Zoic Studios Vancouver Hiring
Best career opportunities for vfx and animation artist in Vancouver .Zoic studios hiring Compositor ,3D Animator ,Animation Supervisor ,Tracking & Layout Artists ,Commercial VFX Coordinator ,Hair/Fur Grooming Artists ,Houdini Artists ,Maya Dynamics Artists and Senior Matte Painters
- VFX Coordinator
- Hair Artist
- Houdini Artists
- Dynamics Artists
- Matte Painter
- 3D Animator
- Animation Supervisor
- Layout
VFX Coordinator
Location : Culver City, CA - Full Time
Duties include, but are not limited to:
Supporting producers on commercial, design, & editorial workflow, Organizing meetings and taking detailed notes, Managing client postings, organizing & overseeing client service.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 2 years of industry experience working on commercials or episodics.
- Experience with (and learning opportunity for) client interaction, scheduling, data entry for project tracking, organizing meetings, managing i/o, assisting producers and supervisors.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Excellent problem solving skills.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines.
- Understanding of Visual Effects and Editorial Workflow
- Potential for overtime hours, flexible schedule required.
- Shotgun and Microsoft Excel experience is a plus!
- Experience in the fast-paced world of commercial production another plus!
LA Hair/Fur Grooming Artists
Location : Culver City, CA - Contracted
Summary of Position
This artist will be responsible for grooming photorealistic fur and feathers, as well as lighting and rendering hair/fur assets using Vray.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for grooming hair, fur and feathers to a photorealistic level of finish.
- Work inside a pipeline with existing conventions and scripts.
- Ability to light hair/fur assets in Vray a major plus
- Be adaptable to changes.
- Interface with team members for assignments, notes, and changes.
- Complete work within the time frame allotted.
- Be comfortable balancing speed vs quality
Qualifications
- Extensive production experience using Shave & a Haircut or hair software for grooming
- Understanding of lighting in Vray a plus
- Must have some experience and familiarity working in Yeti
- Experience working in production on projects with tight delivery schedules
- Ability to work within a structured team environment.
- Problem solving skills, self starter, adapt to production changes, good working attitude.
- You will be working on a PC desktop.
Houdini Artists
Location : Culver City, CA - Contracted
Job Requirements:
- Must be LA local, but working out of house will be considered and preferred
- If out of house, available to swing by Zoic LA for meetings and notes
- Must be able to work through holiday season other than on the holidays.
- Able to work quickly under tight deadlines
- High level of proficiency with fluid/water simulations
- Must be a self starter and able to present ideas and solutions to CG lead
- Lighting, Vray experience a plus
- Minimum 5+ years of production experience and commercial or feature film experience preferred
Maya Dynamics Artists
Location: - Culver City, CA - Contracted
We are currently seeking Mid - Sr level Maya dynamics artists with immediate availability to help out on various episodic and commercial projects
Responsibilities
- Create photoreal dynamic effects utilizing Maya
- Develop execution strategies for complex simulations
- Comfortable taking direction from the CG supervisor and creative director.
- Great at problem solving, and devising creative solutions to complete complicated effects shots
Qualifications
- 3+ years experience working as a dynamics artist in Film, Commercials, or Episodic Television
- Advanced knowledge of Maya Particle Systems
- Comfortable with working in the development process on complicated effects.
- A portfolio that demonstrates a variety of photo-real dynamic effects.
- Phoenix experience a major plus
Sr Matte Painters
Location : Culver City, CA - Contracted
Summary of Position
To create captivating and photorealistic 2.5 and 3d matte paintings of subject matter ranging from fantasy to urban. Ability to work as part of a team on high profile, fast paced episodic and commercial work.
We are looking for matte painters experienced working in 2.5d and full 3d matte painting, who are experienced working efficiently under tight deadlines. As such, episodic or commercial matte painting experience is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Take paintings from concept through to final
- Project paintings on 3d geometry as required
- Work quickly and efficiently within established pipeline.
- Must take direction well and adapt to changes.
