Visual Effects Leader for Cutting-Edge Productions

3 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Industrial Light & Magic Full time
Job Title: Visual Effects Leader

Salary Range: $140,000 - $180,000 per annum

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Visual Effects Leader to join our team at Industrial Light & Magic. As a key member of our production team, you will be responsible for leading a team of effects artists and collaborating with supervisors to deliver high-quality visual effects for film and television productions.

Responsibilities
  • Lead a team of effects artists in creating complex visual effects, including FX animation, procedural simulation, dynamic simulation, particle and fluid systems, and rigid body simulations.
  • Collaborate with FX, VFX, and CG Supervisors to ensure that all delivered shots meet ILM's rigorous standards and support the creative vision of the show.
  • 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 in determining various 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.
  • Be 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' 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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