Lead Animator

Description

Responsibilities related to the projects:
• Understands the main needs of the consumer and makes sure that the elements developed by his/her team will contribute to the satisfaction and the entertainment of the consumer.
• Delivers work in accordance with the artistic direction of the project.
• Identifies the best applications used in the production process. Manages the applications (both internal and external) in order to improve the performances of his/her team. Makes sure that the team has all the necessary information to work. Knows how to challenge and sustain the great orientations and is able to induce the change to his/her people.
• Plays the game to detect any inconsistencies.
• Actively provides feedback and suggestions to game design, programming and other disciplines to improve the quality of the game.
• Collaborates with other teams, to implement animation systems.
• Establishes the necessary abilities of his/her crew in order to achieve the goals settled with the producer and the creative director. Establishes the objectives of his/her team and reward each one’s contribution in the rolling project as well as the team spirit. Develops a positive environment in the project.

Team Responsibilities
• Determines, by mutual agreement, the general tasks of his/her team members and establishes the priorities.
• Encourages the innovation in his/her team.
• Schedules the planning & centralizes the tasks.
• Follows the quality standards, the aspects of the game wanted as well as the respect of the deadlines
• Follows the reactivity of the animators while preserving the reliability of the animation process
• Motivates and develops his/her team members.