About the role
Role Overview
Amuse Animation is seeking several 3D Animators (Mid–Senior) to join their team. This role involves delivering high-end animation with strong acting and storytelling while setting quality benchmarks for the team.
Responsibilities
- Deliver high-end animation with strong acting and storytelling, setting quality benchmarks for the team.
- Take ownership of complex shots and sequences, ensuring they meet creative and technical expectations.
- Work closely with Leads and Supervisors to interpret creative direction and translate it into final animation.
- Support Leads in reviewing work and providing constructive feedback to other animators when required.
- Help maintain consistency in style, performance, and continuity across the project.
- Anticipate challenges and propose solutions to improve efficiency and quality.
- Provide reliable task estimates and ensure deadlines are met.
- Collaborate closely with Leads, Supervisors, and Production to ensure alignment with project goals.
- Act as a key point of reference for other animators on artistic and technical matters.
- Communicate proactively with other departments to anticipate and resolve issues.
Qualifications
- Experience: 3+ years in animation production.
- Portfolio: Strong portfolio demonstrating high-level acting and performance.
- Leadership: Ability to mentor and support other team members.
- Skills: Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- Mindset: Proactive, detail-oriented, and adaptable.
- Language: Proficiency in English (Spanish is a plus).
Nice to Have
- Advanced understanding of animation principles, performance, and storytelling.
- Strong ability to interpret scripts, storyboards, and animatics into compelling animation.
- Deep knowledge of production pipelines and workflows.
- High proficiency in Autodesk Maya and strong technical awareness (rigs, constraints, troubleshooting).
- Ability to handle complex scenes, characters, and acting beats.
General Information
- Work Location: On-site at the studio in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, or remote from another Canary Island.
- Working Hours:
- Monday to Thursday: 08:00 to 16:00
- Friday: 08:00 to 14:00
- Leave: 25 days of annual leave.
- Contract Type: Project-based contract, estimated until July 27. Opportunity for continued employment on future projects.
- Employment Type: Temporal por obra en régimen de artista (BT).
- Compensation: To be determined.
Company Profile
Amuse Animation is an animation powerhouse founded in 2015 and headquartered in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with a growing footprint in France and China. The company specializes in creating and incubating original IPs and providing high-quality service production for 2D and 3D animation. Their slate includes 33 self-funded preschool IPs dubbed in 27 languages.
- Values: Audience-Driven, Growth, Adaptability, Equality, Innovation, Authenticity.
- Edge: A digital-first, platform-native mindset with global reach across platforms like YouTube, Amazon, Samsung TV Plus, El Reino Infantil, Tencent, and iQiyi.
- Methodology: Obsessed with the audience, using tech and performance data from concept to screen to shape content and maximize project potential.