CG Lead

As Lead CG Artist at Black Kite, you are responsible for delivering creative excellence from pitch through to delivery. Using your deep working knowledge of the VFX pipeline, you will provide technical and creative leadership to the team working across the CG pipeline, on a broad range of high end VFX projects. You will collaborate with the VFX Supervisors and Producers to deliver outstanding VFX work on time and on budget.

Your responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with VFX Supervisors to develop and implement creative and technical solutions for the CG requirements across a range of VFX projects.
• Create outstanding creative work.
• Lead teams of CG artists to success across a wide range of high end VFX projects.
• Work with the Production team to pitch for and win projects whilst seeking opportunities to develop client relationships.
• Support and mentor our creative talent.
• Deliver client feedback clearly and constructively to your team.
• Deliver projects that look visually outstanding on time and on budget.
• Contribute to discussions relating to the CG pipeline and creative workflows.
• Inspire a culture of creative innovation.

You are a brand ambassador for Black Kite – attend industry events and awards shows.

Why YOU?

• You have experience delivering outstanding VFX work across Commercials, TV and/or film.
• You have experience leading or supervising teams of CG artists to success.
• You have a great understanding of the whole VFX pipeline.
• You have production experience with Houdini and/or Maya and Arnold or other industry standard renderers.
• You understand 2D workflows and have working knowledge of Nuke.
• You are a great problem solver and enjoy troubleshooting.
• You are a team-player with a positive can-do attitude.
• You are a confident communicator.
• You are passionate about providing creative solutions and delivering creative excellence.
• You are ambitious and strive to deliver excellence at all times.
• You are keen to learn and always look for opportunities to expand your skills.
• Scripting/programming knowledge would be a plus.

We want you to join us at Black Kite because you are super talented, smart, passionate, focused and driven to succeed – You want to be the best. Our culture is important to us, we are setting out to create something different. You value the importance of a strong positive culture. We believe you will be a culture influencer at Black Kite. You becoming an ambassador for Black Kite would mean a lot to us.

Why US?

• We want you to grow with us and help us create a sustainable future for everyone who is part of the Black Kite family.
• We believe in talent, creativity and innovation. We believe that creativity is the differentiator, it sits at the very heart of everything we do and the reason why Black Kite was born.
• We back ourselves to grow and be the best, to always improve, but never lose sight of our values and principles. We care about our people.
• At Black Kite we look out for each other and believe in doing things the right way. We place importance on a code of shared ethics and treating people fairly and with respect.
• We believe in the power of teamwork and togetherness to achieve the extraordinary – Once a Kite always a Kite.
• We are big on ambition. We are excited about the future.

Black Kite Studios are committed to a policy of equal opportunity in all aspects of recruitment and employment regardless of age, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, gender identity or disability (whether registered as disabled or not). If you would like to know more on how we approach equal opportunities, please let us know.