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Penrose Studios

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</div></div></div><div><div><div><p><i>Penrose Studios crafts ground-breaking immersive stories, and needs your help building a platform for this new artistic medium. We need animators to create awe-inspiring visual effects for our virtual reality experiences.</i></p>
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<ul><li>Work with the Director to help establish and maintain the animation style and feel.</li><li>
Create believable character and creature animation as well as prop animation.</li><li>
Plan shots with an understanding of story and character context.</li><li>
Remain current and up-to-date in animation techniques and Virtual Reality workflow.</li><li>
Collaborate with the rest of the team to find solutions to challenges that arise.</li><li>
Develop a working knowledge of necessary production tools.</li><li>
Consistently meet production goals as assigned by Production Management.</li></ul>
<p>Requirements</p>
<ul><li><b>Acting and subtext!! </b>Must have strong acting skills and solid physicality to create entertaining and emotionally driven believable performances, with clear timing, weight, emotional states and appeal.</li><li>
Must be able to tell a story with a strong sense of Personality (pantomime and dialogue).</li><li>
Able to show progress on a short time period (or as the production requires).</li><li>
Minimum of 2 years of animation experience in Film, Television, or Video Game production.</li><li>
Avid interest in the possibilities of Virtual Reality.</li><li>
Proficient with Maya and/or equivalent program.</li><li>
Self-motivated, excellent communicator, and a great team-player attitude.</li><li>
Solid and consistent time-management skills.</li><li>
Work well under pressure.</li></ul>
 </div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div>Penrose is based in San Francisco, and also operates remotely.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p>

Animator

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 Practical knowledge and experience with a professional animation pipeline
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<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p>Effects Animator</p></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div><div><div><div>
</div></div></div><div><div><div><p><i>Penrose Studios crafts ground-breaking immersive stories, and needs your help building a platform for this new artistic medium. We need animators to create awe-inspiring visual effects for our virtual reality experiences. You&rsquo;ll create real time effects such as fire, water, smoke, clouds, and a variety of other phenomena.</i></p>
<div></div><p>Responsibilities</p>
<ul><li>Build effects systems for real time animation</li><li>
Design particle and fluid simulations to create stunning effects</li><li>
Collaborate with graphics engineers to utilize proprietary effects systems</li><li>
Collaborate with creative leadership to design effects elements</li><li>
Design, implement, and maintain tools for a new VR production pipeline</li></ul>
<p>Requirements</p>
<ul><li>3+ years experience as an animator in film, commercials or game effects.</li><li>
Strong eye for motion and lighting for effects elements</li><li>
Knowledge of Python or other scripting languages</li><li>
Knowledge of Houdini effects tools</li><li>
Demo reel that demonstrates previous effects work</li></ul>
<p>Preferred</p>
<ul><li>Knowledge of C++</li><li>
Experience creating effects in Unreal Engine</li><li>
Experience with virtual reality</li><li>
Knowledge of real time effects techniques</li><li>
Ability to profile and optimize effects systems</li><li>
Knowledge of Maya, FumeFX, or other effects packages</li></ul>
 </div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div>Penrose is based in San Francisco, and also operates remotely.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p>

Effects Animator

Udemy

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   Ensure consistency in style, tone, and branding across all video projects
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   Manage and organize video assets and project files to maintain efficient workflows
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   Apply color grading, sound editing, and other post-production techniques to enhance video quality
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   Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to editing software and video formats.
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   Stay up-to-date with industry trends and new techniques while always looking for ways to improve the brand's visual identity
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   Receive and implement notes from stakeholders, team leads, and project partners.
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   Quality check video deliverables to ensure all assets meet specifications, formats, compression requirements, and brand standards
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Video Editor & Animator

<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p>CG Rigger</p></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div><div><div><div>
</div></div></div><div><div><div><p><i>Penrose Studios crafts ground-breaking immersive stories, and needs your help building a platform for this new artistic medium. Penrose is looking for riggers/character technical directors to artfully mold 3D models into movable and appealing characters in the new mediums of Virtual and Augmented Reality.</i></p>
<div></div><p>Responsibilities</p>
<ul><li>Design, create, test and maintain character rigs/setups.</li><li>
Work with the modelers to create a model that meets technical needs.</li><li>
Collaborate with animators to design motion controls.</li><li>
Develop and maintain character motion and deformation systems.</li><li>
Capable of writing pipeline tools to streamline the setup process.</li><li>
Develop new techniques and processes to solve character production challenges.</li><li>
Consistently meet production goals as assigned by Production Management.</li></ul>
<p><b>Requirements</b></p>
<ul><li>Minimum of 4 years of rigging experience in Film, Television, or Video Game production</li><li>
A thorough understanding of anatomy, bio-mechanics, skinning and topology to produce appealing deformations</li><li>
Proficient with Maya and/or equivalent 3D program.</li><li>
Scripting skills in Maya API, MEL scripting, Python and/or equivalents</li><li>
Experience with setting up production pipelines while being able to follow guidelines</li><li>
Real time engine experience preferred (such as Unity, Unreal Engine 4)</li><li>
Additional experience with Animation, 3D modeling, and/or Texturing is a plus</li><li>
Experience with mo-cap animation pipelines is a plus</li><li>
Avid interest in the possibilities of Virtual Reality</li><li>
Self-motivated, excellent communicator, and a great team-player attitude</li><li>
Solid and consistent time-management skills.</li></ul>
 </div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div>Penrose is based in San Francisco, and also operates remotely.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p>

CG Rigger

Autodesk

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Position Overview</div><div></div><div>
Autodesk Research is a dynamic team of researchers, engineers, and industry domain experts who collaborate with leading academic and industry partners.</div><div>
We are seeking an AI Research Scientist specializing in Motion Generation to intern with our Media and Entertainment research team this summer. Your work will focus on exploring novel motion generation techniques using state-of-the-art Machine Learning methods. You will work with other research scientists, ML engineers, and industry experts to deploy and validate your approach in the context of a character animation workflow, with the potential to significantly enhance the character animation pipeline for professional animators.</div><div>
Our unique environment combines the best of academia with product-driven research. We have a strong track record of publishing at top-tier conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, and SIGGRAPH, and our research also contributes to cutting-edge features in Autodesk&rsquo;s suite of products.</div><div></div><div>
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Develop and implement novel machine learning models for motion generation in the context of character animation</div></li><li><div>
Experiment with and analyze motion capture and key-framed animation datasets</div></li><li><div>
Collaborate with a cross-functional team to integrate and test new methods within existing animation workflows</div></li><li><div>
Review relevant AI/ML literature to identify emerging methods, technologies, and baseline approaches</div></li><li><div>
Document research findings and present results to the broader research team and other stakeholders</div></li><li><div>
Contribute to the publication of research papers and patents based on your findings</div></li></ul><div></div><div>
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Full-time student pursuing an MS or Ph.D. (preferred) in Computer Science, Graphics, Machine Learning or similar in an accredited program with at least one academic term to complete post-internship</div></li><li><div>
Proven experience in machine learning, with a focus on motion generation or character animation</div></li><li><div>
Strong programming skills in Python and familiarity with machine learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch</div></li><li><div>
Experience conducting research and publishing results</div></li></ul><div></div><div>
Preferred Qualifications</div><ul><li><div>
Previous publications in the field of motion generation</div></li><li><div>
Experience with Transformer and Diffusion-based models</div></li><li><div>
Experience developing for character animation tools like Maya or 3ds Max</div></li><li><div>
Passion for and experience in the character animation and/or visual effects industry</div></li></ul><div></div><div>
Learn More</div><div></div><div>
About Autodesk</div><div>
Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software &ndash; from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.</div><div></div><div>
We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk &ndash; it&rsquo;s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.</div><div></div><div>
When you&rsquo;re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!</div><div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>
Salary Transparency</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div>
Salary is one part of Autodesk&rsquo;s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate&rsquo;s experience, educational level, and geographic location, and can exceed this range.</div><div></div><div>
For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting annualized intern base salary to be between:</div><ul><li>
$47,840 and $95,680 (undergraduate students)</li><li>
$72,800 and $118,500 (Masters/MBA students)</li><li>
$118,560 and $162,240 (PhD students)</li></ul><div></div><div>
Equal Employment Opportunity</div><div>
At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.</div><div></div><div>
Diversity &amp; Belonging<br>
We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: <div>https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging</div></div></div>

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