PM Execution Supervisor responsible for leading Preventative Maintenance Technicians. Ensuring safety, quality, and operational efficiency at Finning Canada across various territories.
About the role
- FX Supervisor at Image Engine responsible for leading FX artists and managing show pipeline requirements. Collaborating closely with VFX and CG supervisors to achieve client visions.
Responsibilities
- Assist the CG supervisor for assigned show tasks, working with HOD to ensure tasks align with studio standards
- Assessing a shows fx methodology and fx artist requirements
- Responsible for maintaining consistency of work when managing FX leads
- Work with other departments to streamline data handover to and from the FX department
- With the Head of Department (HOD), mentor FX Leads and artists in the team, helping them to manage their tasks and focus
- With the HOD, be responsible for the aesthetic quality control across shows
- With the HOD, provide performance reviews, daily feedback, and mentoring of FX artists
- Report to HOD for facility tasks, FX pipeline improvements, show requirement and progress updates
- With the HOD, define and enforce standards and working practices within the FX team across all projects
- Assist the HOD with reviewing and interviewing potential candidates for FX roles
- Assist the HOD with maintaining and creating documentation
- Provide guidance on how to best achieve a certain effect within the available show pipeline
- Mediate with artists and/or supervisors to resolve conflicts or disputes involving FX methodology
- Review scope of work and assign tasks based on artist skills/abilities
- Define and enforce standards and working practices for the FX artists on their team
- Estimate the time required for tasks and provide accurate progress reports
- Work closely with production coordinators to manage the show schedule for the team and to ensure delivery targets are met
- Identify and archive outstanding work on a show that may be reused for future projects
- Responsible for achieving high quality work within the time constraints given
- Attend rounds, dailies, reviews, one to one and team meetings as required
- Assist with FX breakdowns at the end of a show
- Work with R&D to facilitate testing, integration and provide timely input for ongoing development projects
Requirements
- Minimum 4 years of feature film / TV production experience as an FX artist
- Minimum 2 years experience as an FX Lead
- Excellent knowledge and demonstrated work experience in Houdini
- Excellent knowledge of creating HDA’s in Houdini and providing user support
- Strong knowledge of VEX and Hscript
- Strong knowledge of Arnold (preferred) and or another 3D Renderer
- Strong knowledge of common data formats (e.g. VDB, Alembic etc)
- Strong knowledge of compositing
- Working knowledge of Nuke
- Higher education in related fields (Desirable)
- Strong knowledge of Gaffer or other node based rendering application (Desirable)
- Strong Python scripting (Desirable)
- Linux / Unix scripting (Desirable)
- Thorough knowledge of Maya (Desirable)
- Experience with other solvers and simulation tools (e.g. Naiad, realflow, Bullet, Blastcode, etc) (Desirable)
Benefits
- Extended healthcare from day 1, premiums 100% covered by Image Engine
- Up to 8 paid Health and Wellness days per year
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