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As a VFX Supervisor at Black Kite, you will lead creative excellence from pitch to delivery. You will utilize your deep knowledge of the VFX industry and pipeline to provide creative leadership to a team working on high-end VFX projects, ensuring outstanding VFX work on time and within budget. Responsibilities include pitching for projects, supervising on-set, mentoring talent, and contributing to pipeline discussions. You will be a brand ambassador for BLACK KITE, attending industry events.

Black Kite is an independent creative studio offering world-class visual effects and design. We are a talent-first, technology-inspired studio.Our community is home to a collective of top-tier talent. A group of artists, creators, designers, producers and technologists that have come together to make exceptional artistic visual content.THE ROLEAs a VFX Supervisor at Black Kite you are responsible for delivering creative excellence from pitch through to delivery. Using your deep working knowledge of the VFX industry and pipeline, you will provide creative leadership to the team working across the entire VFX pipeline, on a broad range of high end VFX projects. You will deliver outstanding VFX work on time and on budget. You will be a key part of the Pitching process, helping to win work and foster strong and lasting client relationships. You will supervise projects on-set. We are committed to supporting you and your ongoing career development. We will work closely with you to establish your personal progression plan. Together we are investing in the future and your career will grow without limits. At Black Kite you are never on your own. This is a senior position with influence. Your responsibilities include: <ul> <li>Create OUTSTANDING creative work </li> <li>Work with the Production team to pitch for and win projects whilst seeking opportunities to develop client relationships. </li> <li>Take ownership when pitching and bidding on projects to execute high end creative treatments. </li> <li>Lead and inspire teams of VFX artists to success across a wide range of high end VFX projects. </li> <li>Provide on-set VFX Supervision. </li> <li>Support and mentor our creative talent. </li> <li>Deliver client feedback clearly and constructively to your team. </li> <li>Deliver projects that look visually outstanding on time and on budget. </li> <li>Contribute to discussions relating to the VFX pipeline and creative workflows. </li> <li>Inspire a culture of creative innovation. </li> <li>You are a brand ambassador for BLACK KITE – attend industry events and awards shows. </li> </ul> Why YOU? <ul> <li>You have significant experience delivering outstanding VFX work across Commercials, TV and/or film </li> <li>You have vast experience supervising teams of artists to success </li> <li>You have experience working with and delivering projects for high profile directors and clients </li> <li>You have a great understanding of the whole VFX pipeline </li> <li>You have production experience with Flame and / or Nuke </li> <li>You have significant on-set VFX Supervision experience </li> <li>You are a great problem solver and enjoy troubleshooting </li> <li>You are a team-player with a positive can-do attitude </li> <li>You are a confident communicator – both with clients and internal teams </li> <li>You are passionate about providing creative solutions and delivering creative excellence. </li> <li>You are ambitious and keen to learn and always look for opportunities to expand your skills. </li> <li>You enjoy and are experienced with mentoring talent </li> </ul> <ul> </ul>

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