CG Supervisor

2 Hours ago • 4-8 Years • Animation

Job Summary

Job Description

As a CG Supervisor at DNEG, you'll lead teams of artists in producing pre-production CG assets, setting up shot pipelines, and delivering final CG elements for feature films. You'll interpret creative aims within budget, ensuring clear communication between artists, production, technology, and other departments. Responsibilities include technical leadership, contributing to bidding and crewing, providing feedback on crew and pipeline, and collaborating with the Creative Director to shape future pipelines. This requires extensive experience in high-end feature film VFX, proficiency in Maya, Houdini, Arnold rendering, and the ability to solve complex problems efficiently. The role demands strong leadership, communication, and creative problem-solving skills.
Must have:
  • CG Supervisor experience on high-end feature film
  • Experience selling creative solutions
  • Thorough understanding of animation pipeline
  • Collaboration with R&D teams
  • Expert in Maya, Houdini, Arnold
Good to have:
  • Unreal Engine experience
  • Coding experience (Python)

Job Details

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Chez ReDefine Originals, nos superviseurs CG sont le ciment qui relie nos projets. Ils sont essentiels à la réalisation de nos spectacles et nous comptons beaucoup sur eux pour assurer la direction technique. 

Il leur incombe d'interpréter et de mettre en œuvre les objectifs créatifs du directeur et des superviseurs créatifs dans le respect du budget.

En tant que superviseur CG, vous superviserez une équipe d'artistes talentueux pendant qu'ils produisent des actifs CG de préproduction, qu'ils mettent en place un pipeline de plans fonctionnel et qu'ils livrent avec succès les éléments CG pour les plans de votre projet. Vous dirigerez techniquement les équipes tout au long des spectacles, en veillant à ce que la communication soit bonne et claire à tout moment entre les artistes, les équipes de production, les équipes technologiques et les superviseurs de département. Vous contribuerez à l'appel d'offres et à la constitution de l'équipe pour votre projet, et vous fournirez de manière proactive des informations sur l'équipe et le pipeline.

Le superviseur CG travaillera en étroite collaboration avec le directeur de la création afin d'orienter le pipeline pour l'avenir. 


Vous devez avoir 

  • Expérience en tant que superviseur CG, superviseur de département principal ou superviseur de séquence sur au moins un long métrage haut de gamme.
  • Expérience de la vente de solutions et d'idées créatives aux clients et aux superviseurs VFX créatifs.
  • Capacité à réduire des problèmes complexes à leurs solutions les plus simples.
  • Compréhension approfondie de l'ensemble du pipeline d'animation
  • Expérience avérée de la collaboration avec les équipes de R&D, et capacité à fournir, tester et déployer les spécifications de nouveaux outils dans un environnement de production.
  • Capacité à respecter les délais sous pression
  • Expert en Maya, Houdini et rendu en Arnold.


Atouts

  • Expérience de travail avec Unreal Engine
  • Expérience de codage (Python de préférence)


À propos de vous 

  • Vous avez fait vos preuves en tant que chef d'équipe et possédez de grandes qualités de motivation et d'initiative.
  • Excellent communicateur
  • Souci du détail reconnu 
  • Astuces techniques et créatives
  • Excellent jugement esthétique
  • Grande capacité d'organisation

Veuillez noter qu’il s’agit d’un poste syndiqué qui sera couvert par une convention collective entre DNEG et l’IATSE dans les mois à venir. En tant qu’employé syndiqué, vous devrez adhérer au syndicat et bénéficierez des conditions établies dans la convention collective. Des cotisations syndicales seront exigées une fois la convention collective en place.


 

At ReDefine Originals, our CG Supervisors are the glue that hold projects together. They are vital to the delivery of our shows and we rely on them heavily to provide technical leadership.

It is their responsibility to interpret and implement the creative aims of the Director and Creative Supervisors within budget.

As a CG Supervisor, you will oversee a team of talented artists as they produce Pre-Production, CG assets, set up a working shot pipeline, and successfully deliver CG elements for the shots on your project. You will technically lead the teams throughout the shows, ensuring that good and clear communication occurs at all times between the artists, production teams, technology teams, and department supervisors. You will contribute to the bidding and crewing for your project, and proactively provide feedback on crew and the pipeline.

The CG Supervisor will work closely with the Creative Director to steer the pipeline for the future. 

Must Have 

  • Experience as a CG Supervisor, Senior Department Supervisor or Sequence Supervisor on a minimum of one high-end feature film
  • Experience selling creative solutions and ideas to clients and Creative VFX Supervisors
  • Ability to reduce complex problems to their most simple solutions
  • Thorough understanding of the complete Animation pipeline
  • Proven history of collaborating with R&D teams, and the ability to provide, test and deploy new tool specifications in a production environment
  • Ability to meet deadlines under pressure
  • Expert in Maya, Houdini and rendering in Arnold

Nice to Have

  • Experience working in Unreal Engine
  • Coding experience (Python preferred)


About You 

  • Proven team leader with strong motivational and initiative qualities
  • Excellent communicator
  • Recognised attention to detail 
  • Technically and creatively astute
  • Excellent aesthetic judgment
  • Highly organised 

 

Please note that this is a unionized position and will be covered by a collective agreement between DNEG and IATSE, in the coming months. As a unionized employee, you will be required to join the union and will benefit from the conditions set out in the collective agreement. Union dues will be required once the collective agreement is in place.


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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