Head of Assets
Employer · DIGIC Pictures
Department manager
Film director, producerOther professional services managerFull-timeRemote
DIGIC Pictures has been making 3D animated films for more than twenty years, creating projects for world-renowned brands such as Call of Duty, Netflix's Love, Death & Robots and Amazon's Secret Level series. We are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Head of Assets to lead and grow a high-performing team within our long-form animation division. This is a strategic leadership role that blends creative vision, operational excellence, and people management.
Tasks
- Lead and inspire your team - Foster a motivated, skilled, and collaborative department that consistently delivers to the highest professional and creative standards.
- Drive resource planning - Ensure the right mix of talent and capacity to meet current and upcoming project needs, working in partnership with recruitment and production teams.
- Shape strategy and structure - Translate portfolio insights into clear departmental plans, setting hiring priorities, development goals, and team organization.
- Manage budgets and performance - Oversee departmental budgets, track utilization and efficiency, and propose cost-effective, sustainable solutions.
- Champion quality and delivery - Work with project leads to balance ambition and feasibility, ensuring quality standards are met across all outputs.
- Collaborate across functions - Partner with other department heads, HR, Finance, recruitment and project producers to ensure alignment on goals, capacity, and business performance.
- Workflow and Tech Initiatives - Partner with CG technology, DA pipe team, and department leads to audit current workflows, delegate tool development, and streamline end-to-end pipeline efficiency across the department.
Conditions & benefits
Fully remote workLong-term cooperationInternationally recognized, world-class projectsSupportive work environment
Requirements
- Significant experience leading teams or departments in the 3D animation/VFX industry.
- Strong strategic and organizational skills, with the ability to balance creativity and operational precision.
- Proven leadership and people management experience, including talent development and team culture building across a department.
- Financial acumen and experience managing budgets and reporting performance.
- Deep knowledge of CG and/or VFX pipelines, practice and processes.
- Experience in long-form animation.
- Experience with hybrid 2d/3d full-cgi animation.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.