Talent Pool - FX Artists

1 Month ago • 3 Years + • Technical Art

Job Summary

Job Description

This role involves collaborating closely with the FX Supervisor to creatively solve effects challenges and develop the final shot look. Responsibilities include delivering all elements efficiently for pipeline integration, working with other TDs and artists on photo-real effects and physically accurate simulations, and prioritizing tasks with production management. The position requires creative problem-solving to achieve art direction for each shot, anticipating and troubleshooting technical and creative issues. Experience with Houdini, rigid body and particle dynamics, volume modeling, procedural geometry, and fluid dynamics are essential. Proficiency in FX techniques, workflows, and scripting languages (VEX/Python) is needed, along with knowledge of NUKE or similar compositing software.
Must have:
  • 3+ years experience in film/TV
  • Expert Houdini knowledge
  • Rigid body & particle dynamics
  • Volume modeling & rendering
  • Procedural geometry & fluid dynamics
  • NUKE or compositing package
  • Good communication skills
Good to have:
  • VEX/Python scripting

Job Details

Primary responsibilities:

  • Working closely with the FX Supervisor to creatively solve effects challenges and develop final shot look.
  • Deliver all elements in a structured way that allows efficient integration into the pipeline.
  • Working with other TD’s and artists to create photo-real effects and physically accurate simulations
  • Working with production management to prioritize tasks.
  • Creatively solve problems and achieve art direction for a shot.
  • Anticipate, communicate and troubleshoot any creative and/or technical problems

Requirements:

  • Minimum 3+ years experience in the feature movie and/or television industry.
  • Expert working knowledge of Houdini Software.
  • Experience with rigid body and particle dynamics, volume modelling and rendering, procedural geometry generation and fluid dynamics
  • Proficient knowledge of FX techniques and workflows.
  • Familiarity with one or more coding /scripting languages (VEX/Python/etc…)
  • Good knowledge of NUKE and/or other compositing package.
  • Good communication, organizational, time management and interpersonal skills.
  • B2 Level of English
  • Eligible to work in Spain



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About The Company

El Ranchito is the leading Spanish-speaking European company in the field of visual effects for film, television and advertising. Created in 2004, it has offices in Madrid and Barcelona, with a staff of more than 200 professionals recognized in the international industry for their participation in series such as Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, The Mandalorian, Carnival Row, Five Days at Memorial, Lost in Space, Westworld, Shadow and Bone, Locke & Key or See, and in films such as Society of The Snow, A Monster Calls, The Impossible and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, by J.A. Bayona.


Our work has been awarded with two Emmy, six VES from the Visual Effects Society, two HPA from the Hollywood Professional Association, one Excellence Award from the European Film Awards, one Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts, ten Goyas and fourth Gaudí Awards.


El Ranchito is part of the international visual effects group Pitch Black Company, which also includes FuseFX, FOLKS and Rising Sun Pictures. Pitch Black employs more than 1,400 people worldwide, spread across 13 locations in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Saguenay, Adelaide, Brisbane, Bogota, Madrid, Barcelona and Mumbai.

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