Lead Crowd Artist

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Eyeline is a global team of risk takers, innovators and perfectionists who achieve creative visions and have fun doing it. A dynamic workforce nestled within the industry’s most intriguing cities,

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Eyeline is a global team of risk takers, innovators and perfectionists who achieve creative visions and have fun doing it. A dynamic workforce nestled within the industry’s most intriguing cities, united by a drive to push the boundaries of storytelling. Learn more.

As a Lead Crowd Artist, you will be responsible for leading a team of crowd artists in producing advanced VFX crowd setup and shots for a variety of scenarios. Our ideal candidate is a team player, with excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, and is able to effectively communicate with your peers and the Production Leadership team on schedules, deadlines, and shot sequence feedback.

Lead and manage a team of Crowd artists, providing guidance, feedback and technical support

Collaborate closely with Crowd department Supervisor/s and show Supervisor/s to maintain a high standard of quality and consistency across all crowd work in the project

Establish ongoing communication with production and supervisors regarding project schedules, deadlines and shot/sequence feedback

Troubleshoot and problem-solve complex crowd issues

Attend all relevant meetings on shots, sequence, production and internal team development

Create digital crowd behaviors and simulations to achieve the look, movement, and style envisioned

Minimum four (4) years of crowd experience in live-action visual effects for feature films, episodic or similar production environments with strong portfolio showcasing a range of crowd setup and shot work

Expert knowledge of Houdini crowd is required

Experience with Golaem is strongly preferred

Proven experience in a leadership or supervisory role for crowd teams preferred

Able to work independently with minimal supervision; strong troubleshooting ability and an artistic eye to crowd behaviors

Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills

Experience with mocap retargeting in Maya or MotionBuilder is a plus

Experience working with a USD based pipeline is a plus

Familiarity with scripting languages is a plus (Python/VEX)