Netflix

VFX Supervisor

Netflix$90K — $130K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 6 years in live-action visual effects on major feature films, specifically as a Senior VFX Supervisor
  • Experience leading and mentoring large teams on extensive projects
  • Proactive problem solver with strong creativity and appreciation for aesthetics
  • Broad knowledge of technologies including 2D and 3D software
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with an understanding of client dynamics
  • Well-versed in the technical and artistic dimensions of live-action and visual effects
  • Experience with 3ds Max is preferred

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate on enhancing the Director’s vision for the production
  • Translate creative visions into actionable art and technical direction
  • Guide the team to develop creative responses to feedback
  • Establish overall technical direction and leadership for visual effects
  • Estimate resource needs, budgets, schedules, and performance standards
  • Ensure timely and on-budget delivery of high-quality effects work
  • Monitor project progress and direct staff involvement in plate shoots
  • Supervise various digital effects disciplines and approve pre-Director review work
  • Conduct performance reviews and provide feedback to senior direct reports
  • Engage in developing company-wide standards to maintain competitive edge

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on high-profile projects in a leading role
  • Collaborative environment with creative and technical professionals
  • Chance to influence company-wide visual effects standards
  • Leadership role with mentoring opportunities
  • Dynamic work setting with potential for innovative problem solving
Full Job Description
As a Senior VFX Supervisor you will be responsible for determining the overall technical approach and provide the leadership needed to achieve the desired look and effects for a given project while acting as a creative liaison between the facility and the client. Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborates in the creation and/or enhancement of the Director’s vision for the production
  • Translates the vision into art/technical direction for the production
  • Guides the development of creative responses to feedback
  • Determines the overall technical approach and provides technical leadership for visual effects for production, pre-and post-production
  • Estimates and establishes resource requirements, budgets, schedules, and performance standards for the production
  • Accountable for on-time, on-budget execution, and delivery, as well as quality, of all effects, work for the pAroject
  • Monitors project progress, directs staff, and participates in plate shoots
  • Supervises and directs the work of several digital effects disciplines
  • Reviews, critiques, adjusts, and approves work created in advance of the Director’s review
  • Conducts performance reviews and provides regular performance feedback to senior direct reports
  • Participates with senior leadership in the development of company-wide standards to resolve or avoid issues that might erode competitive advantage
Qualifications
  • Minimum 6 years leading live-action visual effects experience on high profile feature films (Senior VFX Supervisor)
  • Experience in leading and mentoring large teams and large projects
  • Pro-active problem solver who demonstrates a strong sense of creativity and respect for aesthetics
  • Command a broad knowledge of technologies including 2D and 3D softwares
  • Must be confident, well-spoken, and have an understanding of on-set etiquette and client sensibilities
  • Ability to communicate creative and technical thoughts and ideas clearly (written / verbal)
  • Well rounded working knowledge of the technical and artistic aspects of live-action and visual effects
  • Experience in 3ds Max preferred

About Netflix

Netflix, Inc. is an American media company founded on August 29, 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, and currently based in Los Gatos, California, with production offices and stages at the Los Angeles-based Hollywood studios (formerly old Warner Brothers studios) and the Albuquerque Studios (formerly ABQ studios). It operates an eponymous over-the-top subscription video on-demand service, which showcases acquired and original programming as well as third-party content licensed from other production companies and distributors. Netflix is also the first streaming media company to be a member of the Motion Picture Association.
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Size
11,300 employees
Market Cap
$127.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.7 billion
Founded
1997
5 Year Trend
+27.5%
Revenue
$24.9 billion
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