Senior Artists lead Tendril’s creative teams by building assets from concept to completion, mentoring juniors and intermediates, optimizing the 3D pipeline, and articulating design choices with creative and trend-driven expertise. 

They collaborate with directors, contribute to pitches, ensure team schedule adherence, and represent the studio in key client meetings while pushing artistic boundaries.

The Opportunity

• Collaborate with our creative team and clients to deliver world class motion and design projects
• Work with Creative Directors and Art Directors, building assets that bring concepts to life and collaborating with a team of artists to optimize your contributions and integrate your work into the animation pipeline
• Demonstrate your ability to build assets from concept through to completion 
• Lean into your animation and Light & Rendering skills to support productions
• Communicate, articulate and defend design choices/concepts via mood-boards, sketches etc. 
• Work within Tendril’s 3D pipeline, delivering your work in a compatible format and finding ways to make our team and process efficient
• Contribute assets in support of new business pitches that enrich the ideas and vision established by senior team
• Attend critical client facing meetings as requested, presenting new work and intaking feedback to deliver to production team
• Provide insight into discipline specific processes and timeline planning
• Spend time collaborating with world class artists, developing their skills and activating them across various projects
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior and intermediate members of the team, empowering them to grow their skills through clear feedback and direction
• Ensure project teams adhere to the production schedule defined by the project leadership team, delivering work in a consistent and correct format
• Pursue endless boundary pushing opportunities, consistently striving to acquire new skills related to software, animation and design
• Infuse your work with your knowledge of current trends in areas including typography, fashion, architecture and contemporary art

Come Prepared to Talk About

• How your most exciting animation productions came together from brief to delivery
• Your interest in and history of growing artists through mentorship
• Your involvement in the animation community or your desire to participate in in on behalf of Tendril

Compensation

$90,000-$150,000

The duties and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of management. If you have the skills and experience required for this position, please forward your resume to [email protected]. We thank you for your interest; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted for follow-up.