FX Technical Director required at One of Us

FX Technical Director required at One of Us

Studio: One of Us

Job Opening: FX TD

Location: Paris, France

Type: Full-Time

Responsibilities:

  • Designing and creating FX animation, procedural simulation, dynamic simulation, particle and fluid systems
  • Lighting complex/multiple creatures and elements
  • Setting up and wrangling heavy particle effects shots
  • Excellent pipeline scripting ability
  • Solid compositing ability, can wrangle blue-screen extractions, working knowledge of Nuke
  • Writing plug-ins, debugging simulations and writing set up and surface shaders with proficiency
  • Writing/hacking procedural surface shaders and volumetric shaders with proficiency
  • Animating moderate objects with proficiency
  • Picking up new techniques quickly and easily and debugging just about anything
  • Setting a standard for all Technical Directors in continually raising the bar for speed, quality of work and adaptability
  • Creating feature film quality effects using Houdini

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Proven production experience or feature film experience with effects simulation work
  • Advanced simulation experience with Houdini, and the ability to write expressions
  • Ability to work with competency, energy and enthusiasm within a team environment with minimal supervision to complete a shot
  • Exhibits excellent listening and communication skills, able to receive direction and criticism
  • Excellent presentation/communication skills in dailies/shot review by clearly and briefly outlining what has been accomplished and what next should be addressed in the shot
  • Engages in the creative process without ego, and accepts all final decisions with a positive and supportive attitude
  • Demonstrates an excellent aesthetic eye, anticipating potential problems and using knowledge of how to use the tools to achieve the desired look
  • Demonstrates superb problem-solving skills and takes the initiative to offer ideas and suggestions
  • Prioritises tasks and manages time very well
  • Linux and scripting ability in Python desirable

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