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Environment Surfacing Senior Artist

Community Of Madrid, Spain (Hybrid)

Environment Surfacing Senior Artist

5 Months ago • 5 Years +

About the job

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Senior Environment Surfacing Artist with 5+ years of experience in VFX or animation, expertise in Arnold, Substance, and UV creation.

Skydance offers a dynamic, inclusive, and ever-evolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed, and growth fostered. The partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements are demonstrated within each pillar of the company. At the heart of it all is a commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling.

While all Animation studios look to hire people who are creative and hard-working, Skydance Animation is specifically looking for pioneers who seek to push the limits of what the world’s most collaborative art form can achieve, and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio that’s doing something different.

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An Environment Surfacing Senior Artist works with the Production team, Art Director, Environment Supervisor and Visual Effects Supervisor to create the desired look for the environment that may reflect any of a wide variety of styles.

Responsibilities

Paints stylized and/or realistic textures from concepts following the look of the show.
Creates procedural textures from Substance designer.
Ability to create, adapt, and iterate, within a variety of artistic styles.
Ability to properly research and work independently in absence of concept art.
Understands and translates the vision of the Production Designer into the look of the movie.
Keeps up on current artistic methodologies and on technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment.
Clearly understands UVs and texture layout.
Possess the ability to create procedural shaders.
Follows accurately references and directions to create the desired look of a surface.
Ability to troubleshoot and create templates or tools.
Works together with the team providing them with support, guidance and instruction in areas that contribute towards their artistic and professional growth.
Follows the Supervisor’s and Lead's guidance.
Collaborating with Modeling/Set Dressing/Lighting counterparts by understanding needs, establishing, and respecting requirements of environment and assets.
Ability to adapt to an alive workflow and changes.

Requirements

5+ years in VFX or animation industries.
3+ years in the animation industry.
High experience in Arnold and/or Renderman.
High experience in Substance package and/or Mari.
Shows strong artistic or/and technical aptitude related to 3D animation or VFX.
Possesses deep knowledge of creating UVs.
Knowledge of lighting, modeling, and optimization.
Strong artistic or/and technical aptitude related to 3D animation.
Management of large scenes, huge locations, or complex sequences.
Knowledge of Houdini, Solaris or Katana is desirable.
USD and/or OSL knowledge is a plus.
Knowledge in vegetation workflow (instances and scatter) is a plus.
Understanding of displacement workflow (maps and geo output) is a plus.
High English level desirable.
Spanish desirable.

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Skydance is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building and fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce. We welcome and consider applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy status, military/veteran status, disability, or any other protected category. Diversity in the workplace is not just a commitment, it is who we are and a reflection of what makes our world special.

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About Skydance Media

Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, and interactive platforms. Its feature films include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, LIFE, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and True Grit. Skydance’s upcoming film releases include Top Gun: Maverick, Gemini Man, The Old Guard, 6 Underground and the nwe untitled Terminator film. In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance Television launched in 2013. Its current slate includes Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie on Netflix, Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack Ryan on Amazon, and Condor on AT&T Audience Network. Skydance Interactive launched in 2016 to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Interactive recently debuted its first original title – Archangel, a story-driven VR shooter.

About Skydance Interactive

Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality games. The division of Skydance Media was launched in 2016 through the acquisition of The Workshop Entertainment. Skydance Interactive’s first VR offering is Archangel, launched on July 18th 2017. Skydance Interactive in 2017 partnered with Skybound Entertainment to develop a number of original virtual reality video games based on the expansive world of The Walking Dead universe. The Walking Dead VR game will be the inaugural co-developed title from both companies. The studio is located in Marina del Rey, CA.

About Animation

In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance’s first three animated features are Luck, Split (working title), and Powerless (working title). Luck, directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, is a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects our daily lives. Split, directed by Vicky Jenson (Shrek) and written by Linda Woolverton, tells the story of Elian, a teenager who comes of age using her magical powers to defend her family when the opposing forces of light and darkness threaten to divide her kingdom. Nathan Greno (Tangled) is set to direct Powerless. The studio is located in Los Angeles, CA.