The Lead FX Artist will lead a team of FX artists to design, create and implement environmental effects which can include such elements as fire, smoke, and water to be used in an Animated TV Series.


• Lead an FX crew to deliver per the productions goals and expectations.
• Designs & creates images, elements & effects.
• Assists on coding & providing support & documentation for tools created.
• Solid understanding of Maya to be used for particle systems, fields, expressions, MEL scripts, soft bodies, rigid bodies, cloth dynamics & particle instancing/flocking.
• Develop EFX systems & use EFX Systems developed by other animators.
• Creatively solve problems & work with other departments to achieve goals of art direction.
• Good problem solving abilities.
• Strong artistic vision & ability to be creative.
• Strong sense of design & composition.
• Strong understanding of Animation & how things should look, feel & move.
• Some experience writing scripts and/or programming is preferred.
• Ability to multi-task on multiple shots.
• Prioritize tasks.
• Work on shots independently & efficiently.
• Patient, willing to answer questions & mentor other artists.
• Stays abreast of current technologies & attempt to implement them effectively.

• 6 + years of experience involving simulations of natural phenomenon, particle systems, procedural modeling, procedural animation, hard and soft body dynamics and other similar effects.
• Experience with high end 3D software - Maya preferred.
• Must have strong visual and technical skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a high-end software and production environment
• Experience writing scripts (MEL, Python) and/or programming is necessary.
• Experience in compositing. Shake experience is an additional benefit.
• Experience in other FX packages is a plus (Houdini, Real Flow).
• An understanding of physical dynamics and natural phenomena is key.

Interested applicants should apply at: www.jobs.lucasfilm.com