Hard Surface Modeler

1 week ago

Vancouver, Canada Industrial Light & Magic Full time

This role is considered Hybrid, which means the employee will work 2-3 days onsite at a Company designated location and occasionally from home._

**Position Summary**:
ILM Vancouver is growing, and we are looking for an outstanding artist to join our DMS (Digital Model Shop) team. The Hard Surface Modeler places an emphasis on proportion, form, detail, and functionality, crafting three dimensional assets for production use.

At ILM, we believe a good idea is a good idea, regardless of where it comes from Do you thrive in a creative environment? Do you enjoy sharing knowledge and learning from others? If you love art, technology, and movies, then this might be the role you’re looking for

ILM strives to be an inclusive environment, and the DMS team embraces promising individuals with a variety backgrounds and experiences.

**What You’ll Do**:

- Design and create 3D assets including vehicles, robots, spaceships, props and environments that are to be painted, animated and used in a production, with an emphasis on proportion, form, detail, and functionality
- Collaborate with the Modeling Lead/Supervisor, VFX Supervisor, and Texture Artist to identify and build the “look” for an asset
- Work with production and model leadership or CG supervisor to deliver high quality assets on time that meet all departments needs
- Build geometry with an understanding of how the asset will be used in the entire production process and adapt working approach to suit the specific asset needs
- Present you work in dailies and discuss all aspects of your asset as needed
- Performs other tasks where suitable such as shot correctives, gathering reference or building more simple character asset elements like props and costumes

**What We’re Looking For**:

- Portfolio demonstrating strong and growing hard surface skills, displaying a strong understanding of design, movement and mechanical functionality
- Portfolio demonstrating traditional artistic skills such as drawing or traditional model building is a plus
- 3+ years proven experience crafting assets in a VFX studio environment. Additional animation experience is a plus
- A strong interest and growing knowledge of film and video post production techniques and a good understanding of the full VFX pipeline
- 3+ years Maya and Zbrush or Mudbox experience and demonstration of a desire to continuously develop both technically and artistically
- Use of Houdini or other procedural modelling techniques is a bonus
- Knowledge of Linux is a necessity to navigate through ILM’s production pipeline

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