Lead Crowd Artist

This is a Full Time Job

As a Lead Crowd Artist, you will be responsible for leading a team of crowd artists in producing advanced VFX crowd setup and shots for a variety of scenarios. Our ideal candidate is a team player, with excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, and is able to effectively communicate with your peers and the Production Leadership team on schedules, deadlines, and shot sequence feedback.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead and manage a team of Crowd artists, providing guidance, feedback and technical support
• Collaborate closely with Crowd department Supervisor/s and show Supervisor/s to maintain a high standard of quality and consistency across all crowd work in the project
• Establish ongoing communication with production and supervisors regarding project schedules, deadlines and shot/sequence feedback
• Troubleshoot and problem-solve complex crowd issues
• Attend all relevant meetings on shots, sequence, production and internal team development
• Create digital crowd behaviors and simulations to achieve the look, movement, and style envisioned

Qualifications
• Minimum four (4) years of crowd experience in live-action visual effects for feature films, episodic or similar production environments with strong portfolio showcasing a range of crowd setup and shot work
• Expert knowledge of Houdini crowd is required
• Experience with Golaem is strongly preferred
• Proven experience in a leadership or supervisory role for crowd teams preferred
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision; strong troubleshooting ability and an artistic eye to crowd behaviors
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Experience with mocap retargeting in Maya or MotionBuilder is a plus
• Experience working with a USD based pipeline is a plus
• Familiarity with scripting languages is a plus (Python/VEX)