Company Description:
Anima Vitae Point creates international animated films and series with passion and a unique approach. As a company, we strive to be innovative, nurture fresh ideas, and employ artists and technical personnel side by side. As the home of other super-talented artists and technicians, Anima is a place where you truly can make an impact on your work, ideas, and craftsmanship.
We are currently looking for a Junior FX Artist to join our quest.
Job Summary:
Junior FX Artist is responsible for creating prominent visual effects in a timely and professional manner. You will be working closely with a team to help refine the FX pipeline and processes. They will be tasked with applying the FX setups across a variety of different shots.
Key Responsibilities:
- Works with the FX TDs and FX Lead to complete more complex shots
- Is able to understand and implement subtle feedback notes from FX Lead/FX Supervisor. Has an ability to continuously improve to gain final approval as efficiently as possible
- Is familiar with the FX pipeline, can find and apply all necessary upstream data
- Is familiar with proprietary tools and scripts within the department
- Working with other people to develop and create superior special effects and obeying the work rules and regulations in compliance with the execution of the standardized projects
- Execute FX tasks using Houdini
- A great artistic eye for details, with an excellent sense of timing and scale
- Maintain and contribute to the department’s best working practice in FX
- Explore and recommend new FX techniques and software
- Find reference images and videos of the intended effects and validate these references with artistic director
Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree or diploma in animation, multimedia design, fine art, film studies or CGI and 3D
- Proven and demonstrable experience in high-end CG/VFX
- Good generalist knowledge of CG software such as Maya, Houdini and Nuke
- Good working knowledge of FX techniques, workflow and software
- Some understanding of most CG techniques and technologies
- Proactive in picking up proprietary tools
- Excellent communication skills
- A Good Team player