Please note this is a hybrid position and requires you to work from our studio for part of the work week. This is not a remote opportunity.
Location: Sydney, Australia
Are you a Senior FX Artist with a creative passion to develop and generate complex FX assets? Can you define high quality looks for animated features? Do you have the technical ability to build rigs and FX templates for yourself and others in Houdini? This could be the opportunity for you!
What you’ll get to do:
- Develop an understanding for the department pipeline including all assets and tools, and their purpose
- Develop particle and fluid simulations with direction from Supervisor and/or Lead
- Develop techniques and rigs to achieve and optimise approved looks with direction from Supervisor and/or Lead
- Understand the processes of adjoining departments (e.g. Lighting and Compositing) and communicate with these departments as needed
- Become proficient with the department’s propriety tools
- Contribute creative feedback in reviews
What you bring:
- 5+ years’ experience on feature films, TV and/or animated feature
- 5+ years’ experience in working on FX and simulations using Houdini FX tools (USD experience a Bonus)
- Proficiency demonstrated through past project work and/or reel/portfolio
- Production experience using Houdini: SOPs/DOPs/POPs essential
- Production experience using Houdini: Vex and Python knowledge desirable
- Understanding of traditional animation techniques, i.e. squash and stretch, anticipation, and key framing
- Ability to craft Non Photoreal FX, from a creative brief
- Ability to efficiently organize and prioritize assigned tasks
- Attention to design and artistic detail
- Ability to work solo as well as collaboratively within a team environment and when necessary to pass knowledge to other staff members
- Excellence in problem solving and balancing quick turnaround with long term quality and ability to meet deadlines with high quality output
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to efficiently organise and prioritise work across multiple areas.
- Ability to take direction and feedback and apply this to assets or shots moving forward; anticipating the supervisors and leads preference
What you should demonstrate in your demo reel/portfolio:
- Complex and problem solving FX shot work
- Houdini simulations
- Any digital assets and setups you’ve contributed to, created or developed yourself
What we offer you:
- The opportunity to join a growing, award-winning studio!
- A central location in sunny Sydney, minutes from the CBD and famous Bondi Beach
- An inclusive workplace of employees who are passionate about creativity and technology
- A chance to contribute to the success of ground-breaking animated feature films
- Exposure to a USD pipeline
- A dedicated Learning and Development and Artist Management team focused on your personal career growth
- A flexible, hybrid work environment
- Paid ‘Volunteer’ days to support those causes close to your heart!
- Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and staff wellness programs
- A world-renowned working environment packed with social clubs, activities and events
- A variety of employee benefits including secured on-site parking, employee discounts, breakfast, free use of barista coffee machines,
- weekly lunches/pastries and snacks galore!
If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for, then we want to hear from you!