Crowds Artist Jobs

In tight conjunction with the VFX Supervisor, Production Management, and Department Manager, inspires and motivates the team

Minimum 2 years of leadership experience that demonstrates a strong ability to lead and mentor others

Experience as a Crowd Supervisor or similar role in CG Animation and/or Visual Effects production

Bachelor's degree or higher in Art, Illustration, Cinema Studies, Computer Graphics, Engineering or equivalent experience

Experience with all aspects of computer graphics

Experience and technical understanding of digital pipeline issues

BS or advanced degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience

3+ years of experience in professional software development and/or VFX production

Experience with Houdini, as both a user and/or plugin developer

Knowledge of industry-standard scene data formats: Alembic, USD, OpenVDB, etc.

Experience designing interfaces using GUI toolkits: Qt, PySide, etc.

Integrate commercial and open-source systems into the ILM production pipeline

Knowledge of film language and demonstrates strong compositional skills

Strong problem solving skills, identifying opportunities to improve tool and pipeline efficiency

Proactive and forthcoming with solutions and ideas, exhibiting openness to knowledge sharing

Experience with scripting languages such as Python

Experience with commercial graphics packages such as Maya and Houdini

Experience with the Linux or Unix operating system