- Communicate well with producers and supervisors
Qualifications
- Experience working as a Matte Painter on episodic or commercial projects with tight deadlines
- Ability to work within a team environment.
- Ability to manipulate cameras and project in Nuke and Maya a major plus
- Matte painters of all experience levels are welcome to apply, however we are unfortunately only able to follow up with those that fit our immediate needs.
Submission
Please submit a resume as well as a reel and breakdown demonstrating your matte painting work. Submissions without a reel or work examples will not be considered. Local candidates only please.
3D Animator
Location : - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Temporary
Our Vancouver, BC office is currently looking to hire 3D Animators for January 2015 start dates.
Summary of Position:
Works under the Animation Supervisor or Animation Lead to create realistic creature and character animation for Television and Feature live action productions.
Responsibilities:
- Realistic creature and character animation
- Ensuring animation meets production deadlines
- Ensuring animation meets quality standards
- Knowing and following all pipeline and studio policies and procedures
Qualifications:
- 3 years minimum experience working as a 3D animator within film and television
- A strong visual understanding of anatomy and physics is a must
- Proficiency animating in Maya
- Ability to work within a fast-paced team environment
- Positive attitude, hard worker, flexible schedule
- Strong attention to detail and follow through
- * BC Residents only please.
Animation Supervisor
Location :Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Temporary to Full Time
Our Vancouver location is currently seeking an Animation Supervisor. This role is for immediate start until May 1st 2015 with potential for a full time staff role for the right candidate upon completion.
The Animation Supervisor needs to have exceptional animation and character animation skills as well as strong organizational, administrative, leadership, and communication skills. As he, or she, is responsible for providing day to day guidance and supervision to the animators on their team, previous experience in a supervisory role, with particular experience providing constructive artistic and job performance feedback, is highly desired.
Responsibilities:
- Attend bid meetings for every episode of all episodic shows to estimate how many animation hours are needed to complete each shot
- Assign animators to shots that are appropriate for their skills and experience
- Communicate the story point and specific shot direction from the client’s spotting session for every shot to the animators
- Creatively oversee all animation shots and give revisions as needed before showing in dailies for the creative director
- Maintain the quality level of animation
- Act as the point of contact for the animation team for the creative director and the supervisors of other departments
- Interpret notes from the creative director and the client and guide the animators to revise their animation accordingly. The Animation Supervisor must understand the thinking process of the client in order to lead the animators in the direction the client expects and avoid things that the client has historically disliked
- Review reels w/ Recruiting, participate in interviews for animators, riggers, and lead animators. Make recommendations on new hires
- Keep track of the status of shots and revisions through the company’s project management software
- Work with coordinators to ensure that important information is gathered and distributed to whoever needs it to ensure that production flows and nothing slips through the cracks
- Work w/ HR to manage performance and morale of assigned artists and to prepare reports to management as needed
- Ensure all new artists to the team receive appropriate orientation and training to be successful
Qualifications:
The Animation Supervisor needs solid animation experience, a good eye, effective communication skills and some talent for people and project management, combined with the ability to meet deadlines and to work to a budget. They will have a minimum of 2 years experience in a Supervisory position and at least 7 years experience as a creature/character animator. They must be able to work as part of the senior creative team, to interpret decisions and notes, and to communicate priorities and vision to the animation crew. They may need to arbitrate sensitively between creative desires and production requirements. They must be able to multitask and handle the pressure of multiple high volume live action television and feature film projects simultaneously.
Tracking & Layout Artists
Location : Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Seasonal
Our Vancouver, BC location is currently seeking Tracking & Layout Artists for upcoming television projects. This position is based on shift work (start times will vary).
The ideal candidate will have intermediate to advanced knowledge of object tracking experience using Syntheyes, familiar with television turn-around schedule, and must work well in a team environment.
Requirements:
- 3+ years of object tracking experience on television, or feature production
- Must be able to do manual tracking and matchmoving
- Excellent knowledge of camera lenses
Qualifications:
- Proficient in SynthEyes, PF Track and 3D Equalizer
- Knowledge of Maya, Nuke
- Work well in team environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- *BC Residents only please.
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