Senior Grooming Artist (Animation)

TL;DR

Senior Grooming Artist (Animation): Creating high-quality grooms and hair shading lookdev for characters, creatures, and props for animation productions with an accent on artistic methodologies, technology trends, and pipeline adherence. Focus on developing departmental tools and techniques, ensuring artistic and technical excellence, and collaborating with production teams to meet deadlines.

Location: Hybrid work in Madrid, Spain

Company

hirify.global is a diversified media company creating high-quality, event-level entertainment across feature film, television, interactive, and animation divisions.

What you will do

• Create complex, artistically appealing hairstyles, grooms, and groom’s surfacing for human characters, furry creatures, feathered characters, props, and elements.
• Work within established art direction guidelines and production pipeline.
• Keep up on current artistic methodologies, technology trends, and tools that best suit the production.
• Get involved in the development of departmental tools and techniques.
• Provide support, guidance, and instructions to the team to contribute to their artistic and professional growth.
• Work closely with production to ensure desired work is delivered and deadlines are met.

Requirements

• 5+ years in VFX or animation industries, with 3+ years specifically in the animation industry.
• High English level mandatory.
• Strong knowledge of Houdini.
• Good understanding of the processes of grooming, surfacing, rendering, and simulation.
• Ability to consistently produce high-quality grooms and deliver on schedule.
• Depth of knowledge in groom & surfacing tools and renderers (Houdini, Maya, xGen, Yeti, Shave and Haircut, Mari, Substance, Arnold or Renderman).

Nice to have

• Knowledge of CFX and simulation tools (vellum).
• Knowledge of Python or C/C++ programming, VEX and Houdini HDA creation.
• Spanish desirable.

Culture & Benefits

• Dynamic, inclusive, and ever-evolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed and growth fostered.
• Partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements.
• Commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling.
• Opportunity to push the limits of collaborative art and build a new studio doing something different.