Hasta La Motion!

Emmy Award nominated visual effects company in Culver City, CA has immediate availability for a Stereo Roto Artist. This individual must be available to work on-site or potentially relocate to our offices in Michigan. The candidate must have a keen eye for design, product modeling and brand experience for broadcast, industrial and film work.

Requirements:

• Minimum 1 year experience as a roto and/or paint artist, preferably on feature film or television projects.
• Solid knowledge of Nuke and/or Silhouette…and stereoscopic production experience is a big plus!
• A reel showing a strong artistic sensibility, and creative problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and desire to deliver consistently high quality work, and encourage those around you to the same standards.
• The desire and passion to learn, be better, and make others around you better.

To Apply for this Position:

• Include your current resume, reel breakdown and a link to your demo reel.
• Make sure your resume also includes your name, address, phone, and email.
• Please send links, reel & resume to: Jobs@ieeffects.com

  Thank you.

Please send reels/resume to:

tom@scoundrelvfx.com

This is an IN-HOUSE GIG. Absolutely NO REMOTE or out of Los Angeles people will be considered. Also, this is NOT a 3D gig. So if you’re a 3D wiz that also composites, this is probably not for you.

We are seeking a Nuke AND After Effects compositing artist for our Hollywood, CA facility.

Job Summary:
Ues Nuke and/or After Effects (Depending on projects) to accomplish advance keying, compositing, 3D compositing and matte designs (photoshop) on a television schedule. Problem solving, shot conceptualization and pre-visualization, and fast-paced teamwork skills are a must.

Job Duties:
• Be able to help a great team of Nuke/AE artists deliver quality composites on a TV schedule.
• Problem solve complex compositing issues in 2D and 3D
• Work with clients to help visualize and create their shots.
• Roto, Keying, photo-real compositing, beauty work, 3D compositing, basic motion graphic design.

Job Requirements:
• Minimum 3 years experience using Nuke as a compositing tool.
• Advanced level of knowledge of green screen and 3D compositing.
• Experience in Television Visual Effects.
• Knowledge of After Effects, Motion Graphics, Matte Painting, Python and Gizmo creation, 3D tracking in Boujou, and Mocha are all a plus.
• Ability to draw, storyboard, and/or create pre-viz art a plus, but not required.

Please contact Stephan Fleet – sfleet@encorehollywood.com

Please attach links to your reel and resume in the email. And please make sure your reels work and are decent quality before sending them.

A good understanding of Compositing theory
Strong problem solving and communication skills
Ability to edit video and audio such as rough-cuts and integrating sound
tracks, a plus!
Understanding of 3d Studio Max and/or Maya, V-Ray, and/or Mentalray a
plus!
Must be able to work within a team environment, taking direction and
exercising attention to detail in a fast paced production environment.
Experience with 2D to 3D stereo conversion is a plus.
SEE TECHNICAL COMPETENCE

Typical Responsibilities/Duties

Technical Competence

Perform tasks such as tracking, matte extraction, color correction, paint fixes,
roto and assembly of live and 3d elements.
Produce creative work with speed and accuracy, meet design deadlines,
and communicate with CG supervisors and other team members.
Working knowledge of node-based compositing system (i.e. NUKE) is
helpful.
Ability to recognize color balance.

Creativity

Continue to look for and develop solutions and techniques that bring new and innovative ideas to the firm.
Ability to collaborate and contribute to creative discussions- give and
receive criticism

Work Schedule

§ 40 hours per week.
§ General hours Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
§ After hour work and weekends may be necessary.

Send your cover letter and resume with a non-returnable portfolio and/or demo reel (e.g. Hardcopy, CD, VHS, DVD) include a shot breakdown of work produced. Online portfolio/demo also accepted. Relocation packages available.Only photorealistic work will be considered. Please apply only if you are already legally able to work in the USA.

Please submit resume, cover letter, rates and portfolio/samples to:

Speedshape, Inc,
Recruiting
280 N Old Woodward
Suite 300
Birmingham MI 48009

or email: cheryl.rapp@speedshape.com :radar:

Visual Effects Department

Do you want to take your work to the next level?

Sky Creative is an award winning, highly creative, busy and exciting department. We are an internal Creative agency, supporting the whole business – both the platform and the network of channels, providing creative design solutions on-air, off-air and for convergent media.

We pride ourselves on the commercial quality of our output across channel branding, programme packaging and promotions & commercials. Due to additional stereo-scopic 3D workload, we need to add to our team and are looking for a talented, Nuke compositor to join us.

The in house visual effects team provides creative effects to other areas within Sky Creative and to all business areas including Network Channels, Sports, Marketing, Sponsorship, Promotions and Corporate.

Reporting to the Post Production Supervisor, you will be required to produce 3D Stereo-scopic and HD visual effects for a fast-paced broadcast environment. You will have hands-on visual effects experience, gained from compositing on Nuke. The projects that you will be working on will range from simple logo animations, through promos to high-end title sequences, channel Idents, and complex visual effects work.

You will be involved in the research and implementation of advanced Stereoscopic 3DTV visual effects workflow.

You will self-manage small projects and support senior artists on larger projects. Duties will include – motion graphics compositing, 3D and visual effects compositing. You will be able to show that you have built effective relationships with, and be able to take direction from clients and are able to disseminate required information and seek support as needed. You will have independently managed your contribution within a pre-determined time frame.

Along the way, developing collaborative relationships with Designers, Directors, Creative Directors and all internal departments to ensure the visual effects workflow is efficient and produces the level of work expected.

To apply for this role please go to www.workforsky.com and complete an online application form

Sky – Believe in Better

Close date 6th February

Please note that candidates invited to interviews will be required to bring a showreel demonstrating their work.