CG Supervisor
full-time•Australia
About this role
FIN VFX is currently looking for a CG Supervisor to join our growing team.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate creative leader to build, grow, and evolve with the FIN studio.
Join a distinguished team of animation and VFX artists who have produced a great variety of incredible work including Sonic 3, The Creator, Alien: Romulus, Antman vs Wasp: Quantumania, Elvis, Thor: Love and Thunder, Extraction 2, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Shang Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings, Lost in Space, and I Am Mother.
Our Offer to You
- The opportunity to join a growing, independent, and vibrant multi-award winning studio
- The satisfaction to problem solve for major international film, episodic and commercial projects
- Work with a global team of talented artists, producers and technicians
- Competitive remuneration package with flexible hours and work model
Your Responsibilities
- Successfully produce high quality photo-real and stylised CG work. Working closely with VFX Supervisor to interpret the client’s creative vision, oversee every aspect of CG production.
- Explore various creative and technical approaches, giving and receiving feedback, and manage a team through competing priorities and deadlines.
- Devising and implementing pipeline configurations and workflows that suit the technical and creative needs of the project.
- Collaborating with Department Supervisors and Leads in supervising artists to achieve the artistic goals of the production.
- Collaborating with Production to ensure project milestones are met within schedule and budget.
- Collaborating with 2D to ensure smooth workflow between 3D and 2D departments.
- Assisting in all technical aspects of VFX production throughout the entire CG pipeline, including project set up, interdisciplinary troubleshooting, to asset delivery to Comp.
- A team player at all times with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work collaboratively.
- Run effective and productive Dailies and set overall technical approach and direction for CG artists on any given project.
- Working with the Head of CG to design and implement tools across the department and verify technical solutions proposed by the Team.
- Coordinating solutions with the Technical Directors (TDs) in solving problems the production faces on a day-to-day basis.
- Keeping up on current technology trends and tools that best suits the development of a stronger creative technical environment at Fin Design + Effects.
- Working with the management and leadership team to identify development needs for future projects.
- Ability to juggle several tasks in a highly efficient manner.
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience as the CG supervisor on high caliber VFX film and TV episodic projects
- Thorough understanding and experience in combining VFX elements into live action plates
- Excellent organisational and communication skills with the ability to juggle several tasks in a highly efficient manner
- A team leader who is able to effectively communicate with people at all levels, technical and non-technical crew
- A team player at all times with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work collaboratively
- Extensive technical knowledge of VFX production and CG pipelines
- Thorough understanding and command of the Houdini and USD pipeline for feature film and episodic projects.
- Comfortable with a Windows environment
- Excellent working knowledge of Houdini USD workflow
- Excellent working knowledge of Solaris, Karma, Katana, Redshift and/or Arnold is an asset
- Technical aptitude to identify and solve technical problems as they arise
- Experience working with Shotgrid or similar programs
- Knowledge of NUKE is a plus
- On-set VFX experience is a plus
Location
Sydney, Melbourne, Ballina, Gold Coast, Adelaide, New South Wales (Hybrid)
Department
CG
Employment Type
Fixed Term - Fulltime
Minimum Experience
Manager/Supervisor
What you'll do
- The CG Supervisor will oversee the production of high-quality photo-real and stylized CG work, collaborating closely with the VFX Supervisor and managing a team to meet project goals. They will also devise and implement workflows, coordinate with various departments, and ensure technical solutions are effectively applied.
About Fin Design + Effects
Fin is an Australian Visual Effects company with studios in Sydney, Ballina, Gold Coast and Melbourne.
Established in 2001, Fin is home to Australia's most highly awarded, close-knit team of VFX artists, designers and producers. Our collective experience allows us to approach all projects with an individual tailored approach.
At the forefront of the converging digital landscape, our unique flexibility is matched with a passion and energy to foster creative partnerships and collaborate with clients.
Our creative team is supported by a diverse, approachable collection of talented producers with vast experience across all facets of digital production and content creation. They work closely with our artists and clients on each and every project as we believe that this is a proven formula for delivering outstanding results.
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