Senior Grooming Technical Director

This is a Full Time Job

As a Senior Grooming TD , you will create the highest quality grooms, hair shading lookdev for characters of the production.

Responsibilities
• Works within art direction guidelines.
• Creates complex, artistically appealing hairstyles, grooms & surfacing for:
• • human characters
• • furry creatures
• • feathered characters
• • props and elements
• Keep s up on current artistic methodologies and on technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company, in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment .
• Ge t s involved in the development of departmental tools and techniques .
• Works within the established pipeline.
• Works together with the team providing them with support, guidance and instruction in areas that contribute towards their artistic and professional growth.
• Follows supervisor's and lead's guidance .
• Work s closely with production to ensure the desired work is delivered and that deadlines are met .
• Has the a bility to perform multiple tasks, set priorities and problem solve .

Requirements
• 5 years in VFX or animation industries.
• 3 years in the animation industry
• Must have a good understanding of the processes of grooming, surfacing, rendering, simulation.
• Ability to consistently produce high quality grooms and delivering on schedule.
• Strong knowledge of Houdini.
• Depth of knowledge in groom & surfacing tools, renderers (Houdini, Maya, xGen, Yeti, Shave and Haircut, Mari, Substance, Arnold or Renderman).
• Knowledge of CFX and simulation tools a plus (nhair, carbon, vellum).
• Knowledge of Python or C/C++ programming, VEX and Houdini HDA creation is a plus.
• High English level desirable .
• Spanish desirable.

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