ILM Singapore

ILM Singapore works alongside Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) in the US to produce world-class visual effects.  ILM has received 15 Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects and 23 Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards.

Since 2006, ILM Singapore has worked on the production of visual effects shots for a variety of feature films, including Star Trek, Terminator Salvation, Transformers and Iron Man.

We are currently hiring for:
Compositor
Senior Compositor
Senior Digital Matte Painter
Senior FX Technical Director
Senior Lighting Technical Director
Texture Artist
Production Manager

HOW TO APPLY:
•    Log onto http://jobs.lucasfilm.com/.
•    Search for the role that you are interested in.
•    Login/create a profile to apply. (Don’t forget to mention the link to your reel in your CV when you sign up for an account.)

Here are the Job Descriptions for all position openings:
Compositor
The Compositor combines and oversees others who combine live action and computer generated elements into visual effects shots that realize the vision and creative direction of the client and visual effects supervisor.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
•    Perform all tasks associated with the compositing process, including 2D tracking, matte extraction, layering of elements and color grading.
•    Ability to perform digital matte painting, texture painting, or paint/roto work is a plus
•    Together with the Lead Compositor evaluate the creative and technical approach for assigned shots.
•    Complete work within the schedule while maintaining constant communication with production team and other artists.
•    Ability to share techniques and mentor junior level talent.

Working Practices:
•    Proven ability to work closely in a small team with tight schedules.
•    Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and manage time well.
•    Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
•    Experience in dealing directly with clients.
•    Good note-taking and written skills.
•    Good time-keeping.

Requirements:
•    Demo reel required demonstrating strong artistic skills including knowledge of color, lighting, perspective, scale, and composition.
•    Traditional art portfolio demonstrating traditional art skills is a plus.
•    Experience with Maya or equivalent is a plus.
•    Experience in a multi-platform environment is required.
•    Expert knowledge of Shake, Nuke or equivalent is required.
•    Completion of a formal education course in the Arts or Sciences.
•    3+ years of experience in the high-end feature film visual effects.
•    Scripting or programming experience is a plus.

Senior Compositor
The Senior Compositor combines and oversees others who combine live action and computer generated elements into visual effects shots that realize the vision and creative direction of the client and visual effects supervisor.
•    Perform all tasks associated with the compositing process, including 2D tracking, matte extraction, layering of elements and color grading.
•    Ability to perform digital matte painting, texture painting, or paint/roto work is a plus
•    Together with the Lead Compositor evaluate the creative and technical approach for assigned shots.
•    Complete work within the schedule while maintaining constant communication with production team and other artists.
•    Ability to share techniques and mentor junior level talent.

Working Practices:
•    Proven ability to work closely in a small team with tight schedules.
•    Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and manage time well.
•    Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
•    Experience in dealing directly with clients.
•    Good note-taking and written skills.
•    Good time-keeping.

Requirements:
•    8+ years of experience in the high-end feature film visual effects.
•    Demo reel required demonstrating strong artistic skills including knowledge of color, lighting, perspective, scale, and composition.
•    Traditional art portfolio demonstrating traditional art skills is a plus.
•    Experience with Maya or equivalent is a plus.
•    Experience in a multi-platform environment is required.
•    Expert knowledge of Shake, Nuke or equivalent is required.
•    Completion of a formal education course in the Arts or Sciences.
•    Scripting or programming experience is a plus.

Senior Digital Matte Painter

Digital Matte Artists have the ability to create photo-real environments and landscapes exhibiting a strong foundation in photo-realistic traditional and digital art skills with an emphasis on landscapes. Performs tasks related to integrating added imagery into a shots, preserving a unified sense of lighting, perspective, and color. Also responsible for creating original 2D and 3D content that may comprise part or all of an environment.

•    Combines painting skills in animation software, with a knowledge of photography, practical and digital modeling, and design, to create 2D and 3D paintings for digital environments.
•    Works closely with the Lead Digital Matte Painter and Supervisors to ensure that plates meet planned concept design requirements.
•    Work with ILM production teams to establish appropriate methods and accurate estimates on shot production.
•    Complete work within the bid timeframe, while maintaining constant communication with production teams and other CG artists.

Requirements:
•    Bachelor’s degree in art, industrial design, theatrical design or painting preferred.
•    8+ years of related production experience with at least 5 years of feature film experience.
•    Demo reel and/or portfolio required
•    A proficiency in Adobe Photoshop is required.
•    Strong knowledge of camera focal lengths, good sense of composition and an understanding of different out-put requirements. Requires knowledge of 2D and 3D animation, software, and motion.
•    Strong knowledge and ability in perspective, value matching 35 mm photography, flatbed scanning, and motion.
•    Knowledge of 3D modeling and rendering programs.
•    Understanding of 2D compositing software.

Senior FX Technical Director

FX Technical Directors are responsible for generating FX animation, procedural simulation, dynamic simulation, particle and fluid systems for feature film visual effects. Responsibilities also include the lighting, rendering and basic compositing of those FX elements.
•    Designs and creates FX animation, procedural simulation, dynamic simulation, particle and fluid systems.
•    Lights and renders FX elements and creates basic composite to demonstrate the usability of the elements.
•    Advanced simulation experience with either Houdini, Maya, XSI, 3DS Max or other software, and ability to write expressions or authoring of shaders are required.
•    Linux and scripting ability in Python preferred, and experience in MEL highly desired; C++ skills also applicable.
•    Responsible for mentoring other digital artists in FX simulation work.

