Water FX Artist

Description

About us

Nerd Corps Entertainment, established in 2002, is one of North America’s largest privately owned animation studios, boasting a diverse portfolio of award-winning original properties such as Slugterra, League of Super Evil, Storm Hawks and Rated A for Awesome. With six shows in production, there is always a genre or character to keep you interested and challenged. But we’re more than just an animation studio. Our 400 creatives build stories, worlds, and experiences for kids that cut across platforms from television to online, games, toys, mobile—wherever kids are spending time. We handle all stages of our process in-house, from the IP creation and development to post-production, finance, sales and distribution, licensing and consumer products, and interactive development, making us a rarity in the industry. Our studio near Vancouver’s trendy Commercial Drive is a vibrant mixture of rookies and veterans, where those fresh out of college can continue learning from mid-career and senior artists, and where every level of experience can make the most of their talent on some of the best kids shows and games in the world.

Leo, Gemini, Emmy…been there, won that.

Come work for an award-winning studio and make cartoons, not war.

Department: VFX

Location: Vancouver

About the position

As the water FX artist you will be making some serious waves at Nerd Corps! Using your previous water and Houdini experience, you will develop water-based FX that are viable within production and help instruct other FX artists on how to do water FX.

Responsibilities

• Develop water-based FX that are viable within TV production
• Document procedures, protocols and techniques
• Develop FX for production and help instruct other FX artists on how to do water FX
• Work with VFX supervisor and leads to determine the needs of the project
• Be aware of what is happening on the team at all times and identify potential setbacks to the VFX lead
• Identify obstacles to the VFX lead that could potentially affect timelines and delivery schedules
• Respect and adapt to the Nerd Corps system of data storage and retrieval through the use of in-house software
• Find a balance between creative needs and technical resources
• Ensure that all production deadlines are met while providing work at a level of quality that meets production requirements
• Carry out duties in a professional and positive manner

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience
• Degree/diploma in fine arts or animation, or equivalent experience an asset
• Advanced knowledge of Houdini and water-based FX
• Intermediate understanding of 3D texturing, modelling and lighting
• Creative with timing and colour
• Able to multitask, prioritize and manage time efficiently
• Able to work alone and collaboratively, often with multiple tasks and under deadline pressure
• Encourages feedback and new initiatives
• Able to take direction, collaborate, and be a team player
• Able to communicate creative and technical thoughts and ideas
• Skilled at improvising and problem solving
• Thrive in a high-pressure, deadline-oriented environment

THANK YOU to all those who express interest in being a part of the Nerd Corps team. Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications we receive, we may be unable to reply to all applicants. If we feel that you may be a good match for one of our current openings you will be contacted.