Senior Animator

Rising Sun Pictures is hiring a Senior Animator for their Adelaide studio on a six-month contract. This role sits within the animation department and delivers performance-driven character and creature animation across feature film VFX pipelines, from blocking through to final polish. It suits an experienced animator who has worked in a professional VFX or animation studio environment and is comfortable managing their own time across multiple sequences.

About the Role

The animation team at Rising Sun Pictures works directly alongside Layout, Modelling, Rigging, and Creature departments to deliver high-end feature film animation for major studio productions. Recent RSP credits include Sinners, Mickey 17, Thunderbolts, Sonic The Hedgehog 3, and Deadpool and Wolverine, giving you a sense of the production slate this team is supporting. Day to day, a Senior Animator here is moving between asset types, incorporating supervisor feedback, and maintaining consistency across sequences under real production deadlines.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce character, creature, digi-double, and hard-surface animation from initial blocking through to final polish on feature film productions.
• Deliver believable, performance-driven animation that holds up to the quality bar set by major studio clients and production supervisors.
• Incorporate creative and technical feedback from animation supervisors accurately and within the expected turnaround times of a live VFX pipeline.
• Maintain shot consistency across sequences, ensuring animation reads correctly in context with surrounding work.
• Coordinate closely with Rigging and Creature teams to flag and resolve technical issues that affect animation performance.
• Communicate progress clearly and manage your own time across concurrent tasks without requiring close oversight.

What You Bring

• Demonstrated experience as a Senior Animator in a VFX studio or feature film animation pipeline.
• Strong working knowledge of Maya, applied to character and creature animation at a professional production level.
• Proven ability to animate across a range of asset types including organic characters, creatures, and hard-surface models.
• Solid understanding of core animation principles including timing, weight, and physical performance.
• Current working rights in Australia and immediate availability, as the role commences without delay.

Why This Role

Rising Sun Pictures has been producing award-winning visual effects for over thirty years and holds an established reputation as a trusted partner for Hollywood’s major studios. A Senior Animator joining this team is working on productions that reach wide theatrical release, with credits that carry genuine weight in the industry. Remote working arrangements within Australia are considered, which adds meaningful flexibility to a contract role of this kind.

Apply now for the Senior Animator position at Rising Sun Pictures and bring your feature film animation experience to one of Australia’s most respected VFX studios.