Visual Effects Artist: Environment and Character Look Development

2 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Flying Bark Full time

Flying Bark Productions is a renowned independent producer of family-focused animation entertainment, working on exciting projects such as the highly anticipated Avatar: The Last Airbender feature film and Netflix's Stranger Things animated series.

We are looking for a dynamic generalist with a great eye for design, shape, and colour to help us flesh out the look and methodologies for interdepartmental shots and assets.

About the role:

  • Work closely with your team, asset supervisors, and production to develop the look of environments and characters.
  • Collaborate with other departments to ensure seamless integration of assets into the production pipeline.
  • Taking highly stylised art direction and implementing it accordingly.
  • Maintain good team dynamics.
  • Problem solving and predict potential problems with assigned tasks.
  • Self-managing and complete tasks within production deadlines.
  • Communicate and seek information when necessary.

About you:

  • Minimum 5 years of high-end feature film VFX and/or Animation experience.
  • 5+ years experience in Environment and/or Character Look Development.
  • High level understanding and use of Katana and Nuke software packages.
  • Knowledge and experience in Python.
  • In-depth knowledge of rendering technologies such as Arnold or similar renderers.
  • A high level knowledge of shaders, shading networks, and scripting.
  • Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
  • Familiarity with Shotgrid API and Toolkit is a plus.

We offer a competitive salary of $120,000 - $150,000 per annum, depending on experience, and a hybrid work-from-home arrangement. We also provide training and support opportunities, mental health resources, and access to holistic wellbeing support through discounted health insurance and financial wellbeing initiatives.

Flying Bark Productions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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