FX Artist Confidential Feature Film

Job Description

Mikros Animation is a global CGI animation studio located in Paris, Montreal, Los Angeles, Bangalore and London, dedicated to feature films and episodic content. Since its inception, Mikros Animation has always put creativity and CG artistry at the heart of its animation and production activities, allowing our artists to work across a great variety of stories with a high level of stylized craft. So far, Mikros Animation has contributed to ten released feature animations and to numerous high-quality animated series, for the world's best-known animation studios, either as creative studio, line producer or executive producer. Mikros Animation has also produced more than 250 hours of programming, broadcast by notable channels including Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, TF1, France TV, Gulli, M6, Gloob, and Super RTL. Our animated episodic content airs and streams globally, in over 180 countries.

At Mikros Animation, we believe great animation is about making real connections with real people. By partnering with filmmakers to unite their creative visions, with our industry-leading craftsmanship and artistry, we create characters that connect with audiences on an authentic and emotional level to bring powerful stories to life.

As part of an international animated feature film, Mikros Animation PARIS is looking for several FX Artists to join its multi-skilled team !

Under the supervision of the Lead and the FX Supervisor, the FX Artists will work on the fabrication of the different types of FX present in the film, while ensuring the respect of the artistic vision of the director and the quality expectations of the project.

Responsabilities :
• Interpret the provided Design/Concept Art and create effects in the appropriate style while applying the given aesthetic, technical and methodological guidelines
• Collaborate with the FX Leads and the entire FX team to ensure that the overall creative vision is met and the visual requirements are met
• Identify and address technical issues to the appropriate teams when necessary
• Respect the quotas established and given by the FX Supervisor and Production Coordinator 
• Ensure that exports in the rendering software correspond to the setups validated by the client
• Verify that the generated FX are optimized for rendering

Qualifications

Required skills :
• Expertise in Maya & Houdini software
• Knowledge of effects techniques such as particles, smoke, fire, dust, explosions and fluids 
• Experience in 2D FX and/or stylized FX
• Previous experience in feature animation or live action required

Appreciated Assets :
• Knowledge of Katana, Arnold and Nuke
• Knowledge of Python/Mel
• Technical problem solving skills 
• Fluency in English
• Dynamic and collaborative work ethic 

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r0ebw1-18-225-149-32-42 in your application.