Studio: Industrial Light & Magic
Job Opening: Effects Technical Director
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Design and create FX animation, procedural simulation, dynamic simulation, particle, and fluid systems
- Light complex/multiple elements; communicate the status of shots to supervisors and Production
- Provide accurate time estimates for shotwork
- Hand off elements to other departments, i.e., comp and rendering teams
- Present shot work in dailies; attend dailies and other department meetings
- Mentor junior Effects artists
- Data management of shots, including clean-up
- Special projects as needed
Qualifications & Skills:
- At least three years of relevant professional VFX experience and at least a college-level diploma or higher in computer graphics, fine arts, design, or photography, or related field; OR at least five years of relevant professional VFX experience instead of education.
- Demonstrates an excellent aesthetic eye
- Exhibits strong teamwork and interdisciplinary thinking
- Production pipeline experience
- Strong communication and follow-through
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Experience with either Maya, 3DS Max, Houdini, or similar software
- Basic knowledge of the physics of simulation
- Linux and scripting ability in Python
- Advanced simulation experience with either Houdini, Maya, 3DS Max, or other software, and the ability to write expressions.
