FX Supervisor

1 Week ago • 5 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The FX Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the FX team's work, collaborating with production and department heads to meet quality standards, client requirements, and deadlines. This role involves mentoring team members, assessing their strengths, and delegating tasks. The supervisor develops and produces realistic visual effects such as destruction, smoke, fire, and water. They must be responsive to the FX department's needs, identify and communicate them, and follow up with the development team. Responsibilities include reviewing simulations, providing feedback, participating in recruitment, and working with management on department roadmaps. The role also involves suggesting process improvements, exploring new methods to enhance FX results, and managing schedules and expectations with the production team.

Must have:

Minimum five years of experience in live-action FX work
Previous experience in a supervision or lead role
Knowledge of Houdini and/or 3ds Max
Strong experience in creating diverse simulations
Understanding of physics and realistic motion
Exceptional technical skills and ability to learn new software
Ability to manage schedules and expectations
Showcase show management and people management skills
Excellent communication skills
Team player

Good to have:

Compositing experience
Scripting experience

Perks:

Flowline
Thinking Particle
FumeFX
Krakatoa
MAXScript

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Job Details

The FX Supervisor oversees the work delivered by the FX team, working alongside Production and Heads of Departments to ensure then highest quality and that client requirements and deadlines are met. They will act as mentor and help develop their team by assessing the strengths, weaknesses, and interests of each member and delegate tasks accordingly.

Key Responsibilities

Develops and produces a wide variety of realistic visual effects, including but not limited to destruction, smoke, fire, water and the supernatural
Be responsive to the the needs of the FX department, identifies and defines them, communicates them and follows up with the Development team
Reviews simulations based on client requirements and offer feedback in a timely and positive manner
Participates in the FX department’s recruitment effort by reviewing and interviewing candidates
Works with the Director of CG and Department Manager on expanding the department's roadmap
Works within the established pipeline and offers constructive suggestions to improve the process
Helps develop and explore new ways to enhance results and FX team

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Minimum five (5) years of experience in live action FX work and previous experience in a supervision and/or lead role
Creative ability and artistic talent, demonstrated by previous work
Knowledge of Houdini and/or 3ds Max (required)
Strong experience in creating a wide variety of simulations (destruction, atmospheric, fluid, supernatural, etc.)
Understanding of physics, realistic motion, and assorted natural phenomena at different scales
Exceptional technical skills, the ability to learn new software quickly, and a hunger to stay on the leading edge
Strong willingness to grow, learn new methods and share knowledge with others
Ability to manage schedule and expectations alongside with production team
Ability to showcase show management and people management skills while supervising a show
Excellent communication skills and an open mind
Team player able to work in a cooperative, fast-paced environment
Compositing and scripting experience a plus

BONUS SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE

Flowline
Thinking Particle
FumeFX
Krakatoa
MAXScript

About Us

Scanline VFX is an award-winning leader in the visual effects industry with 8 studios worldwide, including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich (will cease to operate by year's end), Seoul, Mumbai and Vancouver. Since our beginning in 1989, we strive to set the highest standard of quality in everything we do. Through innovation, we generate solutions for our clients and raise the bar — both within our workplace and throughout our industry.

We look for explorers, people who are willing to go to new places and are open to testing, learning and iterating as they go. We believe great ideas come from everyone, so we actively encourage team members to ask questions and present their ideas.

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