Creature Technical Director required at Industrial Light & Magic

Creature Technical Director required at Industrial Light & Magic

Studio: Industrial Light & Magic

Job Opening: Senior Creature Technical Director

Location: London, United Kingdom

Type: Full-Time

Responsibilities:

  • Simulating shots or sequences
  • Creating simulation setups for cloth, hair and muscle
  • Creating and maintaining animation rigs
  • Collaborating with the rest of the department, R&D and pipeline in pioneering new workflows
  • Documenting and mentoring the department’s artists on these workflows
  • Debugging and troubleshooting rigs and simulations

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Experience working on high end VFX or animated feature film productions
  • Ability to communicate cross-discipline and provide innovative solutions to pipeline issues
  • Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines whilst maintaining a high quality output
  • Expert knowledge of Houdini and proficient in VEX and python
  • Strong understating of Houdini input/output pipeline
  • Demonstrable experience in creating complex character simulation setups in Houdini
  • Strong understating of VFX asset/creature pipelines
  • Experience with cloth/hair simulation
  • Nice to have: Experience with realistic muscle/flesh simulation

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