About the position

We're seeking an individual with a strong background in complex environment creation, impressive skills in Houdini, and a good understanding of DMP. The role is a combined role where you spend 80% of your time as an Environment lead and 20% as Head of Environment. As the Environment Lead, you'll be responsible for establishing the technical approach, structure, and layout of CG environments, enabling other artists to contribute with components that are then assembled into combined environments ready for next stage production in Animation, FX and Lighting.

In addition to day-to-day operations, you'll play a key role in long-term strategic management of the department and its collaboration with representatives in other locations. You'll ensure quality and consistency in the creative output and long-term vision of workflows.

As the Head of Environment, you'll lead the department and be a crucial part in the future development of both tools, workflows but also of the artists as well.

If you're a team player with a passion for creating stunning environments and the skills to match, we want to hear from you! This is an opportunity to showcase your expertise and take your career to the next level together with us.

What you will get to do

• Interpret and establish 3d scenes for environments based on Concept art and Reference imagery according to the Director & Supervisor’s instructions;

• Plan, Structure and Separate environments into assets to be distributed to asset creation teams for finalising

• Assemble, sanity check and distribute environment scenes for use in intermediate production towards Animation & FX, and final frame rendering in Lighting

• Understand the entire asset/environments creation process and approving the work of team members

• Offer technical solutions and verify solutions proposed by team members

• Create and adapt materials and models from references and concepts

• Establishing best practices for the Environment teams

• Work closely with Producers and Coordinators to establish and manage the project team and schedule, to ensure that work is delivered on time

Strategy, Quality and Development

• Together with Head of VFX help formulate, maintain and manage long-term strategy of the department aligned with Company strategy

• Maintain a consistent quality of output in accordance with the individual projects and company standards and visions

• Keep up to date with industry standards, new developments techniques and toolsets Propose and oversee the development of new workflows, techniques and toolsets

Staff responsibilities

• Ensure that there is up-to-date documentation for tools and workflows. Manage the training and integration of new artists into the team

• Responsible for career development, performance evaluation, performance management, mentoring, and coaching for the artists in the department

Planning and Production

• Work with lead artists, supervisors and department managers to assign and build teams for projects, assigning individual artists to tasks for projects to ensure successful and efficient delivery

• Ensure project methodologies, quality and schedule expectations are consistent and achievable

• Meet with clients if required to provide guidance

• Be part of the recruitment process of new artists for the department

Communication, Inter- and Intra-departmental

• Regular department meetings to identify pipeline or interdepartmental issues, deliver company information and build a team feeling

• Collaborate and communicate with other departments, project teams and other functions of the company