DreamWorks Feature - Character Effects Artist

What You'll Do

• Designs and crafts character effects such as cloth and fur simulations.
• Develops generalized tools, used in Character FX, to help improve the pipeline.
• Creates cloth and hair simulations, prop animation and animation cleanup for shot work in production.
• Creatively solve problems and achieve art direction for a shot.
• Troubleshoot and solve problems independently.
• Demonstrate artistic vision and appropriately expand upon the art direction given.
• Technical Animation for shots in production.
• Cloth and Fur simulations.
• Deformations, procedural modeling and animation.

Requirements

• Excellent eye for motion and solid understanding of animation principles.
• Solid understanding of software such as Maya and Houdini.
• Scripting proficiency in Mel and Python.
• Good problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to handle and resolve recurring problems.
• Ability to prioritize, work independently or within a group, and proceed with objectives without supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to rigging tools and surface modeling techniques preferred.
• Dynamic simulation background preferred.
• Production experience preferred.

Schedule & Pay

Hybrid: this position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of four days per week. Salary range: $89,752–$130,000/year.