Hasta La Motion!

Position: Compositing/VFX Department Head

BENT Image Lab is currently accepting applications for Compositing/VFX Department Head – Staff

Job Description:
Bent Image Lab is looking for a Department Head of Compositing and VFX for its growing slate of animated commercials and TV shows. Applicants must be experienced in Adobe AfterEffects, Nuke and familiar with Photoshop.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise team of staff and freelance compositors and roto artists.
• Support Head of Production and Producers in recruiting and scheduling artists for jobs.
• Troubleshoot technical and management issues for studio.
• Provide technical and creative support for bidding process.
• Manage the ongoing R&D for the studio for VFX and compositing.
• Responsible for the finishing of shots requiring any of the following skills: 2D and 3D tracking, lighting, rotoscoping, compositing and keying.
• Working with a variety of elements, from motion graphics to CG to live action to FX to stop motion animation, sometimes all in one shot.
• Provides visually creative and timely solutions to directors
• Communicates with other VFX staff and departments on status of composite work
• Able to manage time effectively and give accurate assessments of the workload and the time required to complete tasks.
• Provide preliminary and final color correction for spots.

Qualifications

• 3+ experience as a lead or Department Supervisor, preferably on commercials.
• 5+ years professional experience in Adobe After Effects and Nuke
• Photoshop experience
• Proficiency in film and video broadcast standards, and video and graphics formats
• Proficiency in color grading.
• Must be highly organized, and have the ability to juggle several jobs at once in a highly efficient manner
• Very strong interpersonal skills and communication skills a must.
• Prior animation experience a plus
• Experience with building a Nuke pipeline a plus.

Applicants should have a minimum of 5 years professional experience. Seamless integration and an eye for detail is a given. You will be required to work to tight deadlines, be very organized and need to have a positive hardworking attitude.

Please include your current location and your willingness to relocate.

BENT IMAGE LAB is a hybrid animation laboratory and live action production studio where award-winning filmmakers, artists, storytellers, animators, and designers come together to create projects for a diverse clientele. The studio stretches the boundaries of concept and design. It is a laboratory where exploration and play go hand in hand. We are located in Portland, Oregon.

This is a staff position with some benefits.
Salary is commensurate with experience. References required.
All submission must state what position you are applying for in the ‘subject line’ of your email.

Submit reels and resumes to info@bentimagelab.com and/or:

Ken Bryan
Studio Manager
Bent Image Lab
2729 SE Division St.
Portland, OR 97202

No phone calls please.

LA Recruitment Roadshow

After a successful European and Australian tour last year, MPC’s recruitment team are getting ready to set off to the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles for another round talent scouting.

On March 8 – 10, MPC’s Recruitment Team will be in Downtown Los Angeles to once again find a host of creative, talented and overall exciting individuals to join our world-leading VFX company.

And with 2011 already extremely busy with shows including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, X-Men: First Class, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Sherlock Holmes 2 as well as newly confirmed projects; John Carter of Mars; Wrath of the Titans, 47 Ronin and a new Ridley Scott project, there really is no better time to join MPC!

So…If you think you fit the bill and have the drive, passion and talent to work for MPC, why not come and visit us on March 8 – 10.

Simply email us at recruitment-roadshow@moving-picture.com with your CV and reel and we’ll reply with an invitation with the exact time and venue.

In the meantime, you can also keep up to date with all our recruitment news at www.moving-picture.com/jobs, follow us on Twitter (mpc_vfx) or become a fan on Facebook.

http://www.moving-picture.com/index….-roadshow.html

We are a new Boutique VFX Studio in sunny Malaysia, seeking Visual Effects Generalists, Compositors, 3D Artists and Matte Painters to work in an exciting sandbox environment within a small studio team. Artists will be working on Feature Film projects both local/regional as well as work for commercial spots. A lot of opportunity will be given to make highly creative decisions and work closely with productions.

We are looking for :

• Artists working specifically with Foundry Nuke and Adobe After Effects
• Artists working with Autodesk Maya/Blender and other 3D packages
• 2D Artists working with Adobe Photoshop/GIMP with relevant compositing pipeline knowledge
• More than 2 years experience in working with feature work is a plus.

Kuala Lumpur, also known as The Klang Valley is an exciting location to work in, with low costs of living and high levels of commercial development.

Please contact yasumin@gmail.com for more information.

Systems Administrator- contract, London

BlueBolt is look looking for a talented and experienced person to join the growing engineering team at their London office.

Skills:
* Minimum 3 years experience of Unix/Linux HPC systems administration
* A good solid working experience of programming (python, GUI, bash shell scripting)
* Proven experience of building, testing and rolling out software
* Experience developing, maintaining and tuning LAMP technologies
* Good working knowledge of film, television and colour pipelines desired
* Excellent working knowledge of high performance file distribution, networking systems and distributed processing systems, preferably gained at a VFX facility but other candidates will be considered

This role will require you to:
* Develop and maintain BlueBolt’s technical infrastructure and participate in major systems projects
* Oversee and perform general system maintenance
* Proactively seek out and recommend new hardware and software technologies
* Implement a creative, safe approach to automation
* Help support and develop production pipeline tools
* Monitor systems using existing tools and implement and develop new monitoring systems
* Provide day-to-day support to creative and production teams with on call support
* Prioritise, respond, and follow through on multiple requests
* Produce documentation for administration and end-users
* Report to the CTO

If you have the relevant skills please apply by emailing a covering letter and link to CV to vacancies@blue-bolt.com quoting reference: SA001

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Strong understanding of stereoscopic imagery to diagnose visual disparities from conversion.
Overall very strong knowledge of After Effects.
Fast paced production savvy problem solving.
Teach and mentor Junior compositors/generalists.
Work closely with producers, stereographer and stereoscopic supervisor.
Help trouble shoot production pipeline issues.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Software knowledge requirments: After Effects, Syntheyes or PFtrack. Ability to use Nuke, and a 3D application such as Maya or 3Ds Max is a big plus.
Previous Film production experience.
Good at paint, cleanplate/wire rig removal.
Ability to communicate effectively with Team and producers as well as manage junior artists.
Experience with hand paint and “procedural” or “comp” paint a plus.
Knowledge Mocha Pro, Silhouette and Photoshop is a plus.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Positive attitude and ability to work well within a team under tight deadlines.
Dependable and flexible.
Takes direction well.
Exercises close attention to detail.
Knowledge of Stereoscopic 3D Conversion a plus.

Onsite work only.
Facility is located in Westlake Village, California 91361.

Submission Process:
Send an email to yael@stereoscopicfx.com
Subject Line should be the desired position.
Include resume, salary requirements, and shot contribution list in the body of the email and a link to online Demo reel.