Digital Effects Director

4 days ago

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

At Industrial Light & Magic, we are seeking a highly skilled Digital Effects Director to lead our team of effects artists. This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned professional with extensive experience in film visual effects.

About the Role

The Digital Effects Director will be responsible for designing and creating complex FX animation, procedural simulation, dynamic simulation, particle and fluid systems, and rigid body simulations. They will work closely with the FX, VFX, and CG Supervisor to maintain ILM's rigorous standards and support the creative vision of the show.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and Creation: Design and create complicated FX animation, procedural simulation, dynamic simulation, particle and fluid systems, and rigid body simulations.
  • Lighting and Rendering: Light and render FX elements and produce composites to showcase ideas.
  • Technique Development: Develops and implements new techniques quickly and debugs complicated problems.
  • Team Leadership: Sets the standard by continually improving the efficiency, speed, and quality of the team's output.
  • Oversight and Feedback: Provide constructive and consistent creative and technical oversight and feedback on a shot and sequence level to the team.
  • Cross-Department Collaboration: Partners with other discipline leadership in determining various cross department solutions, improvements and collaboration.
  • Talent Development: Coaches and guides the team of FX artists to execute quality performance for the project.
  • Production Management: Works with Production to bid, schedule, and cast shotwork.
  • Schedule and Budget Management: Responsible for guiding the overall effects and simulations are on a delivered schedule and budget.
  • Talent Management: Partners with Talent Management to provide artists with performance feedback, guidance, mentoring, resolving performance issues and maintaining positive morale amongst the crew.
  • Communication: Attends 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+ year's 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.

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