Studio: Wētā FX
Job Opening: Look Dev Artists
Location: Melbourne, Australia; Vancouver, Canada; or Wellington, New Zealand
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- The Look Dev Department at Wētā FX is responsible for providing surfacing solutions (both shading/materials and texturing) for the company.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Evidence of strong artistic skills as presented in portfolio/showreel, either on texturing or shading tasks.
- Strong Look Dev skills (both artistically and technically) for photo-realistic feature films, with an excellent understanding of physically based shading & rendering.
- Have strong initiative and problem-solving skills to work efficiently and maintain deadlines under pressures. Be able to work from reference as well as interpret artistic direction.
- The ability to come up with creative, efficient rendering solutions for a wide variety of assets
- The ability to manage multiple assets at the same time, and put them seamlessly together in a visually coherent solution
- Familiarity with Linux and Katana.
- Experience with all aspects of the rendering pipeline.
- Strong communication, task management and organizational skills.
Preferential skills:
- Experience using Substance Designer, Substance Painter, Zbrush, or other similar software.
- Working knowledge of Python scripting.
- Working knowledge of Houdini/Solaris.
- Familiarity with USD.
- Experience leading teams or small groups of artists.
Apply for the Job Online: To apply, send your CV and showreel to recruitment@wetafx.co.nz