Sr. FX TD - Industrial Light & Magic Vancouver
Description
Senior FX Technical Directors are responsible for autonomously generating complex simulations, particle FX, lighting, rendering and moderate-level compositing of very complex shots, needing only initial direction and guidance from their supervisors.
- Can design and create complicated FX animation, procedural simulation, dynamic simulation, particle and fluid systems.
- Light complex/multiple creatures (hairy or furry creatures) and elements.
- Can set-up and wrangle heavy particle effects and enormous crowd shots.
- Can develop small scale, show specific tools for non-FX TDs and other FX TDs.
- Excellent pipeline scripting ability.
- Solid compositing ability.
- Can write plug-ins, set-up sequences and debug simulations.
- Can write/hack procedural, volumetric shaders and surface shaders with proficiency.
- Can animate moderate objects with proficiency.
- Excellent knowledge of 3D Studio Max, Maya, Houdini, Renderman, Arnold and Mental Ray, and the ability to quickly learn proprietary tools (including Zeno).
- Can learn or develop new techniques quickly, and debug complicated problems.
- Set a standard for all Technical Directors by continually improving the speed, quality of our work and adaptability.
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Requirements:
Education / Experience:
- 5+ years production experience or feature film experience with effects simulation work
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or computer graphics
- Demo reel required
Required Skills / Competencies:
- Ability to work with competency, energy and enthusiasm within a team environment with minimal supervision to complete a shot.
- Exhibits excellent listening and communication skills, able to receive direction and criticism
- Excellent presentation/communication skills in dailies/shot review by clearly and briefly outlining what has been accomplished and what next should be addressed in the shot
- Engages in the creative process without ego, and accepts all final decisions with a positive and supportive attitude.
- Demonstrates an excellent aesthetic eye, anticipating potential problems and using knowledge of how to use the tools to achieve the desired look.
- Demonstrates superb problem-solving skills and takes the initiative to offer ideas and suggestions.
- Prioritizes tasks and manages time very well
Preferred Skills / Competencies:
- Linux and scripting ability in Python
- Experience in MEL
Technical Skills:
- Advanced simulation experience with either Houdini, Maya, XSI, 3DS Max or other software, and the ability to write expressions
- C++ skills
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