-       Project Management from concept to completion. Includes establishing requirements and creative brief from the outset and liaising with the client throughout the project life cycle, as well as building trusting relationships with all involved

-       Collate projects plans, deadlines and quality targets. This will involve collating presentation material as well as costing breakdowns, setting up and maintaining the project schedule and tracking system

-        Ensure clear and concise briefs are collated and understood by all involved in the project

-        Scheduling and team monitoring, planning and communicating day-to-day work of team to ensure the delivery of the job at every stage meets internal timings and standards

-        Keep lines of communication open and keep staff and production updated on work status on a daily basis

-        Ensure the progression of work to the client’s expectations, liaising regularly with the client and building client relationships

-        Taking responsibility for supervising work, ensuring that it is carried out to the appropriate technical standard and that it is managed to schedule and budget

-       Work with a team on large scale productions on all aspects of involved in the running of multi-media,  animation and multi-disciplined projects

-       Assisting in management of large-scale productions, setting up and managing schedules and deliverables.

-       Sourcing and managing of freelancers, creative partners and external suppliers

-       Improving  processes and documentation to aid production and post-production

Requirements / Skills:

-       2+ years project management experience

-       Understanding of CGI workflow and related practices necessary

-       Experience of live-action and photographic productions an advantage

-       Experience working directly with clients/directors and of managing teams

-       Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills

-       Capable of motivating and leading a team with enthusiasm and clarity

-       Ability to work effectively in high pressure environments

-       Experience in advertising industry an advantage

Salary is dependent on experience, so if you are interested in joining our lively team in London EC2 OR in Manhattan, New York, please email your CV and examples of your work now to Jennifer, on recruitment@taylorjames.com. Please clearly state which city you are applying to work in and include information on your working status for the United States or the United Kingdom. Unfortunately we are not offering visa sponsorship at this time.

The role comprises a number of responsibilities which aim at researching potential clients and markets, attracting new customers in target regions and markets and then developing the pitches to meet client needs. Techniques used will include:

-      Intelligence gathering on existing and potential clients and competitors

-      Generating leads for possible sales, organising meeting opportunities by email and telephone

-      First point of contact for new quote/pitch requests

-      Assisting in the compilation of budgets and pitch documents for potential productions, collating timings, visuals and production process information

-      Follow-up sales activity

-      Organisation of NBD activities (tours, events, presentations) including the tight coordination of team members to achieve targets

-      Daily administration, including management of CRM system and communications and record keeping

-      Developing and enforcing sales processes

-      Developing and maintaining account planning and sales performance monitoring and analysis

-      Ensure a smooth and efficient handover of project information from Quoting into Project Management

If you are hard working and want to step into a busy, creative and challenging work environment with good long term prospects, then this is the role for you.

Please email your CV, examples of work and full contact details to: recruitment@taylorjames.com

Please note that candidates must be eligible to work in the UK.  Unfortunately, we are unable to offer work-permission sponsorship.

-        Estimate production timings at initial quotation stage for production team

-        Develop and police projects plans, deadlines and quality targets with the production team

-        Scheduling and team management, planning and communicating day-to-day work of team and policing timesheets

-        Work with the team to ensure the timely delivery of each project meets standards and that all feedback is addressed. This requires interrogation of CGI files and technical processes.

-        Assisting in the effective training of staff, ensuring a production workforce that is well matched to the creative and technical requirements of jobs

-        Effective resourcing of freelancers as projects require and recruitment of key talent to the studio

-        Keep lines of communication open and staff and production updated on work status on a daily basis

-        Improving processes and structures to aid Production and CGI departments

Requirements / Skills:

-       4+ years professional experience as a CGI Artist or animator, with a thorough understanding of CGI workflow

-       An understanding of production and post production techniques for image capture and post- an advantage

-       Experience of supervising or managing production processes and creative studios

-       Experience working directly with creatives and 3D artists and of managing teams

-       Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills

-       Capable of motivating and leading a team with enthusiasm and clarity

If you are hard working and want to step into a busy, creative and challenging work environment with good long term prospects, then this is the role for you.

Please email your CV, examples of work and full contact details to: recruitment@taylorjames.com

Please note that candidates must be eligible to work in the UK.  Unfortunately, we are unable to offer work-permission sponsorship.

This role requires a motivated multi-tasker who has an eye for colour, is creative and a stickler for detail. With 3+ years professional experience, and preferably some retouching for advertising, you will be responsible for all aspects of retouching from image prep, low and hi-res comps to final colour style and conversions. You should be able to skilfully comp multi-part elements and have a deep understanding of realism.

You must be willing to learn specific processes and structures within Photoshop and CGI post-production. Clear and professional communication, being a positive and lively team player and time-management skills are important.

We are looking to recruit as soon as possible so please view the full job requirements and application procedure on the Taylor James website now.
Emails to: recruitment@taylorjames.com
Website at: www.taylorjames.com/category/blog/careers/

Responsibilities include:

-        Blue/green screen extractions

-        Seamless integration of live action, miniature and CGI sources

-        Performing all aspects of composite fx design

-        Ensure clear and concise briefs are given and understood by all involved in the project, taking part in client reviews

-        Assisting in the effective management of clients by ensuring a production workforce that is well matched to

-        the creative and technical requirements on a per-production basis

-        Follow production methodologies and develop creative approaches and problem-solving

-        Keep lines of communication open and keep staff and production updated on work status on a daily basis

-        Ensure the progression of work to the client’s expectations, liaising with the client when required

-        Working with Studio Manager to ensure effective running of the department and management of resources

-        Liaising, assisting, and contributing to the effective recruitment of key talent to the studio

Requirements / Skills:

5+ years professional experience in VFX production for animation; Experience in advertising industry a advantage; Experience in using Node based Compositing System, specifically Nuke with Fusion an advanctage; Understanding of CGI workflow and related practices; Experience working directly with clients/directors; Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills; A knowledge and interest in photography and practical lighting; Ability to work effectively in high pressure environments.

