About the role
HR Assistant (m/f/d)
Responsibilities:
- Assist the HR Managers with the preparation of employment contracts
- Monitor holiday, sick, and overtime leave for employees
- Track the availabilities of freelance artists
- Assist HR Managers with the running of performance assessments
- Maintain our HR systems and keep workflow documentation up to date
- Provide general administrative support, including the preparation of workplace related documentation
- Lead and develop the on/offboarding process for employees and freelancers across our offices in Germany
- Act as a point of contact for employees and freelancers and answer general questions or requests
- Collaborate with the rest of the HR team to continuously improve current workflows
- Provide occasional support to the recruiting team during periods of high demand
Qualifications:
- Successfully completed BA degree and/or commercial training
- 1-2 years experience in an office environment
- Very good command of English, both written and spoken - German is a plus
- A proactive attitude and ability to work independently
- Experience in handling sensitive data in accordance with privacy laws
- A structured, reliable, and organized work style
- Solid knowledge of Office and HR tools (MS Office, Excel and ticketing systems)
Location & Work Requirements:
- On-site in Berlin, Germany
- EU Citizenship or a pre-existing EU work permit is required
VFX Recruiter (m/f/d)
Responsibilities:
- Independent pre-selection of applicants, for both freelance and staff positions for our international team
- Organization and conduction of interviews and maintenance of our applicant database
- Independent search of applicants via common networking platforms
- Designing online job advertisements
- Close cooperation with other departments regarding job requirements, including regular updates on the application statuses
- Consultation regarding the contract offers for candidates
- Preparation and communication of contract offers
- Organization and participation in international conference and networking events
Qualifications:
- Successfully completed BA degree and/or commercial training
- Solid knowledge of Excel, Word and workflow tools
- Very good command of English, both written and spoken - German is a plus
- The ability to provide expert recruiting advice
- Good interview skills and techniques
- An enthusiastic, convincing and dynamic personality
- Experience handling of common social media platforms
Location & Work Requirements:
- Ideally on-site in Berlin, Germany or London, UK
- Strong applications from Munich, Cologne or Stuttgart will be considered
- If London, UK Citizenship or a pre-existing UK work permit required
- If Germany, EU Citizenship or a pre-existing EU work permit is required
Full Stack Developer (m/f/d)
Responsibilities:
- Work within a small but dedicated team on all aspects of the Visual Effects Pipeline
- Maintain the existing Python/QT based infrastructure
- Develop the new browser-based application (replacing existing Python/Qt-based infrastructure)
- Contribute to team decision-making processes
- Communicate regularly with team members across different locations
Tech Stack:
- Backend: Python, MySQL, SQLAlchemy, GraphQL, Starlette, graphene ecosystem
- Legacy App: PyQt
- New App: Typescript, React, MaterialUI, Zustand (state management), Apollo (GraphQL client)
- Test Suites: pytest, jest
- Deployment: Docker
- Continuous Integration: Gitlab
Qualifications:
- Very good debugging skills
- Very good knowledge of Python, PyQt
- Very good knowledge of React, including global state management
- Good knowledge of database management with SQLAlchemy and Alembic
- Good knowledge of software testing with Jest and Pytest
- An interest in learning more about the processes of the VFX industry
- Comfortable working in a Linux environment
Desirable Skills:
- Experience with GraphQL, Celery, Docker, Gitlab, Sentry
- Basic understanding of UI/UX design
- Experience with Agile
- German language is a plus
Location & Work Requirements:
- On-site in Germany
- EU citizenship or a pre-existing German work permit required
VFX Producer (m/f/d)
Responsibilities:
- Produce and manage budgets and schedules
- Define, document, and communicate the project's overall workflow with the VFX Supervisor and Department Supervisors
- Update production costs, manage change orders, and handle the payment schedule with the client
- Plan and schedule facility resources with Department Supervisors and the VFX Supervisor across multiple offices
- Determine milestones, oversee scheduling, and ensure assignments are communicated and respected
- Manage daily schedules with the Coordinator(s)
- Coordinate with EP, Head of Production, and finance for cashflow planning, invoicing, and reporting
- Provide regular verbal and written progress reports to clients, management, and internal teams
