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Senior Maya Generalist

Job Description

This position requires thorough knowledge of Maya with several years of experience working as an all rounder on photorealistic shots in broadcast or film environments. Successful applicants will have a well developed ‘eye’, a good working knowledge of art, design and film lighting as well as a solid technical grounding in Maya with Mental Ray. Experience in modeling, texturing, rigging, animation and lighting will be required.

Needs To Do

  • Ability to match complex CG elements and live-action footage while maintaining a consistent shot quality
  • Ability to flag problems and help find solutions to add realism to shots.
  • Set up and participate in dailies
  • Creates working test composites for review by the supervision team
  • Works in partnership with the 3D team & compositors to ensure shots are delivered to the very highest standard
  • Accountable for meeting productivity and quota targets on time and at a high level of quality

Needs To Know

  • Full knowledge of Maya, with a thorough understanding of techniques and technologies related to Modeling, Texturing and Animation
  • Experience in rigging and animation, though character animation is not essential
  • Demonstrated experience in lighting and rendering
  • Minimum of 5 years of generalist experience on broadcast/feature films
  • Good working knowledge of Mental Ray
  • Good working knowledge of Mudbox

Needs To Be

  • Pro-active and a good problem solver
  • Technically adept
  • Team oriented
  • Adaptable
  • Able to take direction

Applicants need to be an EU resident or have the relevant work VISA and need to be based in the UK.

Due to the large number of applications we receive, we are unable to accept on-line links to show reels. Please make sure CV's are in Word, PDF or RTF format and all showreels are on DVD -R media.

Please send all showreels and CVs to:

Sam Spacey, Novello Lodge, Twickenham Film Studios,
Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 2AW.

Phone
+44(0)208 607 8870

Fax
+44(0)208 607 8779

Email
jobs@senatevfx.com