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Creature Supervisor

New South Wales, Australia (On-site)

Creature Supervisor

3 Months ago • 5-10 Years

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Job Description

DNEG seeks a Creature Supervisor with proven high-end feature film VFX experience, expertise in Maya, strong visual and artistic skills, and leadership qualities. You'll oversee creature development, supervise teams, and ensure high-quality results.

Must have:

Feature Film VFX
Creature Specialization
Maya Expertise
Leadership Qualities

Good to have:

Programming Skills
Ziva Experience
Houdini Experience
USD Experience

Perks:

Team Collaboration
Mentoring Opportunities

Description

Position at DNEG

The Creature Supervisor will oversee the development of all manner of CG creatures from design and build stage to final render. All through the process you will be supervising the pipeline and providing direction on architecture and methods, working with the Head of Creature and the Pipeline team to improve departmental efficiency.

You will be communicating with the other departments, while ensuring effective collaboration between your Creature TDs and related teams within the pipeline. A key facet of your role will be leading and mentoring your team through technical and creative challenges, to ensure only the best quality results are delivered by your. You will lead by example in implementing key challenging work yourself, and with on-the-spot guidance, as well as through planned training schemes implemented by you with our in-house trainers

Must Have

Proven high-end feature film VFX experience, featuring major creatures/characters on multiple projects
Thorough knowledge of most areas of creature specialisation

Full working knowledge of Maya
Need to be comfortable with the more technical aspects of creature work, and have strong, critical visual and artistic skills
Familiarity with pipeline issues and a typical creature heavy post production environment
Strong leadership qualities with proven ability and experience supervising teams

Desirable

Programming or scripting skills (MEL, Python, VEX)
Experience with Ziva, Houdini and USD
Experience creating crowd simulations

About You

Organised, pro-active and a self-starter
A team player and clear communicator, and a keenness for collaboration
A team leader, approachable and personable, with strong motivational qualities
Adaptable and with a willingness to learn new skills and techniques – including proprietary software
Calm under pressure and committed to meet production deadlines
A positive, can-do attitude

About Us
We are DNEG, one of the world’s leading visual effects and animation companies for the creation of award-winning feature film, television, and multiplatform content. We employ more than 9,000 people with worldwide offices and studios across North America (Los Angeles, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver), Europe (London), Asia (Bangalore, Mohali, Chennai, Mumbai) and Australia (Sydney).

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About The Company

DNEG

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DNEG is a world-leading visual entertainment services company for the creation of feature film, television, and multiplatform content, with worldwide offices and studios across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

DNEG’s critically acclaimed work has earned the company seven Academy Awards® for Best Visual Effects and numerous BAFTA, Primetime EMMY® Awards and VES Awards for its high-quality VFX work.

Visit www.dneg.com for DNEG’s current and upcoming projects on behalf of Hollywood and global studio and production company.