FX TD

Job Description

FX Technical Directors create CG renditions of naturalistic physical or magical phenomena.

Responsibilities:
• Creating particle, rigid-body, fluid, cloth, fur and/or hair simulations or animations
• Applying lighting and shaders to produce the final rendered image or passing the simulation on to a Lighting Technical Director
• Using a variety of commercial and proprietary FX tools including Maya, Houdini & it's plug-ins
• Working in partnership with other departments to ensure that shots are delivered to the highest possible standard
• Working within the team to determine the various design solutions needed to create the effects
• Designing and creating images, elements, effects, pipelines, tools and techniques
• Helping to design solutions involving a more procedural approach in order to create the effects required
• Producing review-able composites of all FX elements for a shot. Sometimes FX TDs will be expected to produce final renders too

Essential Skills:
• An excellent knowledge of Maya and Houdini (or experience in other simulation software)
• A thorough understanding of the techniques and technologies relating to FX simulation and procedural animation
• Previous experience producing effects such as smoke, fire, clouds, water, steam and explosions in addition to simulation techniques for rigid-bodies, cloth and hair
• A good understanding of animation and an eye for motion
• A good understanding of the entire visual effects process
• A familiarity with pipeline issues, especially working between multiple packages
• A working knowledge of at least one compositing application (e.g. Nuke) and a solid understanding of the compositing process
• Strong Python and/or Vex, Mel scripting skill

Desirable Skills:
• Knowledge in other simulation packages such as Naiad, and realflow
• Experience with Arnold or other render packages
• Programming skills with C/C++ along with knowledge of the Houdini HDK and/or Maya API
• Unix shell scripting

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-yjkyp3-216-73-216-222-42 in your application.