Description
Position at DNEG The Environment Generalist Supervisor oversees the creation of our digital environments. You will report to the Visual Effects Supervisor and Digital Supervisor and are responsible for establishing the look of the environments in the film in accordance with the VFX and DFX supervisors’ creative direction, and maintaining high-quality standards.The Environment Generalist Supervisor works with the Environments/Generalist team to establish a best practice workflow for efficient Environment creation, including render testing, optimizing, and publishing environments to the pipeline for shot propagation. You will be working closely with other department supervisors to ensure a clear delivery of all work between departments, and will be working hand in hand with production to define delivery schedules and milestones. You will be responsible for the artistic and technical quality of the output from their team, and delegating work effectively.
1. Must Have
2. Experience as an Environment Supervisor, with proven capability in managing and delivering complex Environment requirements
3. Significant experience within VFX feature films, a thorough understanding of the VFX pipeline
4. Proven team leader with strong motivational qualities
5. Strong communication skills
6. High-level knowledge of relevant VFX packages and software
7. Thorough understanding of 3D and 2.5D VFX processes and production pipelines
8. Strong working knowledge of a range of VFX industry software, including Maya, Mari and Nuke.
9. High-level experience modelling, texturing, layout, lighting and digital matte painting
10. Good understanding of compositing
11. Experience developing concept art into photo-real environments
12. Experience with procedural city/terrain generation and scattering tools an advantage
13. Experience working with shoot data including photographic and reference data, HDRIs, photogrammetry and Lidar
14. Strong knowledge and understanding of the natural world (geology, geography and meteorology) and architecture (design and engineering)
Nice to Have
15. Previous experience managing a department
About You
16. Passionate about film and Environments
17. A team leader, approachable and personable
18. A team player and clear communicator
19. Strategically minded
20. Smart, and detail-oriented
21. Organised, pro-active and a self-starter
22. Calm under pressure and capable of delivering to short deadlines
23. A positive, can-do attitude
About Us
We are DNEG, one of the world’s leading visual effects and animation companies for the creation of award-winning feature film, television, and multiplatform content. We employ more than 9,000 people with worldwide offices and studios across North America (Los Angeles, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver), Europe (London), Asia (Bangalore, Mohali, Chennai, Mumbai) and Australia (Sydney).
At DNEG, we fundamentally believe that embracing our differences is a vital component of our collective success. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive work environment for our global teams, where everyone feels they matter and belong. We welcome and encourage applications from all, regardless of background, experience or disability. Please let us know if you need any adjustments or support during the application process, we will do our best to accommodate your needs. We look forward to meeting you!