Animation Director
Pixel Zoo are looking to recruit an Animation Director to oversee episodes of a children’s series from storyboards to final exports.
This position offers a chance to join the Pixel Zoo menagerie who have together created a high quality selection of fun, stylised kids entertainment and advertising. Past work includes feature films, series and TVCs for major brands such as LOL Surprise, Rainbow High, Thomas the Tank Engine and Little Baby Bum, as well as many others in between.
For examples of our work: http://www.pixelzoo.com.au
Essential skills:
- Experience directing animated content in a team environment.
- Experience in Adobe After Effects and Premiere
Favourable skills:
- Experience as a Maya animator or generalist
- Visual concepting skills
The position would be a 6 month initial contract with a strong possibility of long term work.
The ideal applicant would be experienced in leading a team of creative artists and have enough experience with animation production to understand what each stage of production requires. This role would also be responsible for taking the completed animatic then building and maintaining the working edit through to delivery.
We require someone who is able to work in-house in our North Lakes, Queensland studio, located a short drive north of Brisbane.
Interested applicants are encouraged to get in touch with jobs@pixelzoo.com.au. Please include a quick blurb with any relevant folio links as well as your CV.
Please label your email subject as “JOB: Anim Director: [Your Name]”
Lighting and Comp Artist
Pixel Zoo are looking for experienced Maya lighting and comp artists to join our team as we continue to expand and take on more exciting new projects.
This position offers a chance to join the Pixel Zoo menagerie who have together created a high quality selection of fun, stylised kids entertainment and advertising. Past work includes feature films, series and TVCs for major brands such as LOL Surprise, Rainbow High, Thomas the Tank Engine and Little Baby Bum, as well as many others in between.
For examples of our work:
http://www.pixelzoo.com.au
Essential skills:
- Experience in a production pipeline, lighting and rendering shots within Maya using render engines such as Redshift, Arnold or VRay (Redshift preferred)
- Experience in Adobe After Effects and Premiere
Favourable skills:
- Experience working on animation series production.
- Experience with Deadline render farm software.
- Experience with additional Maya FX plugins such as Yeti.
- Good troubleshooting skills, and the ability to work independently to identify and resolve issues with rendering shots.
- Bonus points for experience with MASH, Bifrost, nDynamics.
- Experience with RedGiant fx plugins and other industry standard plugins in Adobe AfterEffects.
The ideal applicant would be well versed in Maya’s render setup system and have an understanding of how to efficiently break scenes up into layers, and optimise lighting setups to minimise render time as well as use available resources efficiently.
We would prefer someone who is able to work in-house in our North Lakes, Queensland studio, located a short drive north of Brisbane, but will consider remote applicants.
Interested applicants are encouraged to get in touch with jobs@pixelzoo.com.au. Please include a quick blurb with any relevant folio links as well as your CV.
Please label your email subject as “JOB: Light & Comp: [Your Name]”
Lead 3D Asset Artist
Pixel Zoo are seeking applicants for the role of Lead 3D Asset Artist, focusing on leading a team of 3D artists as well as modelling, texturing and shading for characters, props and sets. The ideal applicant would come from a diverse technical and artistic background to assist with our 3D productions.
This position offers a chance to join the Pixel Zoo menagerie who have together created a high quality selection of fun, stylised kids entertainment and advertising. Past work includes web series and TVCs for major brands such as LOL Surprise, Rainbow High, Lego Duplo, Thomas the Tank Engine, Little Baby Bum, as well as many others in between.
If this kind of work sounds interesting to you and you have the required skill sets and qualifications, we’d love to hear from you.
Essential Skills:
- 5+ years experience as a 3D Asset Artist working with environments and characters
- Extensive production experience using Maya
- Ability to lead a team, with good leadership skills and to delegate and prioritize work accordingly
- Strong communication skills and the ability to liaise with other department leads
- Experience in Zbrush, Adobe Creative Suite and Substance Painter
- Experience shading, lighting and rendering in Redshift
- Ability to quickly learn and adapt to production pipelines
- Ability to set up shaders for assets including props and environment work
- Ability to take 2D concept designs and adapt into the 3D world
- Experience in laying out UVs effectively accounting for texel density and UDIM workflow.
- Must be creative, detail oriented and able to handle multiple projects under pressure
- Willingness to observe, absorb and modify work based on feedback
- Knowledge of edge flow for animation
Favourable Skills:
- Previous experience as an Asset Lead
- Experience with Unreal 4
- Knowledge of Yeti or XGen
- Ability to set up shaders for characters
The ideal applicant would be well versed in the organisation and communication requirements of artists in a team based production environment with tight turnarounds. As your work will be making its way through many sets of hands, experience in a similar position would be highly regarded.
Interested applicants are encouraged to get in touch with jobs@pixelzoo.com.au. Please include a quick blurb with any relevant folio links as well as your CV.
Please label your email subject as “JOB: 3D Artist Lead: [Your Name]”
We may be unable to respond to every email but will read and consider all applications.
Please only enquire if you are eligible to work in Australia for at least 6 months.
Asset Artist (Junior – Mid Level)
Pixel Zoo are seeking applicants for the role of 3D artist, focusing on modelling, texturing and shading for props and sets. The ideal applicant would come from a diverse technical and artistic backgrounds to assist with our 3D productions.
This position offers a chance to join the Pixel Zoo menagerie who have together created a high quality selection of fun, stylised kids entertainment and advertising. Past work includes web series and TVCs for major brands such as LOL Surprise, Rainbow High, Lego Duplo, Thomas the Tank Engine, Little Baby Bum, as well as many others in between.
If this kind of work sounds interesting to you and you have the required skill sets and qualifications, we’d love to hear from you.
Essential skills:
- Experience with Maya.
- Experience in Zbrush, Adobe Creative Suite and Substance Painter.
- Experience texturing and shading for PBR based render workflow.
- Familiarity shading, lighting and rendering in Redshift or a similar engine such as VRay or Arnold.
- Possess the ability to quickly learn and adapt to production pipelines.
- Ability to set up shaders for assets including props and environment work.
- Ability to take 2D concept designs and adapt it into the 3D world.
- Experience in laying out UVs effectively accounting for texel density and UDIM workflow.
- Ability to work well under pressure and within tight deadlines.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Talented and self-motivated with a willingness to learn.
- Keen eye for detail.
Favorable Skills:
- Understanding of edge flow for animation.
- Experience with Unreal 4.
- Knowledge of yeti or xgen
- Ability to set up shaders for characters
- Experience working in a studio environment, particularly for series or film work.
We have a variety of contract terms available depending on your skills and expertise.
The ideal applicant would be well versed in the organisation and communication requirements of artists in a team based production environment with tight turnarounds. As your work will be making its way through many sets of hands, experience in a similar position would be highly regarded but is not essential.
We require someone who is able to work in-house in our North Lakes, Queensland studio, located a short drive north of Brisbane. We will also consider Brisbane locals who can commit to a semi-remote work setup.
Interested applicants are encouraged to get in touch with jobs@pixelzoo.com.au. Please include a quick blurb with any relevant folio links as well as your CV.
Please label your email subject as “JOB: 3D Artist: [Your Name]”
We may be unable to respond to every email but will read and consider all applications.
Please only enquire if you are eligible to work in Australia for at least 6 months.