Character Modeler - Netflix Animation Studios

Netflix
Sydney
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: OtherSkills: ["Attention to detail","Organizational skills","Time management","Communication"]

Create complete, production-ready character models for upcoming Netflix Animation Studios projects. Translate 2D designs into 3D while preserving artistic intent, delivering strong silhouette, proportion, and shape. Produce accurate UVs and highly optimized, clean topology meshes for downstream teams including Rigging, Layout, and Lighting. Manage quality and deadlines, and collaborate with the leadership team.

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Character Modeler - Netflix Animation Studios

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Job Summary

Create complete, production-ready character models for upcoming Netflix Animation Studios projects. Translate 2D designs into 3D while preserving artistic intent, delivering strong silhouette, proportion, and shape. Produce accurate UVs and highly optimized, clean topology meshes for downstream teams including Rigging, Layout, and Lighting. Manage quality and deadlines, and collaborate with the leadership team.
Location: Sydney
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Interpret 2D designs and translate them into 3D space while maintaining original artistic intent
  • •Produce complex or stylised character models to a high standard, focusing on appeal, silhouette, proportion, shape, and scale
  • •Produce accurate UVs for downstream departments
  • •Create highly optimized meshes with clean, production-ready topology for efficient rendering by downstream teams such as Rigging, Layout, and Lighting
  • •Ensure assigned work meets quality standards within scheduled timeframes and maintain communication with the leadership team

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionRetirementPaid LeaveParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •3+ years’ experience modelling in a VFX or animated feature pipeline
  • •Proficiency with Maya and ZBrush
  • •Experience with Marvelous Designer
  • •Strong understanding of character appeal, silhouette, proportion, and shape language
  • •Solid knowledge of edge flow, polygon density, topology for static and deforming objects, and excellent attention to detail
Experience:VFXAnimated features
Skills:Attention to detailOrganizational skillsTime managementCommunication
Tech Stack:MayaZBrushMarvelous DesignerUVsTopologyEdge flowPolygon density

Company Brief

Netflix
Global subscription streaming service that produces and distributes movies, TV series, and games across multiple devices, operating worldwide with extensive original content and localized offerings.
Industry: Streaming Platforms
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Gatos, United States
Founded: 1997
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