Hasta La Motion!

As our lead design artist, you will work closely with our Creative Director to develop initial designs, previs and required material for a wide range of projects ranging from Hollywood blockbusters, fast paced commercials to cutting edge corporate videos.
Responsibilities: Must have the ability to work directly with our Creative Director and our clients during the initial design and previs stages of a project. Quickly provide multiple iterations of designs, storyboards, previs and animations per the Creative Director’s needs to pitch a concept
·4+ years of experience working in high-demand, high-volume production environment
·Design, sense of space and an ability to conceive and create a compelling pitch
·Thorough knowledge of Adobe Suite, including Photoshop, After Effects and Illustrator required.
·Proficiency in Cinema 4D, Maya and Flash animation a plus.
·Experience compositing is a plus
·Ability to manage multiple projects and set priorities in order to meet deadlines and achieve required creative specifications is required
·Proficiency in polygonal modeling and setup as well as texture and lighting is desired
·MUST BE LOCATED IN THE SF BAY AREA or be willing / able to relocate without reimbursement.
·Latest Demo reel (online reel highly preferred).
email jobs@wagic.com
Looking for cutting edge work /corporate types need not apply

Hi there, we have a new job posting at IO interactive (the creator of Hitman, Mini Ninjas & Kane and Lynch)
We’re located in central Copenhagen on the waterfront. Breakfast, lunch and dinner is served monday to friday and the beer flows free on fridays, relocation is required. PM me for questions regarding IO or the position.

http://www.ioi.dk/recruitment/FXArtist/index.htm

SPECIAL FX ARTIST

IO Interactive is looking for a Special FX Artist for one of our exciting AAA projects. You will be part of a small graphics artist team that as a group has the opportunity of making the greatest and most innovative effects for our next AAA game.
As special FX artist you will work closely with level designers, animators and graphic artist making the design for special effects in the game. In collaboration with a producer you will be responsible for your own work including estimation, planning and meeting deadlines.

Job Responsibilities

* Create real-time particle effects in our in-house engine and tools. Areas of work will include: explosions, sparks, fire, blood, weapon, cloth & weather effects.
* Populate game levels and cut-scenes with effects in cooperation with level designers, art director and animators.
* Painting of particle and animated sprites in Photoshop.
* Creation and implementation of real-time physics setups.
* Create, simulate and implement destructible environments both baked and dynamic.
* Provide feedback and designs for further development of in-house FX tools.

Required Skills

* Fluent in 3ds Max and Photoshop.
* Must have technical understanding of games or computer applications.
* Basic understanding of physics and math.
* 2+ years of experience with Games or CG.

Extra Credit

* Movie or Games special effects experience.
* A strong passion for games.
* Modeling and texture skills are a plus.
* Experience with shader creation a plus.

If the above description fits your profile, please submit your application, résumé and colour portfolio to jobs@ioi.dk , marking it “Special FX Artist”.

IO Interactive is located in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Relocation to this area is a requirement. If you live in Sweden commuting is possible, the train from Malmö to Copenhagen only takes 36 minutes.

Mudbox Users Needed in the Bay Area
Autodesk is looking for 8 Bay Area Mudbox users to participate in a usability study to help improve the Mudbox product.
There will be an initial phone interview followed by a study lasting approximately 90 minutes that will be conducted in Autodesk’s offices in downtown San Francisco at the end of October. Selected participants will receive $200 Visa gift cards.
If you are interested in participating, please email your name, email address, telephone number and the best time to contact you at mudbox.usability@autodesk.com.

Jellyfish Pictures are looking to recruit a Matte Painter to work on set
extension/green screen and Matte work for a project between November
2009 and March 2010.

The successful applicant should ideally be able to work up to 4k
resolution and create photorealistic matte paintings which can be broken
up into separate elements for compositing with the ability to work under
pressure to tight deadlines.

Feature film experience and a good working knowledge of NUKE is
desirable.

Please apply to info@jellyfishpictures.co.ukby 9thOctober 2009.

A studio based in Manchester is looking to hear from talented freelancers to join the team. They have some very exciting projects coming up in the next 12 months and we are looking for compositors and roto artists with skills in Fusion, Nuke, Motor, mokey etc.

http://www.smoothdevil.com/index.php?page=job&job_id=1027

closes: 22 Nov 2009