Cg Supervisor

3 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada Image Engine Design Full time

**POSITION PURPOSE**

The CG Supervisor is essential to the final delivery of high quality digital effects for our clients. The CG Supervisor will work in partnership with the VFX Supervisor to ensure the creative and technical visions of our clients are realized. The CG Supervisor will familiarize themselves with all aspects of the show, the capabilities of Image Engine’s existing tools and capabilities of the team to assess what will be required to deliver exceptional quality work for our clients.

In addition, they will identify gaps in abilities and work with the R&D and Pipeline Teams to spec tools or methodologies to ensure our Artists can complete the brief. They will work with the VFX Supervisor and Producer to assess all needs during the pre-production schedule and ensure that they have the appropriate staff and workflow capabilities to get the job done.

In contrast to the VFX Supervisor who acts as the client facing creative Supervisor, the CG Supervisor will act as the internal facing technical Supervisor. They will provide supervision and support to various teams of artists/developers as well as delegate to department Leads/Supervisors. The CG Supervisor will provide both creative and technical problem solving approaches to their work.

The CG Supervisor will also contribute to the overall operation and improvement of Image Engine by setting and maintain Image Engine standards. This will include, but will not be limited to engaging in cross-department communication or training, keeping abreast of new technologies, documentation, taking part in interviews and participating in the buddy system for new employees.

**DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Act as the primary technical leadership on the project
- Manage the techniques used to generate and edit CG elements from asset creation to final composition
- Work with Production to determine what information may be required from clients to ensure a smooth show setup and execution
- Determines technical approaches needed to achieve desired look and behaviors of the production's assets within agreed technical pipeline
- Work with R&D and Production to define future direction of technology development at Image Engine.
- Work with pipeline to write, edit, install, and maintain show-specific configuration files and scripts. (Outputs configuration - dailies, videouts, color pipeline etc.)
- Identifies, defines, prioritizes and oversees the implementation of tools that automate production tasks
- Set up Workflow Templates (WFTs) at the show level
- Provide references, recommendations or technical solutions for effective task completion
- Review scope of work and assign tasks based on artist skills/abilities
- Utilize effective communication skills to receive client notes and deliver instructions/feedback to the VFX Supervisor and artists
- Install standardized show-level assets (such as AnimationExtras or MatchMoveExtras)
- Assist the team in debugging problematic shots and assist in optimizing shots for efficiency
- Evaluate artist workflow with an eye on improving productivity and automating processes
- Deliver final shots that are creatively and technically excellent
- Be actively involved in mentoring juniors throughout productions
- Builds consensus among technology, creative and production management to create efficiencies
- Serves as key technical expert on productions

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**
- A minimum of 5 years CG experience in high-end film
- 2 years of experience as a Supervisor
- Is a proven leader in setting direction for a production and for inspiring and motivating production staff
- Demonstrated experience teaching/mentoring co-workers and assume leadership role
- Assess and optimize render performance to make optimal use of available renderfarm allocations

**SKILLS AND ABILITIES**

**Technical skills**
- Strong ability in defining a cg strategy for a show considering team and time at disposal
- Ability to lead and coach your various department leads about said cg technique and approach
- Expert knowledge of Arnold or of a similar physically-based renderer
- Proven experience with Maya and Nuke
- Experience with programming/scripting languages (such as python, etc.) is a plus
- Strong aptitude for technical workflow challenges such as directory structure, file formats, naming conventions, scripts, automation tools, automated dailies, etc.
- Thorough understanding of a linear color-space workflow
- Excellent eye for detail for quality control

**Core skills**
- Strong leadership skills. Both in spoken and written form
- Ability to complete bids; determine the timeframe and scope required for each brief
- Ability to interface with Production staff about scheduling or resources challenges
- Ability to troubleshoot and deal with competing priorities. Able to delegate as well
- Capable of managing a full team of artists and technologists; setting high expectations, and encouraging and supporting the staff when in needs
- Ability to assess

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