VFX Supervisor

3 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Animation

Job Summary

Job Description

The VFX Supervisor will lead and inspire a team of artists to deliver high-quality visual effects for feature films and high-end TV shows. Key responsibilities include ensuring visual output meets top standards, managing production schedules and budgets, maintaining effective communication, and supporting team growth and innovation. Collaboration with CG Supervisors on technical aspects and client liaison to meet creative visions are crucial. The role requires strong understanding of lighting, shading, texturing, and compositing, proficiency in software like Maya, Nuke, and Houdini, and proven leadership abilities. Problem-solving skills, excellent communication, flexibility to work under pressure and on set if needed, are essential. The successful candidate will be a detail-oriented, highly organized, technically and creatively skilled individual.
Must have:
  • Lead VFX teams
  • Manage production
  • Excellent communication
  • Proficiency in Maya, Nuke, Houdini
  • High-quality visual output
Perks:
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Wellbeing initiatives
  • Social events

Job Details

Description

Role Overview:

  • Lead and Inspire: Guide a team of artists to deliver high-quality visual effects.
  • Collaborate: Work closely with CG Supervisors on technical and workflow aspects of projects.
  • Communicate: Liaise with clients to ensure their creative vision is met and manage requests and schedules.
  • Contribute: Help recruit and develop new senior team members.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensure visual output meets top standards of quality and creativity.
  • Manage production schedules and budgets.
  • Maintain effective communication within the team and with clients.
  • Support team growth and innovation.

Requirements

What We’re Looking For:

  • Experience: Previous experience as a VFX Supervisor or in a senior supervisor role in feature films or high-end TV shows.
  • Skills: Strong understanding of lighting, shading, texturing, and compositing. Proficiency in software like Maya, Nuke, and Houdini.
  • Leadership: Proven ability to motivate and inspire a team.
  • Problem-Solving: Ability to analyze and solve complex problems creatively.
  • Communication: Excellent client communication and presentation skills.
  • Flexibility: Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and work on set if needed.

Personal Qualities:

  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
  • Inspiring and proactive team leader.
  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
  • Technically and creatively skilled.
  • Highly organized with excellent time management.

About Jellyfish Pictures Ltd:

Since 2001, Jellyfish Pictures Ltd has been a leading provider of animation and visual effects. We've worked on projects like The Book of Boba Fett and various Star Wars movies. Our team has also contributed to TV dramas like BBC's This is Going to Hurt. We're currently partnering with Netflix on a Roald Dahl animated project and working on projects for DreamWorks Animation.

Join our team of talented artists and be part of our exciting journey!

Benefits

Culture

At Jellyfish Pictures, we foster a community of diverse talent to create engaging worlds. We empower our employees to think creatively and collaboratively to achieve common goals. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion ensures that you can focus on your passion in a supportive environment conducive to growth. We're currently pursuing B Corp certification and offer a range of social events, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing initiatives to support our team members.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a recruitment process based solely on merit, without bias towards ethnicity, age, gender, race, disability, sexual orientation/preference, national origin, religion, or any other protected category.

We have both flexible and hybrid working models on offer at Jellyfish Pictures, so whether you are remote, love coming into the studio or a mixture of both we try our best to accommodate a healthy work life balance.

Please do let us know which method of communication works best for you in the questions included in the application, as well as highlighting whether you require any reasonable adjustments to the screening or interview process.

If you would like to keep up to date with all our vacancies, information on projects we are working and want to become part of our wider talent community, please feel free to opt in to our quarterly recruitment newsletter the JellyGram using the below email

optin@jellyfishpictures.co.uk

About Us:

Founded in 2001, Jellyfish Pictures has evolved from a "two-man band" into an internationally recognized operation. Renowned for our world-class animation and VFX, we've garnered multiple awards, including EMMY, BAFTA, and VES Awards, among others.

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About The Company

Founded in 2001, Jellyfish Pictures is a London based BAFTA, Emmy and Annie award winning global Animation and Visual Effects (VFX) studio working with clients that include Disney, Netflix, DreamWorks, Apple TV+, HBO, Sky, the BBC and Amazon.


Our teams work in an inclusive, talent-focussed, collaborative culture where our hybrid set-up allows our visionary artists to work on projects safely, securely and with optimum productivity from all over the world. The company has undergone rapid growth recently, expanding into India and hiring 400+ new artists in 2023 alone.

 

Jellyfish Pictures VFX credits include blockbuster movies such as 'Solo: A Star Wars Story', 'Star Wars: Episode VII - The Last Jedi' and 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, with television projects that include work on 'Stranger Things', 'The Book of Boba Fett', 'Gangs of London', 'Sex Education' and 'The Witcher: Blood Origin', as well as the upcoming series 'Nautilus'.


Jellyfish Pictures has produced high-quality CG animation for feature films 'Spirit Untamed' and 'How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming', plus top-rated children’s animated series; 'Dennis and Gnasher: Unleashed', 'Floogals' and 'Bitz & Bob'.

 

Jellyfish Pictures continues to lead the industry’s acceleration into the virtual studio model with its pioneering achievements in technology recognised as the recipients of the first Broadcast Tech and Innovation award for ‘Excellence in Virtualisation’.


We believe in promoting and joining causes that inspire positive change in our employees, clients, communities, shareholders, and other stakeholders to help drive our business towards a more sustainable future.

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