Requirements:
•    Demo reel demonstrating artistic and technical ability is required for this role.
•    8+ years work experience required in visual effects.
•    Feature film experienced required
•    Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in Computer Science, computer visualization, or computer animation required.
•    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.

Senior Lighting Technical Director
Senior Lighting Technical Directors (TD) work with direction from the CG Supervisors and Digital Artist Supervisors to create the look of computer generated objects and scenes. They are responsible for lighting, shading, rendering, and some compositing.
•    Work with competency, energy and enthusiasm within a team environment with daily supervision to complete a shot.
•    Demonstrates good listening and communication skills by openly receiving direction and criticism by asking good questions to confirm clear understanding of the directions and how to approach what needs to be done. Once clear, implements the requested changes immediately and raises flags right away if a solution is not quickly found or if there are any delays, making sure the Supervisors and Production are kept in the loop and are up-to-date on the status of one’s shot work.
•    Demonstrates basic presentation/communication skills in dailies/shot review by clearly and briefly outlining what has been accomplished and what next should be addressed in the shot.
•    Demonstrates the development of an eye toward anticipating potential problems and knowing what could look better in one’s shot.
•    Demonstrates the ability to prioritize tasks managing time well, providing everyone with accurate time estimates on shot task completion
•    Responsible for mentoring other digital artists in Lighting and Rendering.

Requirements:
•    8+ years work experience required in visual effects.
•    Demo reel demonstrating artistic and technical ability is required for this role.
•    Feature film experienced required
•    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Graphics
•    Possesses strong computer programming abilities with visual arts skills.
•    Strong working knowledge of Linux, C programming Python and shell scripting is required.
•    Familiar with Maya, Comptime, Zeno, Commodore and Repo.

Production Manager
Responsible for managing the schedules of the digital artist groups. Works closely with Producers and Executives in Charge of Production for Pre-production and Shot Production to schedule appropriate personnel to ensure timely and efficient completion of productions.

Production Management
•    Interact with producers and Talent Management on day-to-day crew needs. Coordinate changes with Management and Producers and inform personnel of changes when necessary.
•    Responsible for the timely completion of tasks.
•    Maintain regular status meetings with Shows.
•    Maintain schedules for Digital Artists within scope of the role. Create and maintain scheduling overviews and availability schedules upon request.
•    Work with Production, Training and Talent Management to develop training plans for upcoming show needs and ongoing departmental talent development.
•    Evaluate and learn individual artist strengths; help develop cross utilization of resources.
•    Provide expertise for efficient talent distribution across company/shows.
•    Manage overhead labor for Digital Talent groups within overall Fiscal Plan.
•    Forecast current and future personnel needs based on input from Portfolio Group and Production. This includes maintaining contact with producers regarding overall crew size requirements, crew start and end dates and show start/delivery dates as well as incorporating bidding data into facility projections. Flag potential problems in regards to any of those.
•    Participate in the scheduling and completion of Show Performance Reviews, contributes to the reviews if appropriate.
•    Work collaboratively with Human Resources to define and communicate ongoing recruitment requirements.
•    Supervise submission and review of timecards on a weekly basis.
•    Facilitate the approval process for vacation requests which includes interacting and coordinating with employees, producers and management to avoid impacting production schedules.
•    Track information (and/or support the tracking of information) using ILM’s standard Production Tracking System in a manner exemplifying facility-wide best practices.

Requirements:
Leadership
•    Lead by example.
•    Support and promote LAS’s best practices across the show.
•    Understand the limitations of your knowledge (e.g., technical, aesthetic, client-handling skills, etc.) and seek expert advice when appropriate.
•    Anticipate potential production and/or facility problems and be a key contributor in reaching solutions.
•    Provide accurate & timely feedback to production staff and artists in conjunction with other project leaders. Give crewmembers an opportunity to learn; but if they struggle on a particular task, consider re-assigning work as appropriate to meet the needs of the show and the portfolio.
•    In partnership with Show Leadership Teams, hold all crewmembers to same high standards of performance.
•    Help mediate and resolve personnel and facility conflicts.

Technical Knowledge & Breadth of Knowledge
•    Understand the DAG-ILM pipeline and its implication on workflow.
•    Support DAG-ILM’s documentation and dissemination of new techniques developed shows
•    Recognize limitations of your current technical knowledge and seek to broaden that knowledge.
•    Must have proven excellence in effective scheduling.

Summary of Shared Responsibilities
•    Produce high quality work.
•    Help ensure pipeline efficiency.
•    Participate in the management of artist performance (includes: participation in performance reviews, fostering growth opportunities, giving & receiving constructive feedback, partnership with Artist Managers).
•    Contribute to shows and the portfolio meeting or exceeding budget and schedule targets.
•    Set an optimistic and enthusiastic tone; promote communication and teamwork.
•    Collaborate with ILM management, Show Leadership Teams, and support services.
•    Respect each other; listen to each other; exemplify teamwork and pass that spirit on to your crew.
•    Demonstrate strong leadership qualities: functional expertise; integrity; forward-thinking; collaboration; hard work; compassion; excellent communication skills; being a good teacher; setting an example.

Additional Notes:
•    Role may require weekend work depending on show schedules