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Senior Animator wanted. The catch: you'll teach the next generation too.We're Anilee Academy in Satara. Sister company to WOW Animation Studio (8 years old, currently on Shepselach S3). We're looking for one person to lead our 3D Animation department.If you're a working animator who's quietly tired of being employee #47 on a pipeline and wants to actually shape something — keep reading.What this role actually isYou run the 3D Animation department. You teach Character Animation as the core subject — body mechanics, acting, lip-sync, the stuff most academies fake. You own the curriculum, the standards, and the output. Students leave with reels you'd personally vouch for.You stay an artist. We expect you to keep animating. Teach what you ship.You'll click this if:You've done 5+ years in animation, VFX, gaming, OTT, or adsYour reel has Character Animation that holds up — performance, weight, timing, the worksYou can open the graph editor and actually explain what's happeningYou know the 12 Principles cold and can teach why, not just whatYou're fluent in Maya, comfortable in Blender, and can move through Substance Painter and MarmosetYou've thought, at some point, /"I could teach this better than the people who taught me/"Bonus points for: ZBrush, After Effects, Unreal awareness, rigging chops beyond IK/FK basics.What you get:Department head autonomy. You shape the program.A direct pipeline to WOW Animation Studio for your best students — real placements, not LinkedIn theatreSenior compensationSatara, Maharashtra — quiet city, sane hours, no Mumbai commuteTime and budget to keep your own craft sharpWhat we don't want:Career teachers who haven't shipped in a decadeGeneralists who'll teach Character Animation from a YouTube tutorialAnyone using /"faculty/" as code for /"stopped animating/"Apply:Reel first. CV second. One paragraph on how you'd teach a 22-year-old to animate a walk cycle. Send to .We watch every reel.