Hasta La Motion!

MPC is one of the world’s leading postproduction facilities creating high-end digital visual effects for the advertising, music, television and feature film industries. The company works with and continually invests in new technologies, and a key part of the organization is the Systems team that develops and maintains the infrastructure on which all the visual effects are created.

There is currently a vacancy for the position of Engineer. Reporting to the Chief Engineer, this role offers the successful candidate unlimited potential to advance technical skills, offers experience with state-of-the-art technology and opportunity to learn from specialist digital media colleagues.

The Engineer works in collaboration with VFX Supervisors, Compositing Supervisors, 3D Animators and Production staff to advise management and clients on the development of visual effects solutions from pre-production through final shot delivery.

Primary Responsibilities include:

• Ensure systems run reliably and perform as required
• Work with the team to design, develop and implement/install software tools and programs to achieve the desired functionality of the production stages
• Work with the Systems team to develop tools and systems to increase efficiency of the systems infrastructure
• Identify upcoming requirements, recommend and implement solutions
• Provide technical support for VFX Artists using mainly Linux workstations
• Take ownership of and assist the team with various evaluation, installation, development and decommissioning projects
• Keep abreast of latest developments in data based workflows, knowledge of audio and video systems, Autodesk products as well as working practices of high-end commercial postproduction
• Artist support: oversee deployment of workstations, calibration of monitors, general IT issues (email, Internet access…)
• Manage preventative maintenance schedules
• Act as an expert resource on equipment issues
• Work with Producers, Artists and Operations to understand individual projects and advise on strategies to streamline services and achieve client objectives within budget and technical limitations

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering. Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• A minimum of 3 years UNIX/Linux, Mac OS X and Windows system administration experience
• Knowledge of programming with C/C++ and scripting languages such as Python, bash, tcsh, and Perl
• Understanding of technologies such as MySQL, NFS, Apache, Subversion and RPM
• Engineering level knowledge of standard CG and compositing applications (Maya, Houdini, Mental Ray, Flame, Nuke …)
• Experience with render farms and queuing systems
• A good grasp of storage and networking concepts and techniques, computer hardware and operating system
• Able to develop and enhance any aspect of the production and editing systems
• Integrate off the shelf and custom applications into production pipelines
• Excellent communication, people skills, and team working skills
• Capacity to manage a busy workload with high productivity

The above are minimum requirements. Resumes from more experienced candidates are welcome. Compensation and responsibilities will depend on experience/qualifications.

EOE M/F/D/V

If you are interested and meet the above qualifications, please send resumes to:TDP.Recruitment@technicolor.com

Our Leaders are expatriate artists, managers, and former group leaders from leading VFX Companies.
We have a decidely unique and relaxed yet exciting, entrepreneurial atmosphere
that emphasizes Research and Development in Artistic and Scientific Fields.

We are looking for like minded and spirited artists to join our team immediately.

We are filling several lead, senior, mid and junior positions for two high profile 3d Stereo feature film projects,
each of which are unique opportunities to join and contribute to our cutting edge VFX team.

We’re looking for artists who are not only great at their craft,
but are also capable of training, critiquing and mentoring other artists.

Matte Painter

Requirements:

* Ability to break a complex task into simpler subtasks
* Unforgiving attention to detail, strong image composition skills and a photographic eye
* Proficient in one or more tools like Nuke, Maya, Blender and Houdini to create virtual worlds
* Vue 3D experience is a huge plus
* Strong traditional and digital painting skills
* Proficient in Adobe Photoshop
* 3D matchmoving ability is a plus
* Excellent communication skills
* +3 years of experience
* Ability to work in a team environment.

Salary commensurate with experience
All openings are immediate
Local applications only, relocation cost are not covered for these positions
Must be eligible to work in the US.

How to Apply:

Each Application should include:
*Subject Line: Matte Painter
*Resume in plain text ( no attachments ), just copy and paste as text into email
*Links to imdb, online reel.

Do not send attachments

Email : hr@gradientfx.com

Gradient Effects LLC
Attn: Matte Painter
4120 Del Rey Ave , CA 90292, USA .

Our Leaders are expatriate artists, managers, and former group leaders from leading VFX Companies.
We have a decidely unique and relaxed yet exciting, entrepreneurial atmosphere
that emphasizes Research and Development in Artistic and Scientific Fields.

