Houdini Lighting / LookDev Artist
UPP Advertising is looking for a skilled Houdini artist who would help us produce beautiful lighting and rendering for AAA commercial projects, music videos and game trailers. We are mainly on the lookout for candidates who will be able to work full time and in-house in our award-winning studio located in beautiful Prague, Czechia. However, if you are a skilled and self-driven freelancer, we will also consider remote cooperation.
Skills and qualifications:
- Senior level expertise, preferably in advertising or other fast paced VFX production
- Comfortable using Houdini for lighting and look development (Redshift, Arnold)
- An excellent eye for light, scale and realism. Ability to produce photoreal and plausible looking results
- Ability to slapcomp your renders for review
- Strong communication skills in English, and ability to work well within a team
- Ability to take creative and/or technical direction within the scope of the task assigned
- Ability to problem solve, strong shot finishing skills
- Reliability in assessing and meeting deadlines
- Ability to follow studio workflows and procedures, so your outputs can be used by other artists down the line
Bonus points:
- Ambition to grow into, or readiness for a leadership role is highly valued
- Overlap to other vfx disciplines, and ability to use additional software platforms
- Experience working on full cg environments
- Technical and scripting skills (Python, VEX)
- Background in fine arts
- Knowledge of compositing workflows
What can we offer to you:
- Work in a mid-sized, friendly, and open-minded team environment
- World established and award winning VFX studio creating high-end commercials
- Modern and pleasant work environment
- Flexible working hours
- Competitive salary
- Living in Prague – a world renowned, safe, very livable and lovable destination
- Opportunity to actively contribute to the technological advancement of our studio