Pitch Black
1001 - 5000 employees
📱 Media
🤝 B2B
Media • B2B
Pitch Black is a global house of award-winning creative brands specializing in digital production and visual effects for film, television, and streaming media. It comprises multiple established VFX and visualization studios—FOLKS, Rising Sun Pictures (RSP), El Ranchito, and Square One—delivering high-end visual effects, visualization, and creative production services to major international clients and storytellers.
FX Artist
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Pitch Black
1001 - 5000 employees
📱 Media
🤝 B2B
Media • B2B
Pitch Black is a global house of award-winning creative brands specializing in digital production and visual effects for film, television, and streaming media. It comprises multiple established VFX and visualization studios—FOLKS, Rising Sun Pictures (RSP), El Ranchito, and Square One—delivering high-end visual effects, visualization, and creative production services to major international clients and storytellers.
đź“‹ Description
• Create advanced FX simulations including fire, explosions, destruction, volumetrics, fluids, oceans, lava, and environmental effects • Deliver hero-level FX work across complex multi-element sequences • Develop reusable Houdini templates and procedural workflows for production teams • Build and maintain tools that improve simulation efficiency and artist workflows • Collaborate with Supervisors, HoDs, and global teams to solve technical and creative challenges • Help establish quality benchmarks and maintain consistency across sequences • Support workflow improvements through scripting and technical problem-solving • Participate in dailies, communicate progress clearly, and respond constructively to feedback • Mentor and support other artists through knowledge sharing and technical guidance • Experience leading sequences or small teams • Experience contributing to pipeline, R&D, or tool development initiatives
🎯 Requirements
• Significant experience in a professional VFX production environment with a strong focus on FX • Expert-level Houdini experience • Strong understanding of particle systems, destruction, volumetrics, and fluid simulations • Strong scripting skills in VEX, Python, and MEL • Advanced Maya knowledge • Experience working within fast-paced production environments • Strong communication and collaboration skills across disciplines and time zones • Working knowledge of Vellum • Familiarity with Katana or Unreal Engine • Nuke experience
🏖️ Benefits
• Inclusive and accessible recruitment experience • Equal employment opportunities • Inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive
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