CG & 2D FX Supervisor

3 Months ago • All levels • 2D Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Flying Bark Productions seeks an experienced CG & 2D FX Supervisor to join their Sydney studio. Responsibilities include collaborating with creative supervisors to establish the FX style, supervising and producing 3D & 2D effects, mentoring the effects team, managing performance, maintaining an effects library, developing workflows, meeting deadlines, and participating in lookdev and rendering. The role requires proficiency in Maya, Houdini, Nuke, and Katana; experience with 2D FX is a bonus. The ideal candidate is a team player with strong problem-solving, communication, and adaptability skills.
Must have:
  • Proficient in Maya, Houdini, Nuke, and Katana
  • Experience in supervising and producing 3D & 2D effects
  • Strong team player with excellent communication skills
  • Ability to mentor and manage a team
  • Meets deadlines and manages workflow effectively
Good to have:
  • Experience with 2D FX
  • Experience with Katana for rendering
Perks:
  • Industry-leading studio space
  • Daily breakfast
  • Cake days, movie nights, wrap parties
  • Culture club and social calendar
  • Hybrid work model
  • Career development opportunities
  • Mental health resources and free counselling

Job Details

Flying Bark Productions is a dynamic and innovative animation studio dedicated to pushing the boundaries of character animation and storytelling. We are working on exciting projects such as Avatar: The Last Airbender feature film, Netflix's Stranger Things animated series, as well as our production Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan. 

We’re looking for an experienced CG & 2D FX Supervisor to join our studio in Sydney, Australia to work on a highly anticipated Animated Series.

About the role:

  • Work closely with the creative Supervisors to establish and drive the unique FX style of the series
  • Supervise and produce scene specific and/or reusable 3D & 2D effects for the Program/s that fulfils the creative standards of the project as advised by the creative Supervisor/s
  • Direct, inspire and mentor all crew assigned to the effects department
  • Carry out regular performance management with effects crew, guided by Talent Managers
  • Review work daily and provide clear feedback to the crew to ensure that the creative and technical requirements for the Program is maintained
  • Direct and maintain an effects library in order to set the style and benchmark of the series as well as aid in reusing as much as possible to maintain efficiency
  • Clearly understand the creative requirements of the Program and help develop workflows and techniques that will ensure that these requirements are met
  • Work to deadlines as briefed by the Production crew, ensuring that any pressure points in the schedule are planned for
  • Lookdev of effects to explore and establish new effects
  • Generation of compatible caches to export into various software including Katana, Maya, Houdini and Nuke
  • Rendering effects as show compatible image format elements to insert into comp
  • Effects to include the full range of customary CG effects including particles, fluids, destruction and also particle systems to drive crowd cycle paths, as well as bespoke 2D FX
  • Establishment of successful working relationships with key members of production and crew
  • Assist in driving the company FX pipeline forward in step with other supervisors


About you:

  • Be able to work within a team and maintain good team dynamics
  • Ability to problem solve and predict potential problems with assigned tasks 
  • Ability to self manage and complete tasks within production deadlines
  • Communicate and seek information when necessary
  • Be adaptable, flexible and responsive to changes
  • Experience producing effects using Maya
  • Proficient in Houdini
  • Ability to composite in Nuke
  • Experience using Katana for rendering
  • Experience in implementing 2D FX is a bonus


What do we do? 

Flying Bark Productions is a renowned independent producer of family-focused animation entertainment. For over 50 years, our 2D and 3D production facility has created award-winning feature films and TV series. 


Why work with us? 

  • We work on some pretty cool projects - check out our website: https://www.flyingbark.com.au/ 
  • We have an industry leading studio space in Alexandria, complete with a cinema, quiet room, Zen Garden, games room, and state of the art animation facilities. 
  • Breakfast is served daily - on us! 
  • We have cake days, movie nights, wrap parties & a culture club dedicated to coordinating our busy social calendar! 
  • The Barkers have big hearts too, with our Paws for a Cause fundraising arm raising much needed funds for charities such as Beyond Blue, RSPCA and the Cancer Council. 
  • We love dogs and you will often see some of our regular fluffy companions in the studio. 
  • We have a hybrid approach to work with flexible work from home days on offer.
  •  Career development is important to us so we offer training and support opportunities whenever possible. 
  • Our employees say our culture is the best they've ever experienced - everyone is welcome and celebrated! 
  • You'll have access to mental health resources and free counselling via our Employee Assistance Provider Support Act. 

Flying Bark Productions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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