Hasta La Motion!

Sauce is a well established Wellington based production and post production company. We run a tight team of designers, editors, producers and directors and offer services across the board for film and television. Our offices in Thorndon Quay are situated only minutes from Wellington’s thriving commercial centre. We offer a friendly and creative team environment with great conditions and an atmosphere of support and collaboration.

The successful applicant will already be living in Australia or New Zealand or be able to present themselves at our head offices in Wellington for an interview.

We are currently seeking an intermediate Flame artist to join us here at Sauce. The ideal candidate will have the following skills:

• Great personal manner with strengths in putting clients at ease and being able to interpret their needs quickly and effectively.
• A minimum of 3 years experience in an online Flame role.
• A strong knowledge of rotoscoping, compositing, grading and finishing.
• A strong design sense including typography, colour and an understanding of professional design trends.
• Ability to work both solo and as part of the design team.
• Able to assess workflow requirements and accurately predict timelines and necessary resources to achieve desired outcomes.
• Ability to lead other Autodesk artists in team projects.

Other skills of value are:

• Lustre grading experience.
• Smoke Experience
• DI Understanding.
• Familiarity with Adobe™ Photoshop, After Effects, illustrator and similar software.
• A strong motion graphics/design background.
• Knowledge of Film compositing and VFX design and creation.

Our ideal candidate will want to be part of our growing team, be able to lead when necessary as well as being able to follow a tight brief when called for. You will be happy to share your knowledge with our design team and want to contribute your ideas in an open forum.

Sauce offers a comfortable working environment, an energetic group of colleagues and a competitive industry rate commensurate with experience.

You will have a CV showing your previous professional roles and a list of referees from those roles that we can contact. The successful applicant will be a currently living in Wellington or are prepared to relocate. You should already be able to work in New Zealand with proof that you are holding all valid visas and work permits prior to apply for this position or your application will not be considered.

All applications in the first instance by email to Marten Coombe, VFX Producer via email jobs@sauce.co.nz.