Fx Supervisor

**FX Supervisor**
- Ghost VFX**Responsibilities**:
Supervise the FX team and mentor artists to ensure the creation of high quality FX.
-Responsible for directing the overall FX quality in shots and conducting rounds to determine which shots are ready to show to VFX Supervisor.
-Conduct script breakdowns for FX and develop appropriate schedules to work with available resources and to prioritize tasks.
-Collaborate with departments, supervisors, team members and production staff to effectively and efficiently meet client expectations and follow the creative direction
-Collaborate with CG Supervisor to determine which technology will be required to meet the needs of the FX department.
-Responsible for supervising the photorealistic “FX,” (usually some natural phenomena such as fire, water, explosions, etc), using Houdini and any company proprietary technology or third-party technology.
-Expert experience working within a Houdini pipeline
-Help create systems that minimize render times;
-Help manage disc space to fit within quota;
-Use tools and software developed in-house, proprietary tools, or off-the-shelf software
-Responsible to maintain and work within the pipeline and publish tools and scripts as prescribed across many shots

**Required Skills**:
Excellent artistic skills
-Expert knowledge of Houdini Lighting/Look Dev
-Expert knowledge of particle systems, physical dynamics, natural phenomena and fluid dynamics in Houdini.
-Strong ability to communicate creative and technical thoughts and ideas
-Ability to give directions and adapt to changes
-Strong ability at balancing creative requests with the resources availability.
-Proficient at balancing the creation of final renders for shots with building/maintaining systems for creating shots and effects
-Strong experience using Nuke and knowledge of any and/or all of the following: rigid body and particle dynamics; volume modeling and rendering; procedural geometry generation; fluid dynamics
-Reliable, with good timekeeping and the ability to meet deadlines

**Preferred Skills**:
Prior company experience.
-Solid experience working with Linux
-Solid knowledge of math and physics
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.

**Qualifications**:
6+ years of production experience with 2+ years in a lead or supervisory role on a feature film.
-Minimum 3-4 years’ experience in a lead and/or supervisor position;
-Solid experience in leading a team and solving problems under short deadliness.
-Strong experience in managing large tool or software design and build development cycles;
-Excellent understanding of how to manage large data sets and complex renders and familiarity with the latest techniques and technologies, and have one or more specialties.
-Scripting/programming skills: VEX, HScript

**Education**:
High School education or equivalent required.
-BA/BS in applicable field preferred.

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