Junior Technical Artist – Crowds

Skydance

Junior Technical Artist in Skydance Animation resolving technical issues for crowds using VFX and animation skills. Contributing to creative projects while collaborating with artists and ensuring smooth production processes.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeMadrid • 🇪🇸 SpainJuniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Fix the issues in the assigned scenes.
Help artists to solve simple bugs.
Review Pending Tickets.
Assist artists when issues arise in the day-to-day processes of the department – eg. Creating work scenes, publishing work, preparing renders for dailies, etc.
Test libraries such as Houdini's HDAs and prototypes.
Updating basic documentation. Review and update the technical documentation related to the workflows and tools of the department that they support.
Be responsible for Asset assemblies and updates.
Attend technical meetings to as requested, to keep trained and updated in the new studio/department tools, pipelines, workflows, etc.
Keeps up on current artistic methodologies and on technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment.
Assists other team members, when necessary.
Follows the department supervisor and leads’ instruction.

Requirements

What you’ll need

2-3 years of professional experience in VFX or animation industries.
Strong artistic or/and technical aptitude related to 3D animation is a must.
Knowledge of some 3D animation area (Modeling, Surfacing, Animation, Lighting).
Solid understanding of Houdini.
Experience in 3D animation Software (Maya, Max, or Houdini).
Medium English level.
Spanish desirable

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

3D animationModelingSurfacingAnimationLightingHoudiniMayaMaxtechnical documentationasset assemblies

Soft Skills

artistic aptitudetechnical aptitudeproblem-solvingteam collaborationcommunicationadaptabilityattention to detailinstruction followingsupportive assistancemeeting participation