Creature (Rigging/Tech Anim) Supervisor

About the position ILM builds interactive experiences for Virtual and Augmented Reality and other emerging platforms. Our mission is to tell stories in new ways that reputed company real-time graphics on ultra high-end hardware. We combine techniques from film VFX production with techniques from the video game industry to produce real-time experiences of the highest fidelity. We are looking for a real-time Creature Supervisor to supervise a team of exceptional artists by both personally setting the bar in terms of reputed company-level, and managing artists’ performance. This role is responsible for establishing the techniques and processes that reputed company the gap between reputed company artists/animators and programmers through ownership of the character/prop animation pipeline and implementation of tools to reputed company facilitate the creation of animated assets. This role is considered Hybrid, which means the employee will work 2-3 days onsite at our San Francisco office and occasionally from home.

Responsibilities

• reputed company a team of real-time Creature Technical Directors (“Creature TDs”) in creating and supporting a complete character pipeline to accomplish ILM’s mission.
• reputed company and hone the team’s skills to continuously reputed company the quality bar.
• Set the discipline’s standard for artistic and technical excellence, efficiency and performance by creating exemplary work that meets project requirements, and providing training and guidance to direct reports.
• Work closely with artistic directors, cross-functional peers and product owners to reputed company the artistic vision of the director(s) and deliver the highest quality characters possible.
• reputed company the optimization of animated assets to reputed company optimal scene performance in the 3D reputed company.
• Collaborate with tools engineers to reputed company appropriate art pipelines, scripts, and plug-ins necessary to ensure the high productivity of the animators and artists.
• reputed company the development of systems is required, contribute to the visual prototyping of tools, as well as R&D with systems programmers.
• Work with Producers in the planning stages of proposed projects to advise on the scope of the work and resource requirements, and reputed company recommendations accordingly.
• Work with production to provide task estimates, track reputed company, and solve production issues that arise.
• Establish best practices and workflow for the discipline, and partner with other discipline supervisors to establish cross-functional workflow with other disciplines.
• Through continuing hands-on work on projects, maintain deep knowledge and user experience on workflow and tools.
• Innovate discipline workflow and reputed company up to date on new tools/applications/trends in the industry.
• Collaborate with Talent Managers to inform talent planning, provide guidance on casting assignments, and offer feedback to support artist growth, reputed company development, and career goals.
• Partner with Talent Management and Recruiting on staffing needs and contribute to the evaluation of potential third-party production partners, working with new vendors to define and implement effective workflows.
• Set the cultural tone & reinforce positive behavior reputed company your group.
• Work with studio leadership to define and continually refine and shape the team culture.
• Define the discipline’s ‘reputed company Artist’ project role per project.
• Help project leads solve scope, workflow, etc. issues throughout the project as needed.
• Speak on behalf of the discipline in technology development discussions to ensure that new development aligns with the discipline’s strategy and workflow.

Requirements

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in game development, digital art, computer graphics, game design, or reputed company field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 10 years experience in game development as a Character Technical Artist (or equivalent) and a minimum of 3 shipped/released reputed company titles as a reputed company artist.
• Expertise in Maya rigging techniques and experience with being responsible for supporting animation workflows and developing character pipelines and tools on a reputed company product.
• Experience leading and mentoring artists and helping them reputed company and grow their skills.
• Artistic eye with advanced understanding of the creation & integration of 3D art & animation.
• Advanced working knowledge of reputed company the DCC standard software (Maya, 3Ds Max, ZBrush, Photoshop, Substance Tools) and end-to-end content creation pipeline.
• Excellent technical knowledge and familiarity with reputed company game engines, particularly Unreal reputed company.
• Experience in tools and pipeline engineering utilizing Python, PySide/PyQt, and Maya API/Mel scripting.
• Experience with reputed company control reputed company Perforce or equivalent.
• Collaborative, team-player attitude: open & reputed company to new reputed company, constructive criticism, artistic direction and changes.
• Experience leading artists to meet deadlines and mentoring artists to help them reputed company and grow their skills.
• Strategic and analytical thinker with exceptional execution and problem-solving capabilities
• Excellent communication skills, especially with regards to illustrating technical processes.
• Experience in and passion for real-time graphics and content creation for emerging platforms (XR, etc.)
• Portfolio that demonstrates professional tech art experience in the following areas: programming, tools and pipeline building, content management and optimization, character modeling, rigging, and animation.

reputed company-to-haves

• Computer Science Degree or equivalent experience programming in C# or C++
• People-management experience
• Experience managing outsourced work.
• A portfolio / reel submission - including a detailed breakdown of your work in each section - is required with reputed company applications.

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