Vancouver | Rotoanim Artist | Senior

**We are looking for a Senior Rotoanim Artist to join our team in Vancouver!** *Do you want to influence the future of matchmove and be a part of a team that appreciates the craft of Matchmove + Rotoanim in all aspects, come join the family!* This is an exciting and rare opportunity to be part of the formative years of a new studio in Vancouver. Our constantly increasing projects range from feature films to commercials. You will be working with artists with a wealth of experience on various productions. We are looking for talented artists who have the drive to keep up and contribute to this quickly growing company. **Check out our Youtube Track channel full of awesome tutorials!** *We offer extended health benefits, flexible hours, and an open creative environment for all our staff.* ### Duties & Responsibilities - Ability to Rotoanim a 3D character rig precisely to match actors. Including facial animation - Decent Camera/Object matchmove. Ability to hand-key cameras/objects in Maya - Ability to model environments with or without lidars, measurements, and camera information. UV objects when necessary. - Strong layout skills, including camera track overs. - Meticulous nature with a self-critical eye, and high standards. Able to QC own shots - Strong problem-solving and identifying solutions without guidance - Ability to give accurate time estimates as well as provide bidding hours with production - Highly motivated, and be able to work with the entire team/production. Mentor all artists, especially junior artists - Communicate clear and concise issues to the Matchmove Leads & Supervisor - To be able to follow directions and take ownership of your tasks. - Maintain a professional level of knowledge about current developments in matchmove tools for computer graphics - Work well under pressure. Excellent time management and work to tight deadlines. Handle client revisions in a timely manner - Positive attitude and excitement for new challenges in an intense production environment - Team player who excels in a collaborative environment ### Education and Experience - Degree in computer graphics or a related subject - 5+ years experience as a Rotoanim Artist - Proven ability to manage and mentor a team - Expert knowledge in focal lengths, film backs, lens distortions, rolling shutter etc. - Decent level skills in Syntheyes and/or 3de - Strong Knowledge of Maya - Basic Nuke - Soft tracking a plus (vertice animation with no rig) - The ability to script in MEL and Python is a plus - MMSolver a plus - Syntheyes - Geo H a plus - Keentools a plus, will be required to learn ### Required software knowledge - Maya - Nuke - Shotgun ### Recommended software knowledge - Syntheyes and/or 3de - MM Solver - Keentools - Russian3dScanner - Blender - Python/Mel ### Why work at Track VFX? - Benefits after 3 months! (contracts must be 6 months or longer to be eligible) - We pay overtime after 40 hours! - Only Matchmove company in North America - Training seminars. Provide many in-house tutorials - Great clients and ability to work closely with them! - Amazing artists and supportive production team - Ability to work closely with head Supervisors - Help make an impact in the future of Matchmove - Career Progression