Superviseur·e Texture & LookDev - Hybride VFX

We are seeking a Texture & LookDev Supervisor to lead our team of texturing and look development artists at Hybride, a renowned visual effects studio. As a supervisor, you will oversee projects, develop and optimize pipeline setups and workflows, and participate in crew planning. You will also mentor artists, ensure high-quality asset delivery, and create photorealistic textures and shaders for complex assets.

Leadership

• Assign tasks, mentor artists, and ensure the department delivers high-quality organic and hard-surface assets for top-tier VFX productions.
• Participate in hiring, crew planning, talent evaluations, and ongoing performance management.
• Enforce rigorous Quality Control (QC) standards for all published assets.

Creative Execution and Look Development

• Create highly detailed textures from internal art or client references.
• Lead look development and shading in Arnold for Houdini, delivering physically accurate materials for creatures, characters, and hard-surface assets.
• Collaborate closely with the Lighting team to maintain consistent photorealism.
• Develop optimized procedural shading networks and custom material setups as needed.

Pipeline, Technical, and Production

• Collaborate with the Head of CG and Technical Directors to establish best practices within the existing pipeline.
• Work with Production, Modeling, FX, CFX, and Lighting teams to design sequence-specific workflows and maximize efficiency.
• Support Production in project bidding, asset scoping, and scheduling to meet key delivery milestones.
• Explore new tools and methodologies to enhance departmental efficiency and visual quality.
• Standardize, ingest, and integrate texture and lookdev packages from external suppliers.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation and pipeline guides.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading or supervising artists in a high-end cinema or VFX studio.
• Proven experience in texturing and shading complex CG organic creatures and digital humans.
• Advanced knowledge of Mari/Substance Painter and Photoshop.
• Expert-level shader creation, material accuracy, and AOVs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Arnold and Houdini.
• Experience with Nuke.
• Familiarity with Copernicus, Machine Learning, and AI tools.
• In-depth understanding of character and creature creation workflows.