Creature Supervisor

6 Months ago • 5-10 Years

Job Summary

Job Description

DNEG seeks a Creature Supervisor with proven high-end feature film VFX experience, expertise in Maya, strong visual and artistic skills, and leadership qualities. You'll oversee creature development, supervise teams, and ensure high-quality results.
Must have:
  • Feature Film VFX
  • Creature Specialization
  • Maya Expertise
  • Leadership Qualities
Good to have:
  • Programming Skills
  • Ziva Experience
  • Houdini Experience
  • USD Experience
Perks:
  • Team Collaboration
  • Mentoring Opportunities

Job Details

Description

Position at DNEG

The Creature Supervisor will oversee the development of all manner of CG creatures from design and build stage to final render. All through the process you will be supervising the pipeline and providing direction on architecture and methods, working with the Head of Creature and the Pipeline team to improve departmental efficiency.

You will be communicating with the other departments, while ensuring effective collaboration between your Creature TDs and related teams within the pipeline. A key facet of your role will be leading and mentoring your team through technical and creative challenges, to ensure only the best quality results are delivered by your. You will lead by example in implementing key challenging work yourself, and with on-the-spot guidance, as well as through planned training schemes implemented by you with our in-house trainers

 

Must Have 
  • Proven high-end feature film VFX experience, featuring major creatures/characters on multiple projects
  • Thorough knowledge of most areas of creature specialisation
  • Full working knowledge of Maya
  • Need to be comfortable with the more technical aspects of creature work, and have strong, critical visual and artistic skills
  • Familiarity with pipeline issues and a typical creature heavy post production environment
  • Strong leadership qualities with proven ability and experience supervising teams

 

Desirable 

  • Programming or scripting skills (MEL, Python, VEX)
  • Experience with Ziva, Houdini and USD
  • Experience creating crowd simulations 
About You 
  • Organised, pro-active and a self-starter
  • A team player and clear communicator, and a keenness for collaboration
  • A team leader, approachable and personable, with strong motivational qualities
  • Adaptable and with a willingness to learn new skills and techniques – including proprietary software
  • Calm under pressure and committed to meet production deadlines 
  • A positive, can-do attitude

 


About Us
We are DNEG, one of the world’s leading visual effects and animation companies for the creation of award-winning feature film, television, and multiplatform content. We employ more than 9,000 people with worldwide offices and studios across North America (Los Angeles, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver), Europe (London), Asia (Bangalore, Mohali, Chennai, Mumbai) and Australia (Sydney).

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About The Company

DNEG is a world-leading visual entertainment services company for the creation of feature film, television, and multiplatform content, with worldwide offices and studios across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

 

DNEG’s critically acclaimed work has earned the company seven Academy Awards® for Best Visual Effects and numerous BAFTA, Primetime EMMY® Awards and VES Awards for its high-quality VFX work. 


Visit www.dneg.com for DNEG’s current and upcoming projects on behalf of Hollywood and global studio and production company.

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