Creature Supervisor

1 week ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Double Negative Visual Effects Full time

**Description**:

- Position at DNEG_

The Creature Supervisor will oversee the development of all manner of CG creatures from design and build stage to final render. All through the process you will be supervising the pipeline and providing direction on architecture and methods, working with the Head of Creature and the Pipeline team to improve departmental efficiency.

You will be communicating with the other departments, while ensuring effective collaboration between your Creature TDs and related teams within the pipeline. A key facet of your role will be leading and mentoring your team through technical and creative challenges, to ensure only the best quality results are delivered by your. You will lead by example in implementing key challenging work yourself, and with on-the-spot guidance, as well as through planned training schemes implemented by you with our in-house trainers

**Must Have**- Proven high-end feature film VFX experience, featuring major creatures/characters on multiple projects- Thorough knowledge of most areas of creature specialisation- Full working knowledge of Maya- Need to be comfortable with the more technical aspects of creature work, and have strong, critical visual and artistic skills- Familiarity with pipeline issues and a typical creature heavy post production environment- Strong leadership qualities with proven ability and experience supervising teams

**Desirable**
- Programming or scripting skills (MEL, Python, VEX)
- Experience with Ziva, Houdini and USD
- Experience creating crowd simulations

**About You**- Organised, pro-active and a self-starter- A team player and clear communicator, and a keenness for collaboration- A team leader, approachable and personable, with strong motivational qualities- Adaptable and with a willingness to learn new skills and techniques - including proprietary software- Calm under pressure and committed to meet production deadlines- A positive, can-do attitude

**About Us**
We are DNEG, one of the world's leading visual effects and animation companies for the creation of award-winning feature film, television, and multiplatform content. We employ more than 9,000 people with worldwide offices and studios across North America (Los Angeles, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver), Europe (London), Asia (Bangalore, Mohali, Chennai, Mumbai) and Australia (Sydney).

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