“What would you say you do here?”

• Consult with Director, Producer(s), and Production Designer to develop the creative vision that satisfies the artistic goals within studio expectations.

• Responsible for an “across all” departmental show strategy for making the film with the Producer(s) and ensuring that the CG departments are working within the schedule and budget.

• Accountable for the execution and approval of the appointed creative work in the CG departments based on the aesthetic established by the Production Designer.

• Responsible for oversight and management of teams of artists, leads, and supervisors largely populated with partner studio personnel.

• Responsible for the effective complexity management within budget parameters throughout the production.

• Prepares materials for launch sessions and reviews with the Production Designer and Director.

• Learn and work within the DreamWorks HUB Pipeline.

• Collaborate with the DreamWorks HUB team and partner studios to establish the look and presets for environment and character lighting.

• Work with the HUB team and partner studio to ensure that CG departments are provided with clear communication on vision, expectations, and process to achieve aesthetic goals and improve efficiency.

• Gives feedback to artists at our partner studios in notes and direct instruction as needed.

• Provides directions in Design Packs and review notes during check-ins for the asset lighting stage of the pipeline.

• Develop creative compositing setups as required.

• Uphold established render guidelines in production shots.

• Attend early morning and/or evening video conference calls with partner studios to provide direction and launch artists on shots/sequences/reels.

• Extended travel to our international Partner Studio(s) for pipeline training, team management, and milestone launches is mandatory.

Qualifications

“What do I need to have in order to do this job?”

• Must have recent leadership experience on a feature quality project and should have recently held a supervisory position managing work at an outsource studio.

• Strong knowledge of Maya, V-Ray, Nuke and Houdini, Flow (Shotgrid) and RV review workflows.

• Should have experience with and become comfortable with managing remote teams at our partner studios.

• Should be comfortable and have recent experience with traveling to partner studios internationally.

• Must have worked at a studio that uses industry standard nonproprietary 3rd party software and tools within the last 2 years.

• Should have strong leadership and communication skills; ability to communicate complex creative and technical issues to colleagues and partner studios.

• Strong artistic, technical and visual storytelling skills including a solid understanding of color, contrast, and lighting design.

• Strong understanding of the production process for a TV series, Special and/or Feature.

• Must be a great teammate, who genuinely enjoys working with others.

• Should be comfortable adapting to a production pipeline that is already in place.

• Must be highly organized and have strong time-management skills.

• Should have up to date knowledge of VFX tools, workflows and new technologies.

• Extensive hands-on experience with production tools and pipelines.

• Extensive experience with supervising international vendor studios.

“What can I offer?”

• Knowledge of Yeti, Xgen, Phoenix for Maya and Bifrost software.

• Python scripting experience.

• Ideally 10 or more years of experience in television animation, feature animation, VFX, and/or video games. Reference: ECNJOBID-137-59-4-100 in the application

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