Matte Painting Supervisor

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As a Matte Painting Supervisor you will have to guide and inspire the team, while maintaining a smooth relationship and working in unison with other departments for the successful production of the animated feature films.

• Leads the team in creating Photo-realistic DMP’s, stylized DMP’s and concept art. 
• Gives guidance to the team and supervises the quality of the work. 
• Highlights cost implications of requests or changes. 
• Helps maintain the directory structure, naming conventions and files. 
• Interacts with other departments to troubleshoot creative and technical issues and ensures continuity and that all elements work within a sequence. 

• Acts as the primary contact person and is responsible for the department. 
• Actively participates in meetings to set direction and creative goals, ensuring that technical and budgetary requirements are met. 
• Assigns the work to each team member, according to skill sets. 
• Gives guidance to the team, supervises the quality of the work, and works closely with production to complete deadlines. 
• Partners with HR and TA to source and recruit the best talent in the industry. 
• Mentors potential up-and-coming artists to guide them in their career paths. 
• Acts as a company ambassador utilizing his/her extensive network in the industry, and plays a key role in selling the studio as a first-class place of work, maintaining ongoing relationships with key industry players, contributing to Skydance’s reputation. 

• Keeps up on current technology trends and tools (hardware and software) that best suit the production (and the company) in the development of a stronger creative technical environment. 
• Coordinates with other departments to develop and implement solutions for the show using procedural techniques. 

• 8+ years in VFX or animation industries.   
• 4+ years of experience as a Lead in the animation industry. 

• A strong creative/technical background as a proven leader in setting direction for production and for inspiring and motivating production staff. 
• Professional mastering in Photoshop, Houdini with Renderman, Nuke, Blender, Maya. 
• Experience building new pipelines. 

• Advanced English level. 
• Spanish oral and written is desirable. 

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