About the position:

Lead VFX artist is responsible for interpreting ideas communicated by the Client or Virtuos Art Director and managing all aspects of a Visual Effects creation from concept to completion. Grow VFX team and develop abilities of each artist.

Responsibilities:

• Understand client’s needs and prepare clear briefing materials for in house VFX artists.
• Manage communication with clients about artistic and technical matters.
• Provide artistic supervision throughout production process.
• Anticipate and solve technical challenges within given constraints and visual requirements.
• Identify and set up best practices of VFX workflow.
• Work with R&D on new industry technology and trends to improve the project's visual quality and efficiency.
• Prioritize, plan and assign tasks to his team members.
• Manage personal development, performance and morale of in house VFX artists.
• Manage team performance evaluations.

Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of professional VFX experience in game or film industry.
• Have a minimum of one successfully shipped title.
• Experience leading a team of 5-10 VFX artists.
• Experience creating and optimizing VFX pipelines.
• Adaptability to various aesthetic and animation styles ranging from AAA photorealism to stylized cartoon.
• Able to balance quality and technical constraints
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills.