
• Ensure models adhere to the Animation production pipeline protocols
• Anticipate and communicate model performance issues
• Maintain high standards of form, scale and proportion in environmental assets
• Contribute to a collaborative, cross-functional production workflow

Key requirements

• Experience working on high-level Animated content
• Production experience as an Environment Modeller
• Strong communication skills within a large team & pipeline
• Traditional sculpting techniques using Maya or ZBrush
• Strong sense of form, scale and proportion
• Degree in Computer Animation or relevant course
• Nice to Have Unreal Engine or other real-time rendering software

• Meticulous
• Highly motivated
• Team oriented
• Maya
• ZBrush
• Unreal Engine

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