The multi-Oscar-winning creative Film & Episodic Studio at Framestore has worked with some of the greatest storytellers in film today. Collaborating with directors and producers across the complete filmmaking process to help design, plan and create beautiful images, we focus on finding innovative creative solutions to support their vision and set new standards for visual effects in cinema.

Framestore combines talent and technology to bring life to everything we create. Driven by creativity and inspired by the future, we set out every day to reframe the possible.

This is an existing role within our team. Framestore’s Global Head of Crowd is to lead our worldwide crowd teams and elevate the quality of our film and episodic crowd work. This role requires a proven leader with extensive production experience and a passion for innovative crowd solutions.

What you’ll do:

• Team Leadership: Manage and directly support global crowd teams while also acting as the local Head of Crowd at your site and any additional locations.

• Collaboration: Work closely with local crowd artists, CG supervisors, and animation supervisors to ensure that creative and technical standards are met.

• Problem-Solving: Oversee crowd challenges across multiple projects, providing practical ideas, hands-on solutions, and expert guidance to resolve workflow issues and bottlenecks.

• Process Improvement: Maintain and update crowd training procedures and documentation, and collaborate with department heads and production teams to meet crewing demands.

• Innovation: Partner with Heads of Software, CG, and Pipeline to develop new technologies and workflows that enhance crowd work.

• Performance Management: Lead annual appraisals and performance reviews, ensuring talent is deployed effectively across projects.