Senior FX Artist required at Lola Post Production

• Design and create realistic and stylised FX using Houdini FX. Including volumetric, particles, rigid bodies, vegetation, procedural animation amongst other simulation types for any kind of 3D project.
• Implementing FX-tools into shots or supporting other artists to implement your FX-assets into shots.
• Take responsibility for producing the final look of FX sequences, including applying lighting and shaders as well as integration with other CG elements when necessary.
• Responsible for handing over your work to the Lightning team. Following the FX-pipeline. Now and then required to create tools, utility scripts and digital assets to streamline the hand-over pipeline.
• Produce reviewable composites of all FX elements for a shot as well as final comps (as required).

• Excellent knowledge of Houdini FX
• A thorough understanding of the techniques and technologies relating to FX simulation and procedural animation
• A working knowledge of at least one Compositing software, preferably Nuke, and solid understanding of the Compositing process
• Ability to integrate into existing pipeline infrastructure
• Ability to support yourself, other artists and take initiative
• Experience rendering with Houdini using Mantra

Nice to have:

• Experience with expressions and vex coding