Layout TD

In this Layout TD role at Framestore, you build and preserve the core layout of shots to enable the Animation team to create final imagery. You pre-visualise sequences, manage shot continuity, and tackle pipeline challenges to keep productions flowing. You’ll stage cameras and assets, ingest previs/postvis data, and coordinate motion capture and facial data to support digital performances. The role sits at the intersection of creative vision and technical pipeline, offering impact across shots and sequences in a leading VFX studio.

• Stage and block cameras and assets to craft shot composition
• Oversee ingestion of Previs and Postvis data
• Set up and maintain Conforms
• Restage cameras/assets as shot evolves
• Maintain shot content for the Animation team
• Oversee ingestion and distribution of Motion Capture data
• Process facial capture data to bring digital performances to life

• Strong Maya knowledge and understanding of the VFX pipeline
• Experience in sequence and shot composition
• Understanding of practical cameras, camera techniques, and virtual cinematography
• Excellent technical and creative problem-solving skills
• Proactive issue identification and maintaining continuity across sequences
• Ability to work under pressure with short turnarounds
• Collaborative mindset with openness to feedback

• Collaborative mindset
• Proactive problem-solving
• Under-pressure composure
• Maya
• Mel scripting
• Python scripting