Houdini Fx Supervisor - Vancouver, Canada - ICON Creative Studio

ICON Creative Studio

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

ICON Creative Studio is Canada's largest independently owned animation entertainment company located in the historic Gastown district of Vancouver, BC Canada with design, storyboarding, modeling, rigging, animation, technical finaling, lighting, visual effects, and compositing artists alongside creative and management teams.

Known for our quality, efficiency, and timely deliveries, ICON has partnered alongside distributors, broadcasters, and streaming platforms around the world to help create, realize and produce noteworthy content.

ICON operates from a holistic philosophy that leverages individual skill sets to maximize production efficiency on the floor while maintaining an optimal balance of creativity and quality on-screen.

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Work remotely (anywhere in BC) or in studio

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Why work at ICON?
At ICON we constantly invest in raising the bar of our productions and fostering our people. If you are passionate about animation and enjoy sharing success with others, we'd like to hear from you

Join the fastest growing CG Animation studio in Vancouver
Work on top feature and episodic CG franchises for leading streaming platforms (Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, Amazon, Peacock, Paramount+ etc.)
Work with a diverse group of artists from all over the world who have come to BC to join our expanding studio
Use all of the latest tools and softwares
We uphold a premium standard of quality across all of our productions by putting all of our resources up on screen
We hire for the long term and give artists the opportunity to grow, get promoted and take on as much responsibility as they can manage
We offer flexibility and autonomy
We facilitate requests in a timely manner
We offer direct deposit
We offer a generous benefits package
And more...

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FX Supervisor**
Responsibilities

Track and delegate all FX tasks across every studio project, keeping in mind artists strengths and particular interests
Focus on opportunities to push the studio's FX quality while meeting delivery deadlines
Involvement of FX callout process for each episode of each project
Communicate effectively within their team to ensure all artists are in an optimal environment to succeed
Work directly with show and art directors to develop the look of specific her effects in advance and convey vision to artists
Participate in lead meetings, dailies, client calls, performance reviews and newhire interviews
Undertake R&D and other applicable TD work for upcoming effects as well as development of rigs or templates which can be passed on to other artists or departments.
Responsible for mentoring other FX artists and maintaining team cohesiveness and morale.
Maintenance/organization in Shotgun

Requirements:

A strong background as a Lead in feature or CG Series.
Proficiency with Houdini and Nuke
Ability to work within an established pipeline and learn to use custom tools;
Ability to understand and interpret effectively a storyboard and the Director's feedback and be able to give direction to a team;
Have good teaching skills, be a mentor, and technically and artistically develop the team;
Ability to work well in a team and excellent communication skills
ICON Creative Studio is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
Ask us about our generous benefits program.