Crowds Artist

Walt Disney Animation Studios is looking for inspired Crowd Artists, with strong artistic abilities layered on top of solid technical foundations, to work on populating our features with world-class crowds. They will be an essential part of the film-making process, utilizing a variety of assets and animation to match both the project’s style, and the Director's creative vision. This opportunity would be to support our upcoming feature Hexed.

You can learn more about our filmmaking process here.

Responsibilities:

  • Support the story by populating scenes with crowd character assets and animation

  • Collaborate with peers to address creative and technical notes

  • Forthcoming with solutions and ideas, exhibiting openness to knowledge sharing

  • Develop and maintain crowds technology; identifying opportunities to improve tool and pipeline efficiency

  • Design crowd character behaviors and set ups

  • Team player, willing to collaborate with peers to address creative notes and resolve technical issues

  • Able to proactively communicate accurate task estimates, and consistently meet deadlines 

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Graphics, Computer Science, Engineering, and related fields, or equivalent experience

  • Understanding of rigging and animation techniques

  • Strong interest in Particle Systems, AI/Machine learning, or crowds systems (agent/brain design, simulation, and behavior)

  • Experience with commercial graphics packages such as Houdini

  • Solid understanding of the production processes and pipelines of CG Animation, VFX, or Video Game productions

  • Ability to work with a team and collaborate closely with others within the department and other departments

  • Strong problem solving abilities

  • Knowledge of film language, demonstrating strong compositional skills

  • A refined eye for detail, natural movement and timing

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with scripting languages such as Python

  • Experience with the Linux or Unix operating system

  • Experience with Object Oriented programming such as C++ a plus

  • Experience with USD a plus

Visual examples of images exemplifying work in this area are requested for review. Additionally, please include a resume and reel breakdown with your online profile.  

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer


The hiring range for this position in British Columbia, Canada is C$103,900 to C$150,500 CAD per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other variable pay or benefits, may be offered dependent on the level and position offered.
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