Studio: Bardel Entertainment
Job Opening: 3D Houdini/Nuke FX Artist
Location: Vancouver/Kelowna (British Columbia) or Montreal (Quebec)
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Create natural and supernatural effects (ie, water, smoke, dust, lightning, bubbles, fire, lava, shadows, explosions, etc) to contribute to the character, location, or atmosphere.
- Provide suggestions and recommendations on technique and elements in the context of the scene.
- Demonstrate a broad range of FX abilities in a collaborative environment to conceptualize and create the overall look, attitude and style of the FX.
- 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 Series Director / Episodic Director and the production department.
- Successful candidates should be able to work efficiently as part of a team or independently to determine the various design solutions.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Minimal requirement of 1-2 years of relevant experience for Junior positions
- Minimal requirement of 2-5 years for Mid and Senior positions
- Ability to create multiple types of digital effects from simple to moderately difficult.
- Knowledge of Houdini and Nuke are required, 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
- 2D FX knowledge is a plus.
