VFX Coordinator

Magnopus is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented VFX Coordinator to join our dynamic team. As a VFX Coordinator, you will play a crucial role in the day-to-day coordination of visual effects production, supporting our project team to ensure smooth, timely, and high-quality delivery of visual effects across various projects.

Magnopus's studio postings are made in advance of work anticipated to be awarded. Hires cannot be made until contracts are awarded. In some instances, contracts may not be awarded which could delay or preempt the interview process. We appreciate your patience.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with VFX Producer and Supervisors to schedule, track and manage the workflow in order to meet deadlines
• Organize Dailies, rounds and meetings, taking notes and following up on information as necessary
• Ensure production database is kept updated daily with notes and key information before departing for the day
• Communicate any client sessions or meeting changes to the appropriate team member
• Communicating information quickly and concisely to crew and other departments in person, not just via email
• Maintain accurate summaries of progress from previous day’s work by artists
• Anticipate and communicate issues to Producer and Supervisor to resolve problems promptly
• Manage edits along with editorial department
• Take responsibility for knowing details of schedule and advising production crew members accordingly
• Manage resources and communicate clearly within each department
• Provide superlative support under dead-line driven timelines

Requirements

• Must have 2+ years of experience working in Shotgun/Shotgrid/Flow, organizing data, creating tasks, running reports, building playlists, distributing notes, organizing deliveries, and ensuring that tracked data is always up to date.
• Setup Shotgrid dashboards for external vendors and help them integrate within our Shotgrid instance
• Ability to work in fast paced environment
• Previous experience as a VFX Production Coordinator
• Highly organized, exceptional time/project management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to prioritize conflicting tasks and juggle multiple projects
• In depth understanding of live-action and CG based VFX workflow
• In depth understanding of common file formats and resolutions

Magnopus is an experience focused technology company founded by a team of Oscar-winning artists, designers, and engineers from games, films, and other unusual places. We’re passionate about creating rich experiences that unite the physical and digital worlds.

Because we’re building the future, we endeavor to create a diverse, creative workplace where people from many perspectives collaborate across disciplines to create amazing things together. We invest in our employee's progression with ongoing education and mentorship opportunities through their guilds, and support their happiness and productivity through generous health care, time off, and other benefits. 

We try to foster a safe environment where we can take risks, and learn from our failures. While we value individual talents, we favor collaboration more. We believe that the leadership of the company works for the employees, not the other way around. We feel strongly that our employees guide who we are as a company and the work we create, so we look for characteristics of curiosity, empathy, respect, honesty, and courage in every candidate.

Though we’ve delivered a lot of crazy stuff, here are a few you can check out at home:

Mission: ISS

Disney Pixar Coco VR

Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab

The Lion King - Virtual Production

Elixir