We are looking for like minded and spirited artists to join our team immediately.

We are filling several lead, senior, mid and junior positions for two high profile 3d Stereo feature film projects, each of which are unique opportunities to join and contribute to our cutting edge VFX team.

We’re looking for artists who are not only great at their craft, but are also capable of training, critiquing and mentoring other artists.

Maya/Houdini Effects Developer/Artist

Requirements:

* Strong vector, matrix, vector field ( CFD ) and physics math skills with the ability to derive unique solutions to novel effects problems
* Ability to break a complex task into simpler subtasks
* a good understanding of computer resources, like memory and storage
* expert production knowledge
* Unforgiving attention to detail and strong image composition skills
* Ability to create custom python, mel or hscripts scripts
* Understanding of a float-based and 10bit log based color pipeline
* Python Shell and Linux OS scripting
* +3 years of production experience is a plus
* Renderman shading language and expert knowledge of the Renderman Interface ( RIB )
* C and C++ is plus ( Maya API or Houdini SDK )
* excellent communication skills
* Ability to work in a team environment

Salary commensurate with experience
All openings are immediate
Local applications only, relocation cost are not covered for these positions
Must be eligible to work in the US.

How to Apply:

Each Application should include:
*Subject Line: Maya / Houndini FX Developer
*Resume in plain text ( no attachments ), just copy and paste as text into email
*Links to imdb, online reel.

Do not send attachments

Email : hr@gradientfx.com

Gradient Effects LLC
Attn: Maya / Houndini FX Developer
4120 Del Rey Ave , CA 90292, USA .

Our Leaders are expatriate artists, managers, and former group leaders from leading VFX Companies.
We have a decidely unique and relaxed yet exciting, entrepreneurial atmosphere
that emphasizes Research and Development in Artistic and Scientific Fields.

We are looking for like minded and spirited artists to join our team immediately.

We are filling several lead, senior, mid and junior positions for two high profile 3d Stereo feature film projects, each of which are unique opportunities to join and contribute to our cutting edge VFX team.

We’re looking for artists who are not only great at their craft, but are also capable of training, critiquing and mentoring other artists.

senior Matchmovers

Requirements:

* Strong vector, matrix, and 3D math skills with the ability to derive unique solutions to 3D Stereo Tracking tasks
* Strong knowledge about 3d/3d Stereo perspective projection math required
* Expert knowledge of 3D Equalizer or PFTrack
* Manual matchmoving experience using lidar data is a plus
* Ability to break a complex task into simpler subtasks
* Python Shell and Linux OS scripting is a plus
* +3 years of production experience is a plus
* excellent communication skills
* Ability to work in a team environment.

Salary commensurate with experience
All openings are immediate
Local applications only, relocation cost are not covered for these positions
Must be eligible to work in the US.

How to Apply:

Each Application should include:
*Subject Line: Senior Matchmover
*Resume in plain text ( no attachments ), just copy and paste as text into email
*Links to imdb, online reel.

Do not send attachments

Email : hr@gradientfx.com

Gradient Effects LLC
Attn: Senior Matchmover
4120 Del Rey Ave , CA 90292, USA .

Guru studio, the award winning and internationally renowned animation facility in Toronto is looking for a Lighting Artist (GPU Based) to join our team for an upcoming 3D video game inspired series show for teens.

Responsibilities:

• Work directly in Mach Studio to ensure the look and feel of the show are up to standard and consistent
• Working directly in Mach Studio pro, setting up shaders/tweaking lights, and working with the director to perfect the look of shots
• Work with the Art and Programming team to solve technical challenges within given constraints and visual requirements

Requirements/Skills:

• Proven industry experience as an Environment or Lighting Artist
• Wide understanding of lighting/rendering technologies (GPU rendering, Normal/Displacement maps, etc.)
• Familiar with Autodesk Maya and Adobe Photoshop in addition to an implicit ability to learn new tools
• Strong background in traditional art and/or photography
• Ability to work with minimal direction

Qualities and Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years experience is required
• Python Programming abilities an asset
• Fun, trustworthy and chill

Please send only online portfolios/blogs to:
email hireme@gurustudio.com
Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada and *for income tax purposes applicants must have been a resident in Ontario during 2009* Guru Studio is an equal opportunity employer.