Jobs

Scholarships

Courses

Companies

Placements

Community

Home >

Jobs >

Visual Effects General Interest (SIGGRAPH 2024)

Oregon, United States (On-site)

Visual Effects General Interest (SIGGRAPH 2024)

5 Months ago • All levels • Technical Art

About the job

4 skills required for this role

Test your skills to join the top 1% applicants for this job

lighting-shading

rigging

storytelling

real-time-vfx

Job Description

Visual Effects General Interest at LAIKA, seeking talented artists with passion for high-end CG and seamless integration into stop motion.

Must have:

CG Asset Development
Look Development
Rigging
Layout

Good to have:

Lighting & Effects
Compositing
Roto/Paint
Production Management

Perks:

Industry Veterans
Unique Perspectives

Not hearing back from companies?

Unlock the secrets to a successful job application and accelerate your journey to your next opportunity.

About the job

LAIKA’s VFX department is a diverse team of talented artists focusing on creating high end CG elements that seamlessly integrates into our stop motion world. Our end-to-end VFX pipeline focuses on providing innovative solutions to support and lift our stories, while collaborating with our stop motion teams to create enduring films with state of the art VFX technology.

Our VFX Department Is Comprised Of Industry Veterans And Talented Artists Just Starting Off In Their Careers, Enabling Us To Infuse Unique Perspectives And Experiences In Our Approach To LAIKA Storytelling. This Team Includes, But Is Not Limited To The Following Artists

CG Asset Development: Modeling, Look Dev, Rigging

Layout: Previs, Survey, Matchmove, Scanning

CG Lighting & Effects

Compositing & Roto/Paint

Production Management

If you are interested in future VFX opportunities with our team of artists and innovators, please submit an application and a member of our recruiting team will be in touch.

Please review our EMPLOYMENT DISCLAIMER and MATERIALS SUBMISSION AGREEMENT.

View Full Job Description

About The Company

LAIKA Studios

3 Active Jobs

Located just outside Portland, Oregon, LAIKA was awarded a Scientific and Technology Oscar® for its innovation in 3D printing in 2016. Its five films - Missing Link (2019); Kubo and the Two Strings (2016); The Boxtrolls (2014); ParaNorman (2012), and Coraline (2009) - were all nominated for Oscars® and PGA Awards as Outstanding Animated Film. Missing Link was the first LAIKA film to win the Golden Globe® for Best Animated Feature and was awarded two Visual Effects Society (VES) awards for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature and Outstanding Animated Character, and received seven Annie Award nominations. Kubo received a second Oscar® nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects and won the BAFTA Award, as well as three Annie Awards, the National Board of Review's Best Animated Feature citation, and 19 regional and critics’ group awards. The Boxtrolls earned Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe Award nominations and 13 Annie Award nominations, more than any other film that year. ParaNorman garnered BAFTA, Critics’ Choice, and GLAAD Media Award nominations, won two Annie Awards, and was cited as the year’s best animated film by 14 critics’ groups. Coraline earned Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Critics’ Choice nominations and was named one of the year’s 10 Best Films by the American Film Institute (AFI). For more information, visit http://www.LAIKA.com.