Studio: The Mill
Job Opening: FX Artist [Jr, Mid, Sr, Lead]
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- We are looking for a talented FX Artist with expert level Houdini problem solving skills to join our team to develop and produce high quality FX work that meets the challenges of productions deadlines.
- The ideal candidate should be able to solve problem and work within a given framework, while creating efficient technical workflow and troubleshoot solutions that meet the guidelines of a given production.
- Most importantly, one should engage as an enthusiastic team player and follow creative direction to assure all FX efforts achieve their visual target.
- Work closely with Lighting Artist and Compositors to ensure all effects will work smoothly within the show pipeline.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Good level of proficiency with Houdini.
- Basic Proficiency with Nuke.
- Good understanding of the mathematical and physical concepts related to Computer Graphics.
- A good aesthetic eye for effects performance as it relates to storytelling.
- A solid work ethic and a positive mindset.
- Production experience in any 2 or all the following:
- Rigid body and Particle dynamics
- Volume modeling, animation and rendering.
- Procedural geometry/Environment generation
- Fluid dynamics
- Cloth/vellum simulation
- Crowd/murmuration/flocking simulation
- Fur/hair grooming and simulation.
- Work productively in a high-pressure environment.
- Troubleshoot and solve problems proactively and resourcefully.
- Take direction from the VFX Supervisor, Producer and FX Lead well and implement feedback with a positive attitude.
- Use VEX and/or Python with proficiency.
Any of the following is a bonus:
- Work autonomously to create realistic, directable simulations of any real-world phenomena and subjective (“magical”) effects based on reference and brief. Interpret and transform abstract ideas into compelling effects.
- Create well-organized tools, scripts, and set-ups to facilitate efficient or automated workflows that can be used by other members of the crew.
- Basic / Intermediate proficiency in maya to publish and create custom assets needed for simulation.
- Ambitious desire for self-growth, ownership, and collaboration.
