3D Generalist

Job Description

About Pixomondo:

PXO creates industry-leading Virtual Production and Visual Effects for premium Film and Episodic content. With over 20 industry awards and nominations, PXO, a Sony Pictures Entertainment company, is a trusted partner for storytellers and showrunners worldwide. The company has been creating iconic work since 2001, from Martin Scorsese's Academy Award winning Hugo and HBO's Emmy winning Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, through to Amazon's The Boys, Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and many more.

In Virtual Production, PXO helps clients to realize their creative vision, from production through to post-production. Using interactive technology and proprietary software and solutions, PXO brings ideas to life by virtually immersing filmmakers in the worlds they imagined, throughout every stage of the creative process. The company's latest LED volume work includes House of the Dragon, Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Netflix's upcoming Avatar: The Last Airbender.

PXO has seven studios and three LED volumes in the US, UK, Germany and Canada.

Duties & Responsibilities:
• Create dynamic animations of camera movements, objects, environments, and full scenes.
• Establish scene foundations and shots by strategically placing characters, props, and environments based on the storyboard/previz.
• Serve as a bridge between animation, special effects (FX), and lighting teams to ensure smooth data hand-offs.
• Assemble, troubleshoot, and perform quality control for all scenes, incorporating published components from upstream departments.
• Effectively communicate with multiple departments to address any potential issues with the provided assets.
• Maintain a consistently high level of quality during shot creation and hand-off.
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail and exceptional cinematography skills.
• Having a discerning eye for quality control in rendered outputs.
• Receive training in the PXO pipeline to facilitate seamless data flow into lighting.
• Understand matte painting techniques, scene management, and reference gathering.
• Having a general working knowledge of all CG departments
• Exhibit previous experience and proficiency in working with the Studio CG pipeline.
• Demonstrate well-developed organization and communication skills.
• Capable of undertaking delegated tasks with minimal supervision.
• Efficiently manage time and prioritize tasks to meet tight deadlines.
• Enjoy working collaboratively in a team environment, offering assistance to others, and sharing techniques and skills.

Job Qualifications:
• Minimum 3 years of layout experience.
• A demo reel showcasing strong artistic skills, including a keen sense of color, lighting, perspective, scale, and composition.
• Excellent proficiency in Maya and Arnold.
• Knowledge of additional software such as Houdini, Unreal, Python, ZBrush, and Nuke is a plus.
• Strong skill set in animating, modeling, texturing, lighting, and compositing.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gq4w0x-3-141-244-201-42 in your application.