Lead Crowd Technical Director - ILM London

The Lead Crowd Technical Director (TD) is responsible for executing the creative and technical direction of a show, ensuring the vision of the VFX Supervisor is met with high-quality, efficient solutions. You will support, mentor and guide artists and solve production roadblocks. In conjunction with the Crowd Supervisor you will contribute to the evolution of crowd tools and workflows, while leading a sequence or a show.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and manage a team of crowd artists technically and artistically, ensuring the vision of the show supervisor is met and providing creative feedback at a shot and sequence level.
• Lead the direction and development of shot templates and tools, collaborating with other crowd artists to implement efficient solutions for smooth show operation.
• Gather, edit and maintain the show motion library to meet artistic and technical requirements, and assist with planning and direction of motion capture shoots.
• Manage crowd agent setups for the show, collaborating with upstream departments to troubleshoot issues; set up and maintain agent variation logic to balance diversity and performance.
• Manage show setup for small to medium shows.
• Mentor crowd artists on Houdini workflows and proprietary pipeline tools, while maintaining comprehensive technical documentation.
• Work with Production and Artists to understand and assign tasks, meet show deadlines and provide shot/sequence feedback.
• Identify, troubleshoot and problem solve complex issues throughout the crowd pipeline.

The employee will be required to work 2 days on-site per week at a Company designated location, and occasionally from home.

Location and Employment

Location: London, United Kingdom. Employment Type: Full time.

Closing Date

Closing date: 17 July 2026.