Fx Supervisor

4 weeks ago


Vancouver, Canada Cinesite-Vancouver Full time

At Cinesite, we are excited to be looking for an FX Supervisor to join our incredible team to be able to create world class effects. If you are someone who wants to support artists to create their best work, improve efficiencies and make creative effects for world class animation features, this could be a great role for you.

**Our FX Team**

At Cinesite, the FX department is responsible for the simulation and animation of all types of effects. Our team is made up of junior, intermediate, senior artists, leads and supervisors, all of whom play an integral part in production. In FX we look for a balance of technical and artistic skills. As well as working collaboratively as a team, we work closely with the lighting department.

**What you will be doing**
- Hire, train and support artists to be able to create their best work possible
- Provide the creative vision to the artists and ensure expectations are understood
- Provide feedback to artists to ensure their continuous career development and improvement. This included performance management and working with HR
- Troubleshoot technical issues and create workflow inefficiencies
- Identify blockers and improvements, and provide resolutions
- Create documentation to ensure workflows are clear and tools are used efficiently
- Work collaboratively with other departments for optimization, solving issues and ensuring continuity
- Work with senior members of the team in order to produce the best possible work
- Communicate to all in a respectful manner regardless of level

**What you bring to the team**
- Extremely proficient in Houdini
- Efficient time management and strong understanding of resource management
- Fantastic problem solving and troubleshooting skills
- Great eye for detail, continuity, physics and timing
- Excellent at creating high quality digital elements and simulations (fire, smoke, water, bubbles, dust, particles etc.)
- Excellent at creating setups, rigs and assets to be used by others: HDA’s, shading, render and lighting setups,
- Good understanding of Lighting as it pertains to the FX department
- Knowledge of Nuke and Arnold

Reasonable accommodations to the interview process can be requested for reasons including, but not limited to, mental health, physical disability, religious practices, medical conditions. Please let us know if you need any accommodation.


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