ILM Singapore - Creature TD

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Company Description

Founded by George Lucas in 1971, Lucasfilm Ltd. is one of the world's leading fully-integrated film and entertainment companies. Lucasfilmî–¸ studio in Singapore - Lucasfilm Animation Singapore ?produces digital animated content for film and television, visual effects for feature films and multi-platform games. Recent projects include the CG animated TV series STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS and the Star Wars?The Clone Wars? Jedi Alliance?game for the Nintendo DS platform. The studio also offers a six-month apprenticeship called the JEDI MASTERS PROGRAM (JuMP) which combines classroom-based courses, department-based mentorship, and immersion in the production environment.

Job Description

Creature TDs are responsible for setting up and running flesh-surface, hair, cloth, rigid body simulations as well as able to wrangle rigging and creature pipeline issues proficiently under the direction and guidance of their supervisors.

- Set up and run proprietary cloth, hair, flesh surfaces and rigid body simulations.
- Hero-creature enveloping using a combination of commercial software packages and proprietary tools.
- Run flesh-volume simulations.
- Wrangle creature rigging issues for artists in other disciplines.
- Basic proficiency in another discipline: modeling, viewpaint, TD, or animation.
- Mentor entry level artists.
- Script utilities/tools/plug-ins in various software packages.
- Create dynamic simulations in packages such as Maya/XSI.
- Wrangle creature pipeline issues for artists in other disciplines.
- MOCAP data re-targeting in XSI/Maya.
- Act as wrangler for a creature and/or a specific technique used across multiple creatures.


Requirements

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in Computer Science, computer visualization, or computer animation required.
- At least 5 years work experience required in 3D CGI for digital animation, visual effects or producing CG characters and creatures for visual media.
- Proficiency with Linux is required.
- Expertise with Maya and/or other high-end animation software is required.
- Experience with C++, mel, python, or other scripting languages is desirable.
- A reel demonstrating artistic and technical ability is required for this role.

Interested applicants are to send in their CV to http://jobs.lucasfilm.com. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.