Hasta La Motion!

Double Negative is a full-service VFX facility capable of handling projects from initial design through on-set supervision and production to post-production. All key post-production technologies are available in-house to allow for maximum flexibility. Our R&D Department is constantly developing groundbreaking software to ensure we remain at the cutting edge of global VFX.

We have recently finished production on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Captain America: The First Avenger.

We are currently in production on John Carter Of Mars, The Dark Knight Rises, Total Recall and Snow White.

* Job Title: Technical Director – Generalist
* Department: 3D
* Location: London
* Closing Date: N/A
* Reports To: Head of 3D
* Direct Reports: N/A

Key Purpose of the Job

To handle any general 3d tasks required. We would expect a broad knowledge that covers as many areas of 3d as possible, or at least the basics (modelling, texturing, animation, lighting and rendering).

Needs To Do

* Cover the more general 3d tasks such as modelling, animation, texturing, lighting and rendering. At times, they may be asked to learn a proprietary system or a new piece of software, and we would expect them to be flexible enough to handle this

Needs To Know

* Thorough knowledge of the principles of 3D (animation, FX, modelling, texturing, lighting, scripting, shading, rendering, rigging). We appreciate that the candidate may have varying levels of knowledge in these fields
* Full working knowledge of Maya and/or Houdini
* You would need to be comfortable with the more technical aspects of CG work, and have a good sense of the artistic side as well Programming or scripting skills (e.g. mel, python) would be beneficial, but not essential
* Familiarity with pipeline issues and a typical post production environment
* Minimum of 1 years experience on feature films. Experience in other areas of visual effects (TV, games) would also be taken into account

Needs To Be

* Pro-active
* Team oriented
* Adaptable

Measures of Performance

* On time delivery
* Continuous improvement

Please send applications to Holly Simms at 77 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 5DU.

If you have any questions please contact jobs@dneg.com

We look forward to hearing from you!