Senior Creature FX Technical Director

4 weeks ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Framestore Full time

Job Title: Senior Creature FX Technical Director

Job Summary:

Framestore is seeking a highly skilled Senior Creature FX Technical Director to lead a team responsible for setting up skin, muscle, cloth, and hair simulations for our hero and secondary characters and creatures. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in industry-standard software such as Maya and/or Houdini, and excellent problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead, train, and mentor a team of Creature FX Technical Directors
  • Provide feedback and troubleshooting on shots
  • Build, maintain, and test simulation rigs and setups
  • Develop tools to assist in building simulation rigs and running shot simulations
  • Run simulations, perform technical animation, and shot sculpting for shots in production
  • Creatively troubleshoot and solve problems independently
  • Receive and address technical and creative feedback from supervisors and lead
  • Work efficiently as part of a team or independently to complete assigned shots

Requirements:

  • Currently performing as a Senior or Lead level Creature FX Technical Director
  • High level of proficiency with industry-standard software such as Maya and/or Houdini
  • Good knowledge of nCloth, nHair, and/or Vellum
  • Excellent sense for physically based motion and understanding of animation principles
  • Ability to clearly and effectively communicate complex topics relevant to CFX and connected departments
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Ability and willingness to multi-task
  • Working knowledge of Python (and/or Mel)
  • 5 years of experience in film/animation/VFX

Desirable Qualifications:

  • Experience with Ziva Dynamics
  • Experience with Houdini
  • Experience with Marvelous Designer
  • Previous rigging experience
  • Previous experience in Linux

Framestore is proud to employ extraordinary talent across all genders, races, nationalities, religions, ages, abilities, and sexual preferences. We aim to encourage and support all of our current and future employees to achieve their potential.



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