Texture Supervisor

Job Description

Position Summary

The Texture Supervisor provides supervision and direction for a team of artists who create the desired textures, ensuring that they are created and rendered according to the designs and visual style of the project. This position serves as a role model and mentor for the texturing team, with the objective of fostering a collaborative team environment, and producing high-quality imagery.

What You'll Do
Working in collaboration and under the direction of the VFX Supervisor, the Texture Supervisor is responsible for the supervision, quality control, and delivery of textures for CG assets, ensuring that they will satisfy the style and quality of the production.
Consult with the VFX Supervisor, CG Supervisor, Model Supervisor, LookDev Supervisor, and Lighting Supervisor to assess the technical feasibility of elements in the designs and implement production friendly workflows that will maintain the vision of the film.
Responsible for bidding the work and driving the overall texturing schedule, and balancing artistic and productivity requirements in tandem with production management and other department Supervisors.
Attend all relevant show production and team meetings to promote effective communication throughout the show production team.
Work directly with Texture Leads and CG Supervisors to manage troubleshooting and technical efforts in pipeline workflow development.
In collaboration with Production, assign work to texture artists based on their individual skills and strengths, as needed.
Review the work of each texture artist on a regular basis.
Responsible for guiding artists' overall professional development, providing performance feedback, facilitating overall team building efforts, and maintaining positive morale amongst the crew.
Participate in the recruiting and staffing of the texturing team by assessing the work of prospective candidates throughout the hiring process. Collaborate with Recruiting and Talent Management on hiring decisions, as needed.

What We're Looking For
Expert knowledge and experience in Mari
Proficiency in the application and use of textures in one or more 3D applications (Maya strongly preferred)
Proficiency in Katana, Substance, Adobe Photoshop. Zbrush/Mudbox and procedural texture writing experience is preferred.
8-10 years' work experience in 3D CG for digital animation or visual effects film is preferred
Proficiency with LINUX/UNIX is required
Must have an extremely creative and critical eye for guiding the quality of the asset
Must be a skilled decision maker, problem solver, and an exceptional communicator
Proven leadership abilities and ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse skillsets
Bidding and scheduling experience is required
Technical expertise is a plus

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This position is with ILM (Vancouver) Inc., which is part of a business we call Industrial Light & Magic.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gxxzq4-3-139-238-76-42 in your application.