Overview
About us: Hydraulx is a uniquely designed and operated award-winning visual effects facility based in Los Angeles, California with branches in Vancouver, BC and New Orleans. As a full service visual effects house, Hydraulx has had the versatility to provide high quality visual effects on such projects as: Stranger Things(2017), X-men: Apocalypse(2017), The Avengers (2012) and Avatar (2009).
Description: Hydraulx VFX is seeking for an accomplished Lighting Artist to join our dynamic creative team.
Responsibilities include:
-Create lighting and deliver rendered 3D scenes.
-Advanced understanding of look development and shading processes.
-Effectively economize, manage and troubleshoot rendering issues.
-Ability to work independently and perform render wrangler tasks.
-On-time renders delivery.
-Work closely with both 3D artists and compositors to seamlessly integrate CG elements within live-action plates.
Requirements:
-Previous experience as a 3D artist in a VFX studio 2+ years.
-Advanced understanding of shading, rendering and look dev.
-Understanding of import/export of Houdini files.
-Ability to organize large 3D files.
-Advanced user of Maya, Mental Ray.
-Nuke knowledge is a plus.
-Expert use of multi pass 3D rendering.Scripting knowledge an asset (Python, MEL).
-Linux experience preferred. Ability to multitask, prioritize and problem solve. Excellent communication skills and a team player spirit.
Please submit your resume and demo reels (e.g. Project work, personal work) and Include rate history and availability in the body of the email to: vancouverjobs@hydraulx.com
Please note, due to a high volume of applications, we cannot respond to every applicant.
About Hydraulx VFX Ltd
We hold to two basic tenets: hire the best artists, and keep them armed with the latest tools and technology available.
The result is a highly efficient team of talented artists and consistently groundbreaking work in a broad range of applications. With less of the bureaucracy of larger companies, and a core group of in-house talent (producers, programmers, photographers & designers), we decrease overhead while increasing project flexibility.
