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Creative Director

1 Month ago • 10 Years + • Editorial

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Job Description

Eyeline Studios seeks a Creative Director to oversee the cinematic aspects of content creation, working closely with creative partners and utilizing in-house technology. This role involves managing projects across physical stage operations, ensuring creative visions are translated into awe-inspiring visuals. Responsibilities include guiding cinematic aspects of content, partnering with leadership on tool and workflow selection, working with stage teams to ensure successful productions, serving as a brand ambassador, staying abreast of industry trends, and contributing innovative content creation approaches. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in cinematic content production, generative AI tools, cinema lighting, VFX, and virtual production tools like Unreal Engine. Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills are essential.

Must have:

10+ years experience as creative leader
Generative AI tools and workflows expertise
Cinema lighting and camera hardware knowledge
VFX and virtual production experience
Excellent communication and collaboration skills

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This role will oversee the aspects of Eyeline’s content creation that are most closely aligned with traditional filmmaking. As part of Eyeline’s Visual Pioneering Group, which collaborates with creative partners from the earliest stages of projects to develop generative content, this position is tasked with achieving a cinematic result in terms of lighting, composition, pacing, and storytelling. This responsibility also includes managing projects within Eyeline’s physical stage operations, such as LED Volume, Volumetric Capture, Light Dome, and more. The ideal candidate will utilize their creative production and technical skills to work closely with creative partners, both in the studio and on productions, to help create groundbreaking imagery. By overseeing the daily output of advanced content creation processes from start to finish, this candidate ensures that creative ideas are transformed into awe-inspiring, cinematic visual content. This individual excels in problem-solving, collaboratively building solutions, and managing complex workflows in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Guide cinematic aspects of all Eyeline content creation, ensuring that creative stakeholders see Eyeline/Scanline as creative partners who are able to achieve their vision with in-house teams and technology
Partner with First Look Team leadership to assist in tool and workflow selection to achieve desired outcome on a per-engagement basis
Work with Stage teams to ensure readiness for, and success of, physical productions of all kinds - from marketing engagements to feature films
Serve as a brand ambassador and representative of Eyeline’s creative identity, speaking at industry events, conferences and in media interactions
Stay abreast of industry trends, new technologies, and creative methodologies, integrating cutting-edge techniques into the company's projects to maintain a competitive edge
Contribute innovative content creation approaches that utilize current and in-development technologies to test limitations and prove out feasibility
Partner with Netflix on creative innovation programs such as the creators program

Qualifications

10+ years of experience as a creative leader overseeing the physical and digital production of cinematic content.
Extensive experience with generative AI tools and workflows
Deep understanding of cinema lighting and camera hardware
Experience with VFX execution, including virtual production tools such as Unreal Engine, is strongly preferred
Ability to communicate with high profile directors and cinematographers, taking complex visions and stories and translating them into visuals
Strong track record of successfully directing feature film and short form content
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building abilities with the ability to engage and inspire diverse teams
High level of adaptability, creativity and problem-solving skills to navigate a fast-paced and evolving industry
Ability to develop deep relationships with a range of production and creative partners
Self-motivated with a proactive and results-driven attitude
Creatively-focused but comfortable with ambiguity and able to work with minimal oversight

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About The Company

Scanline VFX

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Scanline VFX is an award-winning, global leader in the visual effects industry with studios in 7 core locations including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich, Seoul, Stuttgart, and Vancouver. From humble beginnings over 30 years ago, we’ve grown to a team of over 1,200 made up of diverse nationalities from around the world. We believe in the power of storytelling and are committed to helping filmmakers realize their artistic vision. Underpinned by a commitment to innovation, collaboration and long-standing partnerships, we continue to develop innovative tools, techniques and technologies, to offer filmmakers the ultimate in creative freedom. Eyeline Studios, Scanline’s virtual production division, is rethinking the future of real-time filmmaking by providing content creators with unmatched flexibility.

Netflix’s investment in Scanline’s pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce allows Scanline to continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in VFX. In addition to working on projects for Netflix, Scanline continues to work with a variety of long-standing and new clients outside of Netflix.

Established in 1989 in Munich, Scanline became well-known for our ability to create photorealistic natural phenomena such as fire, smoke and water, having developed our proprietary fluid simulation software, Flowline. Scanline was the sole developer of Flowline and in 2008, and was the recipient of a Scientific and Technical Achievement Academy Award® for the software.