FX TD

BlueBolt is looking for an FX TD to join our talented team.

The successful applicant will work on an exciting range of upcoming projects.

 Responsibilities:

• Creating particle, rigid-body and fluid simulations

• Applying lighting and shaders to produce the final rendered images or working with a Lighting TD

• High level of experience using FX tools including Maya and Houdini

• Working in partnership with CG team and Supervisors on Show, Sequence or Shot lookdev and execution

• Able to work with the pipeline team to develop tools and techniques, familiarity with common FX issues.

 Experience:

• An excellent knowledge of Houdini and Maya, understanding and use of Nuke for compositing, and Arnold for rendering

• A thorough understanding of the techniques relating to FX simulation and procedural animation

• Previous experience producing effects such as smoke, fire, water, explosions and cloth. Hair and crowd work would be a bonus

• A good understanding of the entire visual effects process

• Strong Vex, hscript and/ or python scripting skills

• Programming skills with C/C++ along with knowledge of the Houdini HDK and/ or Maya API

• Python and Unix shell scripting.

BlueBolt is an award-winning visual effects company. It specialises in compositing, computer graphics and digital matte painting for film and television productions. Over the past fifteen years BlueBolt has worked on many projects including Season One of Game of Thrones, Skyfall, all of Peaky Blinders, The Northman, Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, and Nosferatu. We have won and been nominated for many awards in this time. 

We are a happy collaborative team and welcome applications.