Artist FX Principal

1 month ago

Montreal, Quebec, Canada Bardel Entertainment Full time
Job Description

Bardel Entertainment is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead FX Artist to join our team. As a key member of our FX team, you will be responsible for guiding and supervising a group of FX Artists in crafting impressive effects on our project.

Responsibilities:
  • Build templates and assets for the FX team to use.
  • Create natural and supernatural effects (ie, water, smoke, dust, lightning, bubbles, fire, lava, shadows, explosions, etc) to contribute to the character, location, or atmosphere.
  • Demonstrate a broad range of superior FX abilities in a collaborative environment to conceptualize and create the overall look, attitude and style of the FX.
  • Uphold the art direction defined by the Director.
  • Provide suggestions and recommendations on technique and elements in the context of the scene.
  • Exercise strong leadership and communication skills to the team to ensure that FX assignments are understood and completed as per instructed.
  • Cultivate and maintain a creative and successful working relationship with directors, supervisors and other departments.
  • Demonstrate good written and verbal communication, and exhibit a collaborative, supportive approach to working with other team members.
  • Actively participate in team/department meetings.
  • Consistently exercise sound judgment in all areas of performance.
  • Mentor and offer support to less experienced artists, providing them with guidance and instruction in the area of department focus.
  • Actively promote and communicate sound solutions to technical and creative issues.
  • Maintain and communicate a strong knowledge of innovative FX animation technologies.
  • Meet project deadlines and milestones, as set by the producer.
Requirements:
  • 3+ years of experience in a lead FX role.
  • 5+ years of experience in animation or film industry with Feature experiences.
  • Excellent visual skills and attention to detail.
  • Excellent knowledge of Houdini and Nuke, knowledge of Maya and Katana are a plus.
  • Knowledge of Renderman shading, volume rendering and raytracing experience preferred.
  • Scripting ability in VEX and Python are a plus.

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