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INDUSTRY: Animation & VFX / Television / Film	OCCUPATION: Art / Animation / Graphic Design	(INACTIVE - 3/20/2010 )

CG Artist

VFX

Percolate Digital

Takoma Park, Maryland - United States

Project: VFX

Job Duties(s): 2D Tracking, Animation (Character), Animation (Cloth), Animation (FX), Animation (Object), 2D Art / Graphic Design, Blue/Green Screen, Camera Placement / Tracking, Compositing / Lighting / Image Processing, Lighting, Matchmoving , Motion Graphics, Rendering, Rigging (Character), Rigging (Mechanical), Rotoscoping, Special FX / Particle Systems, Texturing / 2D / Painting

Software Utilized: Softimage, Renderman, Avid, 3D Studio Max, AutoCad, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, LightWave, XSI, MAYA, Final Cut Pro, Painter 3D, MS Office, Alias, Motion Builder, Digital Fusion, ZBrush, Cinema 4D, Shake, Windows, Combustion, FTP, Nuke, Mental Ray, Vray, Mac OS X, Cg, Boujou, RealFlow, Mudbox, Adobe Creative Suite

Genre(s): Animation (3D), Commercial / Promo / Short Form, Corporate, Television, Trailer, Visual FX

Bonus Eligibility: No

Relocation: No

Required Spoken Language(s): English

Required Work Auth.: United States

Start Date: Mar 2010

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Percolate Digital is looking for innovative animators to join our 2010 creative team.

Applicants should be well-versed in deadline-oriented compositing, CG, motion tracking, and rotoscoping. Our applicants aren’t required to have all these skills, though the more the merrier.

Percolate is a VFX company specializing in non-fiction CG & VFX for broadcast & non-broadcast television.

Our most recent series, “Solving History for Olly Steeds”, is currently airing on Discovery Channel on Wednesdays at 10pm EST/PST (9pm central).

Past credits include the “Treasure Quest’ series, the 1hr special “Secrets of the Secret Service” and aired pilot “Monster Tracker” for Discovery Channel, “Digging for the Truth” for The History Channel, and “E:60” for ESPN.

We look forward to hearing from some talented folks!

REQUIREMENTS:

We are interested in individuals with:
- minimum 5 years of experience producing CG and VFX for deadline-oriented network television (this is critical)
- familiarity with compositing software (After Effects preferred)
o specific CG software platform is not critical as our artists all work in different environments
- the ability to create practical solutions to technical and aesthetic challenges without relying solely on one piece of software
- the capacity to work in a remote setting primarily via e-mail, Skype and FTP (including consistent access to a fast internet server)
- the capability to create photorealistic CG environments in addition to more technical/informational graphics
- the ability to systematically address all notes provided by either Percolate Art Director and/or client(s)
- superior time-management skills including a flexible work schedule that can adhere to due dates as they change
- the ability to “think outside the box” to convey the essence of a shot quickly and efficiently. (Academic or hands-on knowledge of traditional “non-CG” visual effects techniques is a definite bonus.)