If you fit the bill, please email your CV and showreel/examples of work to: recruitment@taylorjames.com

Responsibilities include:

- Independently manage and oversee CGI jobs from initial quotation stage through to completion, including client liaison, briefing, scheduling and team management

- Modelling, shader-creation, lighting, rendering and compositing

- Animation and VFX – rigging, roto/paint, camera tracking, FX/dynamics

- 2D Animation (Compositing)

- Leadership on projects, with the effective delegation and monitoring of the team

- Managing and checking CGI operator’s work and maintaining quality, give clear and concise briefs and always be willing to offer advice and support

- Working with Studio Manager to ensure effective running of the department

Requirements:

6+ years professional experience 3DS Max in broadcast and print media; Experience in a node based compositing package (primarily Fusion, also Nuke); knowledge of Vray, Mental Ray a plus; Knowledge of particles, fluid dynamics desirable (Commotion, RealFlow); Rotoscoping with Silhouette and camera tracking (PFTrack, Boujou); Knowledge of Z-Brush and MotionBuilder desirable; An independent problem solver and have an eye for fine detail and realism; An interest in Photorealism is essential

This is not for the faint hearted, so if you are hard working, and want to step into a busy, creative and challenging work environment with good long term prospects, then this is the role for you! Please email your CV, showreel  to: recruitment@taylorjames.com

- Idea visualisation through concept art and design development.

- Pre-production development for pitch work and treatments (research, style dev, collating reference material, building moodboards)

- Visualising scripts into storyboard formats to clearly show the key narrative of a story

- Basic editing of storyboards into 2d animatics

- Concept art for character design – that clearly illustrate actions, expressions, emotions working to directors vision.

- Concept art for Landscape and environment design.

- Create impressive  2D or 3D artwork for projects in bidding, development and in production phases.

- Working on multiple jobs at any given time.

Requirements:

- Must have excellent 2D skills and traditional art knowledge.

- An excellent understanding of anatomy, character design, colour theory, perspective, lighting, and composition.

- Modelling, shader-creation, lighting, rendering skills

- Strong knowledge of 3ds Max, Zbrush, Photoshop

- Good knowledge of Vray would be an advantage

- Experience in a node based compositing package (Digital Fusion, Nuke)

- An eye for fine detail and realism

- Able to develop visual ideas for any type of creative project

If you thrive in a busy, creative, varied and challenging work environment, then this is the role for you!

Please email us your CV, reel / examples of work and full contact details to: recruitment@taylorjames.com

Please note that candidates must be eligible to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer work-permission sponsorship.

Responsibilities include:

- Writing core pipeline tools and further development of the pipeline.

- Follow production methodologies and develop technical approaches and problem-solving, with proven problem solving abilities and excellent communication/documentation skills.

- Keep lines of communication open and keep staff and production updated on work status on a daily basis

- Ensure the progression of work to the client’s expectations

- Working with Head of CGI to ensure effective management of processes

- Developing Motion Capture

- Developing and investigating real-time web engines

- Training and Documentation

Requirements:

4+ years professional experience in VFX production for animation and/or software development; Experience in advertising industry a advantage; Experience in using Digital Fusion/Node based Compositing System; Python; Maxscript; Thorough understanding of CGI workflow and related practices; Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in high pressure environments.

If you are interested, please email your CV and examples of work to: recruitment@taylorjames.com

Requirements:

- 8+ years professional experience 3D Max in broadcast and print media
- Very good knowledge of Vray, Mental Ray would be an advantage
- Knowledge of particles, fluid dynamics an advantage
- Experience in a node based compositing package (Digital Fusion, Shake)
- An independent problem solver and have an eye for fine detail and realism

- An interest in Photo-realism is essential.

This is not for the faint hearted, so if you are hard-working, and want to step into a busy, creative and challenging work environment with good long term prospects, then this is the role for you!

Please email your CV, show reel / examples of work and full contact details to: recruitment@taylorjames.com
Please note that candidates must be eligible to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer work-permission sponsorship.

REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST

Artists and animators across a range of disciples at all levels including: texture artists, modellers, animators, riggers, TDs, lighting/rendering, FX/dynamics, roto/paint, compositors,motion graphics artists and camera trackers.

Our artists have experience in one or more of three main industry areas:

-VFX and Animation for Film and Broadcast
-Computer Games
-Product and Architectural Visualisation

Artists experienced in the following software tools:
Maya 3DSMax XSI Lightwave
Z-Brush Mudbox Bryce Brazil
Cinema4D Houdini MotionBuilder Poser
VRay Mental Ray RenderMan CharaterStudio
AfterEffects Shake Combustion Fusion
Nuke Toxik Silhouette Flame
Inferno Smoke Maya Live PFTrack
Boujou 3D Equalizer RealVis Commotion
RealFlow Flash Alias Studio.