Company: Method Studios
Position: Creative Director (Autodesk Flame)
Location: Hybrid – New York, NY
- Salary Range: $100,000 ~ $265,000 USD
Position Summary
The Creative Director (Autodesk Flame) will work with directors, VFX supervisors, editors, and CG supervisors by overseeing existing and upcoming projects and managing artists through completion of post production. They will clearly communicate and justify concepts while leading the planning, design, and implementation of multiple creative projects.
Main Duties
The Creative Director must be able to ensure a high creative standard is maintained across multiple projects while working with other VFX Supervisors, leads and Juniors to help elevate their skills. The candidate will oversee freelance teams to ensure they have support and can meet method’s benchmarks. In addition, the Creative Director must be able to develop and maintain strong relationships with directors, agency creatives, and producers.
- Clearly communicate and justify concepts and lead the planning, design and implementation of all creative projects.
- Achieve simple to complex compositing tasks at all stages of the production process including pre-comps, temp composites, beauty work, 2D tracking, 2D effects, extractions, selection and integration of elements, and color grading
- Mentor, assist and support other team members
- Produce high level photorealistic images and create seamless transitions between filmed footage and composited 2D and 3D elements
What You Bring
- Proficiency in Autodesk Flame/ Nuke.
- Proven ability to lead a creative team.
- Strong strategic and conceptual thinking.
- Must be able to execute a wide variety of tactics.
- Proven ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with project teams and clients.
- Outstanding conceptual and problem-solving skill.
- Strong grasp of the creative development process, have excellent art direction skills, and consistently deliver excellent work.
- In-depth knowledge of all steps required in the creative process, including effectively and efficiently staffing projects, providing communication and creative direction, and giving timely and helpful feedback to improve creative solutions.
- Ability to produce all work efficiently and on schedule.
- Ability to successfully supervise shoots.
- Ability to communicate effectively with creative and project management staff, engendering trust and respect.
- Great presentation skills and ability to work collaboratively with pipeline and technical teams in a fast-paced environment.
About The Company
Company 3 provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more.
Diversity And Inclusion At Company 3
Creativity has diversity at its core. We celebrate the value of each unique experience by being dedicated to fostering the most diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where every employee feels empowered and safe to show up to work as their full self.
It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Please inform the company’s HR representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.
- The listed pay range represents the lowest to highest range that we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, local currency exchange rates, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, applicable law, and business or organizational needs.
The benefits for eligible part-time employees working 25 or more hours per week and full-time employees in the US include a comprehensive package of health, retirement, and insurance benefits and paid time off. The benefits for eligible project hires and part-time employees working less than 25 hours per week in the US include retirement, select insurance benefits, and where required by law, health benefits. For roles filled in Canada and other territories, local benefits plan offerings will apply.
Both external and internal candidates can apply for this role through this careers’ website.
The above compensation and benefits information is provided in accordance with various state and local pay transparency laws.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with applicable law.
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