🏢 Company: Rising Sun Pictures
🇦🇺 Location: Australia
🌎 Work Model: On-Site
Position
Senior Effects Artist
Location
Adelaide or Brisbane, Australia. This position is open to Australian and international applicants. Visa and relocation assistance provided where applicable.
Employment Periods
Short – long term contract, starting ASAP
Position Overview
Reporting directly to the Effects Supervisor, you will be responsible for the development and creation of wide ranging natural phenomena for a variety of live action feature films.
Portfolio Requirements
Applicants presenting highly realistic effects work in their portfolio will be reviewed with priority.
Technical Environment
RSP is a Houdini based effects facility operating in a Linux system environment.
Key Skills
Extensive experience with Houdini in SOPS, DOPS, VOPS, VEX and Python. Comfortable working in Linux and using command line tools. Experience setting up effects for other artists.
Collaborative Skills
Work openly and collaboratively with other departments. Excellent time management and forward-thinking skills, delivering to schedule and to brief.
Responsibilities
Create and deliver technical and creative effects solutions; including effects simulation, and effects look development. Tightly adhere to production schedule and deliver to key milestones, presenting your work-in-progress daily. Work with animation, lighting & compositing as necessary.
Mentoring
Actively mentor and develop less experienced team members. Manage your workload. Advise the head of department of any obstacles which may affect delivery quality, timeliness or budget. Promote a collaborative and enjoyable workplace.
Required Skills and Experience
Minimum 4-5 years professional experience creating high-end effects for live-action feature films. Previous experience leading a team of effects artists for a sequence/show highly beneficial. Expert user of Houdini, and Arnold.
Additional Expertise
Strong scripting experience using Python and VEX. Utilitarian knowledge of other discipline software such as Nuke. Experience in look development for effects from start to finish.
Educational Qualifications
Visual Effects, Fine Art, Computer Science, Physics or Mathematics or related tertiary qualification may be required for international applicants.
Contact
Those closely matching this job description will be contacted for further information.
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