Lead Effects Technical Director

4 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Industrial Light & Magic Full time

Job Summary:

The Lead Effects Technical Director is a key role in our team, responsible for leading a group of Effects Artists. This position works closely with the FX, VFX, and CG Supervisor to ensure that all delivered shots meet our high standards and support the creative vision of the project.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and create complex FX animation, procedural simulation, dynamic simulation, particle, and fluid systems.
  • Light and render FX elements and produce composites to showcase ideas.
  • Develop and implement new techniques quickly and debug complicated problems.
  • Set the standard by continually improving the efficiency, speed, and quality of the team's output.
  • Provide constructive and consistent creative and technical oversight and feedback on a shot and sequence level to the team.
  • Partner with other discipline leadership to determine cross-department solutions, improvements, and collaboration.
  • Coach and guide the team of FX artists to execute quality performance for the project.
  • Work with Production to bid, schedule, and cast shotwork.
  • Responsible for guiding the overall effects and simulations are on a delivered schedule and budget.
  • Partner with Talent Management to provide artists with performance feedback, guidance, mentoring, resolving performance issues, and maintaining positive morale amongst the crew.
  • Attend all relevant meetings to promote effective communication throughout the production team.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Graphics or equivalent work experience.
  • Expert in Houdini software, and knowledge and experience in Python or Vex.
  • 10+ years of production experience, also with experience in a leadership role in film visual effects.
  • Proficiency with Linux, Unix.
  • Produced effects smoke, fire, explosions, water, clouds, steam, particle.
  • Demonstrable experience of mentoring and developing artists.
  • Strong communication skills to present to supervisors and mentor the artist team.
  • Can develop small-scale, show-specific tools for non-FX TDs and other FX TDs.

At Industrial Light & Magic, we believe that diversity, inclusion, and belonging are integral to our company. We are at our best when our people at all levels reflect the vast life experiences of our audiences, and we thrive when ideas and decisions from all are valued and represented. If you are passionate about the role, but don't fit every criterion of the posting, we encourage you to still apply. We want to hear your story.

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