Company Description
Moving Picture Company (MPC) is global VFX studio with decades of storytelling experience across the feature film and episodic industries, with award-winning highlights including The Lion King, 1917, The Mandalorian and Wandavision. MPC’s global network of artists is constantly innovating to bring unimaginable ideas to life through cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity.
Part of the Technicolor Group network, MPC continues to lead the visual arts industry, building authentic and long-lasting connections with audiences across the silver screen.
Job Description
A Mid Artist - FX is responsible for the development of sophisticated and technically demanding visual effects projects. Working with senior FX artists, FX Leads, technical directors, they oversee tasks such as basic simulation setup, complex shot execution, and rendering to deliver high-quality and impactful visual effects.
Mid Artist - FX contribute significantly to creative problem-solving and pipeline optimization and collaborate closely with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure seamless integration of effects into the final production.
Key Responsibilities
- Create a wide range of simulations and render visual effects such as explosions, fire, smoke, weather effects, and magical spells.
- Collaborate with seniors, leads and supervisors to implement effects.
- Troubleshoot technical issues related to effects and propose creative solutions to achieve desired visual results.
- Optimize effects for performance while maintaining high visual fidelity across different platforms.
- Ensure timely execution of assigned tasks and deliver completed shots according to schedule.
- Follow established pipelines and processes to ensure efficient workflow and integration.
- Perform any other duties as assigned by your manager or a Key Business Relationship.
Measure Of Success
- Consistently meeting task/shot/sequence/project deadlines while maintaining a high standard of visual quality and technical execution.
- Demonstrate alignment with our company values such as creativity, teamwork, innovation, and commitment to excellence in every aspect of your work. (Honest, Focused, Innovative, Inclusive)
Qualifications
Technical & Soft Skills:
- Proficient understanding of physics, motion, and natural phenomena to create realistic effects - Required
- Previous experience in a VFX environment - Required
- Familiarity with scripting or programming languages (e.g., Python, C#) for tool development and automation. - Preferred
- Foundational? Knowledge of shader programming and other technical aspects of FX development. - Preferred
Preferred Software Knowledge
- Knowledge of applications used in FX(Houdini) - Proficient
- Knowledge of applications used in lighting (Katana and Houdini) - Proficient
- Knowledge of applications used in Compositing (Nuke) - Proficient
- Knowledge of rendering engines (Renderman, or equivalent) - Proficient
- Knowledge of Linux-based environment - Foundational
MPC Knowledge definition
Foundational knowledge: sufficient familiarity with the subject to know basic principles and terminology and to understand and solve simple problems.
Proficient knowledge: sufficient knowledge of a field to perform most work in normal situations. The work calls for comprehension of standard situations and includes knowledge of most of the significant aspects of the subject.
Advanced knowledge: advanced knowledge of the subject matter. The work calls for sufficient comprehension of the subject area to solve unusual as well as common work problems, to be able to advise on technical matters and to serve as a resource on the subject for others in the organization.
Expert knowledge: requires complete mastery and understanding of the subject. This term should be used sparingly and only for unusually exacting or responsible positions required to originate hypotheses, concepts, or approaches.
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