Senior VFX Supervisor

Summary

Join team x, a global communications and marketing agency for Mercedes-Benz, as a VFX Supervisor. You will lead and execute high-quality visual effects across various projects, collaborating with creatives, producers, artists, and clients. Responsibilities include overseeing the VFX pipeline, managing projects, providing technical expertise, mentoring artists, and representing the agency externally. The role requires extensive experience in VFX, strong leadership skills, and proficiency in CG pipelines. Team x offers a collaborative culture, exciting products, a central Berlin workplace with hybrid and remote options, flexible working time, and various benefits.

Requirements

• Must be fluent in German and English
• A seasoned VFX professional with extensive experience in commercials, film, or television production. Ideally with good experience in the Automotive sector
• A skilled leader capable of managing and motivating teams of VFX artists to achieve exceptional results
• Highly proficient in CG pipelines, with a strong understanding of modeling, lighting, animation, and FX
• A problem-solver with the ability to troubleshoot technical and creative challenges in complex VFX productions
• Experienced in on-set supervision, providing critical expertise to ensure VFX integration aligns with the final creative vision
• A strong communicator who can effectively liaise between clients, directors, producers, and internal teams
• Passionate about innovation, always seeking new ways to push the boundaries of digital production

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage the full VFX pipeline from pre-production through to post-production, ensuring seamless execution and high-quality output
• Manage large projects and coordinate the CG output and quality control, from concept to completion
• Provide key POV and expertise in both traditional and real-time render use cases, particularly for the automotive world
• Work closely with directors, producers and internal creative teams to define and implement the VFX vision for each project
• Lead the CGI team across multiple disciplines, including modelling, lighting, animation and VFX
• Work in collaboration with a Process Engineers and Technical Director to ensure the most efficient processes, pipeline and automation
• Responsible for the overall quality, direction and vision of the CGI studio
• Oversee the digital capture of live-action shoots and the subsequent integration into the VFX pipeline, ensuring that footage is optimally captured for post-production workflows
• Oversee post-production processes, maintaining creative consistency and ensuring that all VFX elements meet the highest quality standards
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges, continuously innovating to improve production efficiency
• Foster a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and technological advancement within the team. Must be up to date with the latest trends, software and approaches, especially within automotive
• Represent team x externally, showcasing our capabilities and expertise in next-gen VFX production

Benefits

• A great team and a collaborative culture
• Exciting products and the opportunity to work for the world's most valuable luxury automotive brand
• Central and beautiful workplace in Berlin, with hybrid and remote opportunities
• Flexible working time
• 30 vacation days
• Customize your ideal benefits package using our Benefitsy portal, offering access to a diverse selection of options like Urban sports, Spotify, REWE, Sixt, IKEA, and many more
• First-class learning and development opportunities through access to LinkedIn Learning catalogue, that includes 20,000+ diverse courses
• 20% employer contribution to our pension scheme