JOBS IN CALI: Zoic Hiring Character Animator in Los Angeles

LA Character Animator 
Location: Culver City, CA
Type: Contracted
Min. Experience: Experienced

Zoic Studios is an Award winning VFX company made up of accomplished artists and producers who understand story, process and relationships. Partnership, integrity and enthusiasm are our key founding principles. We have two studios located in Los Angeles and Vancouver, Canada. Some of our recent credits include, Gangster Squad, Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, Once Upon a Time, Fringe and Falling Skies. "Visual Evolution" is our mission. We invest in constantly improving our technological and studio processes so that our artists can focus on being creative even in the lightning fast paced world of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Episodic Television. We apply these principles to our work on some of the most VFX intensive film and television projects out there.

We like a challenge. Do you?
Our LA office is currently looking to hire Animators for Feburary 2014 start dates.

Summary of Position: Works under the Animation Supervisor or Animation Lead to create realistic creature and character animation for Television and Feature live action productions. Animators at Zoic may be asked to animate anything from an alien slug to a 6 legged chimera so strong visual understanding of anatomy and physics is a must.

 Responsibilities: Realistic creature and character animation Ensuring animation meets production deadlines Ensuring animation meets quality standards Knowing and following all pipeline and studio policies and procedures Extensive experience and working knowledge with motion capture in Maya. Qualifications: Experience working as a 3D animator within film and television, a must. Proficiency animating in Maya, in particular working with Motion Capture pipeline for gaming. Prior working experience in gaming production pipeline utilizing Maya is required. actual game engine knowledge is bonus but not required. Ability to work within a fast-paced team environment. Positive attitude, hard worker, flexible schedule. Strong attention to detail and follow through