The FX Supervisor is responsible for leading a team of FX Artists and managing the day-to-day production needs. The FX Supervisor will supervise the FX team in the technical and artistic aspects of the visual effects production to ensure the highest-quality photorealistic simulations of FX are produced. You will be working closely with Producer, VFX Supervisor, Head of FX and other departmental supervisors.

Must Have

• Must have a minimum of 8 years as FX TD and previous experience as an FX Supervisor
• Extensive knowledge of Houdini
• Proven experience in producing effects such as smoke, fire, clouds, water, steam and explosions, plus experience with particle and voxel based rendering
• An eye for details, good sense of timing, and thorough understanding of techniques and technologies relating to physical simulation in computer graphics
• Familiarity with pipeline issues and problem solving
• Experienced in project management, balancing quality with time constraints
• High level feature film experience in live action VFX Films
• Good experience in leading and training teams of FX Artists
• Excellent in artistic and technical skills
• Able to provide artistic and technical solutions to the Effects Team

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of Python, HScript or Mel knowledge
• Experience in live action FX work preferred
• Maya and/or equivalent 3D software knowledge

About You

• Excellent communicator
• Recognised attention to detail and organisation skills
• Proven team leader with strong motivational qualities and initiative
• Technically and creatively astute
• Highly organised