Job Description

Function

Production

Office Location

Toronto

Business

Brown Bag

Type of Position

Full-time Contract

The position of CG Supervisor is a senior position and requires someone with an extensive knowledge of the 3D animation workflow and pipeline and has experience in leading a CG team. Successful applicants will have a solid understanding of the production process, strong motivational qualities, be a proven team leader and have excellent communication and organisational skills. They will be highly organised and technically and creatively astute. This is a short-term contract opportunity.




Role Title: CG Supervisor




Reporting to: VFX Supervisor




Purpose: Why you're here at Brown Bag Films




To lead the implementation of the studio's CG workflows and pipeline on designated project ensuring output meets studio standards, fulfilling the Director's creative vision, whilst staying within assumptions and schedule.




Delivery: What you produce


- CG output of designated project


- Production plan for CG assets and episodes


- Creative and technical requirements.




Measurements: How we measure it


- Project pipeline and delivery


- Creative and technical standards


- Feedback from Director and client.

Key Responsibilities

What you are regularly responsible for doing:




- Leading the project's CG crew including outsource partner, ensuring effective project delivery.


- Collaborating with the VFX Supervisor and CG department supervisors to ensure effective implementation of the pipelines.


- Facilitating effective communication between the Directors, Producers and CG team to ensure clarity on matters related to project workflow, pipeline and production challenges.


- Defining the best production plan for the creation of CG assets.


- Collaborating with the Project Directors to deliver CG output that is fulfilling the desired "look" of the project within production assumptions and schedule.


- Identifying bottlenecks on the project, technical or otherwise and implementing solutions that remove them.


- Advising stakeholders when agreed production assumptions are breached, recommending solutions to resolve.


- Collaborating with project's Producer and Production Manager on project's schedule.


- Leading technical direction for asset build and episodic requirements.

Key Requirements

Things that help you do your job (what is essential & what is desirable)




Knowledge:


- Thorough understanding of CG animation pipelines across disciplines such as modelling, rigging, lighting, rendering and visual FX.




Experience:


- Have previously been a successful CG or Department Supervisor on a long format project or feature film.


- Experience in CG asset creation and CG shot production.


- Experience in leading a team.




Technical skills:


- Expert in Autodesk Maya.


- Strong technical expertise in CG animation software. e.g. Photoshop, Nuke, Substance Painter or Mari, Z-brush and Houdini or After effects.


- Ability to use asset tracking software e.g. Autodesk's Shotgun.


- Strong knowledge of 'RV' media player.


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Why work with us?




Perks! Perks! Perks! Not only is 9 Story Media Group / Brown Bag Films an amazing place full of artists, animators and creators from all corners of the industry, but we focus on helping staff grow and develop in their careers and make them long time team members. Along with a great work environment we offer first-rate health + dental benefits, summer hours, paid Health and Wellness Days, vacation periods that multiply with tenure, and more! We may love animation, but we love our employees even more!




Our Toronto office can be found in the cool and trendy Liberty Village with over 200 artists working on award winning animated children's content. You will benefit from a competitive compensation package, interesting work and a fun/supportive work environment.




Applicants need to be legally eligible to work in Ontario.




We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.




9 Story Media takes diversity and inclusion seriously and we are committed to ensuring equity in the recruitment process. Candidates from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, Indigenous peoples, Racialized and LGBT2SQ+ communities, candidates from a range of ages and religious beliefs and people with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. Should you require accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please let us know your requirements when contacted.




As a company, we deliver high-quality kids' content, and we seek to have diverse characters so that all our audience feels represented. We also want the same for our own workforce, and 9 Story Media is committed to looking for all kinds of talent to build a diverse workforce in which all identities are represented and respected.