Previs Artist

About ILM

Founded by George Lucas, ILM is the leading effects facility in the world, with studios located in San Francisco, Vancouver, London, Sydney and Mumbai. ILM has created visual effects for over 325 feature films and has played a key role in seven of the top 10 worldwide box-office hits of all time and has contributed to 25 of the top 50. ILM has set the standard for visual effects, creating some of the most stunning images in the history of film. At the forefront of the digital revolution, the company continues to break new ground in visual effects, VR, AR, and Immersive Cinema. You can see some of our current projects .

Your role?

Previs Artists collaborate closely with the Previs Supervisor and VFX Supervisor to design and create shots and sequences ensuring the Director and Clients vision are met through dynamic camera movement, animation, composition, staging, lighting and editing. 

What will you be doing?

• Responsible for the following areas: 

  • Animation+Layout: Designing and animating shots over an entire sequence. 

  • Lighting+Rendering: Preparation of low tech, fast render aesthetic solutions. 

  • Modeling: Building low res set, character or prop assets to convey objects in a scene. 

  • Editing: Compiling of sequences + sound design within Adobe Premiere. 

• Troubleshoot assets and shots, continually looking for and suggesting improvements to increase overall efficiency and productivity

• Maintains or exceeds consistent level of productivity while meeting deadlines and producing high quality work  

• Capable of switching between quality levels of anim from rough blocking & staging to higher polish if and when necessary

• Comfortable communicating and collaborating with other departments across ILM

• Demonstrate flexibility with iterative process

• Take initiative to acquire new skills and think outside of the box

To be a contributing member of this team, you will have a mix of these skills:

• Ideally a Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in Computer Science, computer visualization, or computer animation required.

• 3+ years of experience in visual effects and/or feature animation film

• Proficiency with Linux and Maya

• Advanced problem solving skills

• Experience in animation, previs and/or layout

• A reel demonstrating strong creative and technical ability in photo-realistic 3D with a focus on animation or previs

• Strong sense of composition, animation, blocking, camera movement and cinematic terminology

• Nice to have:

  • Basic knowledge of Nuke, Mari, Arnold, V-Ray, Zbrush and Photoshop 

  • Experience in modeling, rigging, texturing and lighting

JoinILM

This position is with Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLC, which is part of a business segment we call Industrial Light & Magic.

Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.