Freelance Senior FX Artist

Rodeo FX

Completely RemoteContractOperations & Administration
Posted Today

Job description

Responsibilities

  • Produce complex simulations including smoke, fire, explosions, liquids, and destruction
  • Use Houdini effectively for optimized and adaptable effects
  • Propose artistic solutions aligned with project vision
  • Ensure cache optimization and setup stability
  • Collaborate with Pipeline team and other departments like lighting and compositing
  • Provide realistic estimates and communicate risks to production

Requirements

  • Minimum 10 years of experience in FX within a VFX studio
  • Mastery of Houdini (Pyro, Flip, RBD, Vellum, SOPs)
  • Basic knowledge of compositing (Nuke) and rendering (Arnold and Karma)
  • Knowledge of USD and Solaris
  • Strong sense of movement, physics, and visual rhythm
  • Asset: Knowledge of Flow Production Tracking, Python, or VEX scripts

About the Company

Rodeo FX is a high-end creative company offering services in visual effects, advertising, animation, and experiential, working with major studios like Netflix, HBO, and Disney.

Skills & tools

HoudiniVFXPythonNuke

What the team is looking for

Use this list as a quick fit check before you apply.

  1. 0110 years minimum FX experience in VFX studio
  2. 02Excellent command of Houdini
  3. 03Basic knowledge of Nuke, Arnold, and Karma
  4. 04Knowledge of USD and Solaris
  5. 05Rigor and autonomy
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