Visual Effects Technical Director
5 days ago
About the Role:
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- This position is for an experienced Visual Effects Technical Director to lead a team of Effects Artists and work closely with the FX, VFX, and CG Supervisor to ensure high-quality effects delivery.">
- As a hands-on collaborator, you will be responsible for designing and creating complex FX animations, procedural simulations, dynamic simulations, particle and fluid systems, and rigid body simulations.">
- You will also light and render FX elements and produce composites to showcase ideas.">
- The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of production experience, including experience in a leadership role in film visual effects, and expertise in Houdini software, Python, and Vex.">
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Graphics or equivalent work experience is required.">
- We are looking for someone who can develop small-scale, show-specific tools for non-FX TDs and other FX TDs.">
- A strong communicator, you will provide constructive and consistent creative and technical oversight and feedback on a shot and sequence level to the team.">
- Partnership with Talent Management to provide artists with performance feedback, guidance, mentoring, resolving performance issues, and maintaining positive morale amongst the crew.">
- Attends all relevant meetings to promote effective communication throughout the production team.">
Key Skills and Qualifications:
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- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Graphics or equivalent work experience.">
- Expertise in Houdini software, Python, and Vex.">
- 10+ years of production experience, including experience in a leadership role in film visual effects.">
- Proficiency with Linux, Unix.">
- Produced effects smoke, fire, explosions, water, clouds, steam, particles.">
- Demonstrable experience of mentoring and developing artists.">
- Strong communication skills to present to supervisors and mentor the artist team.">
- Ability to develop small-scale, show-specific tools for non-FX TDs and other FX TDs.">
About Industrial Light & Magic:
">Founded in 1975 by George Lucas, ILM is the leading effects facility in the world, serving the motion picture, commercial production, and attraction industries. We create visual effects for over 325 feature films and have played a key role in seven of the top 10 worldwide box-office hits of all time and contributed to 25 of the top 50.
">At ILM, we believe that diversity, inclusion, and belonging are integral to our company. We thrive when our people at all levels reflect the vast life experiences of our audiences, and we value ideas and decisions from all.
">ILM offers a competitive salary ranging from $150,000 to $250,000 per year, depending on experience, and benefits include comprehensive health insurance, retirement plan, and paid time off.
">About The Walt Disney Company: The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family.
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