Studio: Rocket Science VFX
Job Opening: Layout Supervisor
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the most complex layout and set-ups; works independently with minimal supervision
- Provide leadership, guidance, and direction to the layout team
- Work with the CG Supervisor and Production team to bid, schedule, and assign shot work
- Gives the layout team technical and creative instruction for a shot or sequence
- Troubleshoot issues related to shot work or layout pipeline
- Converts background plates to create digital motion files that match the plate photography, including animating any live-action character or relative object in the scene
- Generate 2D Compositing elements, while maintaining the accuracy of the camera perspectives
- Model the set geometry used to create the match move and environment for other departments
- Light, render, and composite files with the background to judge the move
- Create original all-CG camera animation
Qualifications & Skills:
- At least eight years of relevant professional VFX experience
- Good written and oral communication skills including strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to supervise and mentor a team of artists
- Work closely with other discipline supervisors, including CG Supervisor and VFX Supervisor
- Deliver feedback to artists, both constructive and positive
- Must have a willingness to learn new tools, proven ability to be detail-oriented and to work efficiently within a production environment
- Excellent problem-solving skills including the ability to work under tight deadlines
- Understanding of photography and the effects of different lenses on perspective
- Background in previz or rough layout a plus
- Advanced knowledge of Nuke, LINUX, 3DE, Maya, front-end pipeline knowledge (Asset development, Capture), and/or proprietary tracking software
