TAYLOR JAMES

Careers -Senior Automotive Artist (London)

 

Senior
Automotive Artist 


London Studio

 
 

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to: CG Automotive Supervisor

 

As a Senior Automotive Artist, you will be responsible for facilitating the efficient delivery of multiple automotive projects.  You will take a hands-on approach to creative and technical aspects of a project. As a senior core team member, you will be required to oversee and support all the artists on your team, monitoring their output throughout the process to ensure that quality standards are met. Your role will require strong communication skills between Senior Staff, Creative Directors and the project Producers, to ensure the smooth running and delivery of projects.

 

The main aspects of the role include: 

•  Planning and delivery of a campaign, working to the brief set and the client’s requirements. 

•  Develop project workflow plan in line with requirements. The role requires the ability to foresee potential problems within multi-disciplined workflows and the ability to solve visual and analytical problems. 

•  Producing CGI for automotive print and animation, including modelling, texturing, shading and lighting, and rendering to a high level.

•  Setting up adequate workflow and process across the project, mostly around the stages of data preparation, shader construction, and quality control.

•  Working with of the 3D automotive team and overseeing artists’ output throughout the process to ensure that quality standards are met. Creative direction of the work requires closely collaborating with the Creative Directors and production department during the production.

•  The role may include the opportunity to work at one of Taylor James’s other studios to promote and further the expansion of the Automotive process and portfolio across the group.

•  You may be asked to work on other types of projects beside Automotive from time to time, in accordance with your skillset. 

 

You will work with the Head of 3D, Senior Technical Director, and IT to review systems and procedures, and help to hone and develop processes and structures to ensure that projects are delivered efficiently and effectively; that they are of the right quality and are produced on time.

Good communication and team relationships are important skills, maintaining good morale within the team and throughout each project. The ability to make considered judgments when working under pressure and to absorb the anxiety of others is necessary. 

 

 

DUTIES

 

Creative

•  Working with CGI team to foresee issues and drive production to best creative conclusion aiming to hit all scheduling. 

•  Modelling of hard surfaces, hi-res and lo-res, Sub-D modelling and CAD data prep.

• Shader creation, lighting and texturing, UV generations on hard surfaces and organic assets. 

•  Production rendering.

•  Using our in-house Hydragen system on suitable projects and championing it to other artists in the team as a core workflow tool.

• Checking CGI operator’s work and maintaining quality, and always be willing to offer advice and support. 

•  Follow production methodologies, seeking out potential issues and develop creative approaches and problem-solving.

•  Maintain awareness of technical developments in industry and seek to continually improve personal skills and techniques

•  Ensure development of the base technical comp to the Compositing or Retouch department

•  Work with the Senior Technical Director to ensure effective running of the department, along with forging meaningful working relationships with the Compositing and Retouch departments

 

Project Leadership 

  • Assist with estimates on task based timings at initial quotation stage, based on experience level.

  • Ensure clear and concise briefs are given and understood by all involved in the project.

  • Assisting with and communicating day-to-day work of team and ensuring they are on track.

  • Maintain continuity and to critique scene assembly artists’ work.

  • Advanced problem solving, including suggesting and explaining solutions to team.

  • Keep lines of communication open and keep staff and production updated on work status on a regular basis.

  • Improving processes and structures to aid Production and CGI departments. Working with team to ensure effective running of the department.

  • Present new ideas to creative team and be active member in developing creative direction of company. 

 

 

Technical Support


  • To support the live-action crew by providing camera details and setup diagrams, and to assist with HDRI capture and collection of reference material. 

  • Attend productions, consulting with production crew to ensure capturing of correct elements for the pre-agreed brief. Offering ideas, guidance and support to various crew members.

  • Follow production methodologies and develop technical approaches and problem-solving.

  • Research and consistently review and improve knowledge of lighting and rendering techniques, bringing latest ideas to productions.