Procedural 2D Supervisor

Overview

Hogarth is the Global Content Production Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media. Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate today’s evolving content experience.

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore.

WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500. Our people are the key to our success. We are committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.

We believe the best work happens when we’re together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. We’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

VFX is delivered across multiple disciplines, channels, clients and products. We create animated characters, full computer-generated product configurators with millions of variations, computer-generated products with AI-generated images, photo-real, real-time environments, water simulations, digital twins and much more. The department includes all the usual computer graphics disciplines from modellers, animators, lighters to pipeline developers and producers, both onshore and offshore, supporting global and local client needs.

What does a 'Procedural' 2D Supervisor do at Hogarth? Proceduralism relies on broken down published components, logical structures and parameters to construct CGI at scale with code rather than manual effort. Procedural Supervisors will be responsible for overseeing the creation and development of these conventions. This role involves working closely with Python developers to define procedural specifications to generate and control 2D files.

Reporting lines and key stakeholders:

This role reports to the Global Director Of VFX and will work closely with all our global CGI/VFX teams.

• Scene files:
  Define and build procedural systems for breakdown and assembling files for 2D roto, paint and compositing workflows and provide tools for manual and bulk adjustments of parameters.
• Colour:
  Design systems for efficient and non-destructive preservation of colour, viewing LUTs and render efficiency. Experience with OCIO is crucial.
• Editorial and Continuity:
  Maintain continuity and scale in editorial cut, ensuring technical and visual consistency for animating and iteration geometry and compatible rigs. Experience with OTIO is crucial.
• Procedural Specifications:
  Collaborate with Python developers to establish clear specifications for how the procedural system should function, covering compositing fundamentals and colour, animation, render and editorial processes.

• Strong understanding of Nuke, with strong skills in roto, paint, compositing, colour and editorial.
• Experience with Da Vinci Resolve, Premiere, Photoshop and After Effects beneficial.
• Extensive experience in 2D in a mature pipeline.
• Proficiency in Python scripting for procedural tools and pipeline integration.
• Ability to communicate complex technical requirements to Python developers and other technical teams.

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