Requirements:

- 4+ years of modelling experience for film/animation or television.
- 2+ years as a Senior, Lead or Supervising Modeller.
- High proficiency in Maya/Blender is a must.
- Experience with character blend shape creation is a must.
- Strong leadership, management, and organizational skills.
- Excellent team player with strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to identify strengths and weakness of modelling team.
- Ability to remain flexible and adaptable to meet the changing needs of production.
- An interest in pipeline, processes, tools, and techniques, with a high-level understanding of industry standards, conventions, formats, and practices.
- Good artistic skills and attention to details.
- Good communication skills with the artists and production team.
- The ability to successfully lead a large team of modellers.
- Advanced English level. Fluency in Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities:

- Mentoring, training and managing the modelling team in both technical and creative capacities.
- Manage the modeling and shading team, assign workload, set and maintain standards of all work completed.
- Provide detailed direction to the modelling team and contribute to their growth and development by understanding their needs, interests, strengths and weaknesses.
- Collaborate with the pipeline team, designers, rigging and surfacing artists to achieve both creative and technical goals within scheduled time frames.
- Drive the team reviews and offer creative/technical feedback on reviewed assets.
- Recruit, manage, mentor all artists in the modelling department and collaborate with Artist - - Management and Recruitment as required.
- Supervise, define, implement, and maintain the techniques, tools, and pipeline required to achieve the successful execution of the Modelling output for the film.
- Collaborate with the CG and department supervisors to determine best-case approaches for each asset in the project.
- Partner with the Asset Department Supervisor, Production Designer, Producers, and Project - - Supervisors to prepare bids and pitches as required.
- Partner with Production Management to implement a schedule that ensures the department delivers on time, to a high level of quality.
- Communicate the overall brief and goals of a project to each member of the team, driving the delivery of creative goals on time and to the highest standard.