- Ensure all departments are aware of schedule changes and production requirements
- Manage and train production coordinators and managers, oversee their work, and handle performance and attendance
- Negotiate with external vendors for outsourcing purposes
- Oversee archiving, marketing materials, credits, and conduct post-mortem meetings
Qualifications:
- Experience in leading a production and managing internal teams
- Ability to manage initial visual effects breakdowns, bids, and overview schedules
- Proven experience in liaising with clients and managing relationships
- Effective communication skills
- Ability to provide regular updates and ensure all departments are informed
- Fluency in English and German is required for German offices
- Proven ability to negotiate with external vendors
- Experience with production tools such as Excel, FileMaker, Shotgun, or DaVinci Resolve
- Experience in overseeing project wrap-up activities
Location & Work Requirements:
- Based onsite/hybrid (3 days a week in the office) in Berlin, Stuttgart, or Munich
- EU citizenship or a pre-existing German work permit required
VFX Production Manager (m/f/d)
Responsibilities:
- Manage workflow with the Producer and Facility Resource Manager to balance production schedule and employee resources
- Develop, adapt and implement production strategies
- Maintain the overall production schedule and department quotas
- Monitor and suggest improvements to production workflow (scheduling, information flow, resource management)
- Update production crew list and resource planning documents
- Assist the Producer with daily interaction with clients
- Oversee Coordinators in managing artist assignments
- Oversee day-to-day operations of the show
- Oversee the coordination of dailies and reviews
- Oversee client deliveries of all temps and finals
- Create and maintain weekly status reports
- Facilitate inter-departmental meetings
- Participate in client meetings
- Anticipate special project requirements (software, hardware, server space, render capacity)
- Communicate with external vendors for outsourcing
- Mentor Production Coordinators and Production Assistants
Qualifications:
- Very good knowledge of industry terminology
- Self-organizing, problem solving, and multitasking abilities
- Collaborative team spirit and assertiveness
- Ability and willingness to lead a small coordination team
- Instinct to forecast workload to set goals and ensure final deadlines are met
- Positive and proactive attitude
- Good German and English skills
- Experience with Excel, FileMaker, Shotgun, DaVinci is a plus
- Experience in bidding is appreciated
Location & Work Requirements:
- On-site in Berlin, Germany
- EU citizenship or a pre-existing EU work permit required
VFX Coordinator (m/f/d)
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with Producers, Leads, and Supervisors to manage schedules and workflows
- Organize and support dailies, Cinesync sessions, rounds, and meetings
- Track and manage client feedback and internal notes
- Support timely and accurate delivery of temp and final shots
- Maintain communication with artists, supervisors, and other departments
- Manage incoming and outgoing client reference material and VFX plates
- Help prioritize render farm usage and oversee data flow
- Collaborate with support departments (IT, Editorial) to manage resources
- Help create a positive team culture
Qualifications:
- Solid understanding of visual effects production workflows and terminology
- Excellent organizational, time-management, and multitasking skills
- Clear and professional communicator
- Calm under pressure
- Positive and proactive attitude
- Fluent in English, German is a plus
- Experience with production tools such as Excel, FileMaker, Shotgun, or DaVinci Resolve is a plus
Location & Work Requirements:
- On-site in Berlin, Germany or London, UK
- If Germany, EU citizenship or a pre-existing German work permit required
- If UK, UK citizenship or a pre-existing UK work permit required
VFX Supervisor (m/f/d)
Responsibilities:
- Oversee the entire production process
- Lead project planning and supervise on set
- Serve as the primary point of contact for clients
- Review and provide technical and creative feedback to artists
- Organize team workflows
- Step in to assist the team when needed
- On-site work required
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in VFX post-production
- Proven experience as a VFX Supervisor
- Strong background as a CG or Comp Supervisor
- Creative eye, solid grasp of composition, cinematic design, and animation timing
- Experience in on-set supervision
- Ability to excel under tight deadlines
- Demonstrated experience in team leadership
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Exceptional attention to detail and realism
- Proficiency in English
Location & Work Requirements:
- On-site in Berlin, Germany
- EU citizenship or a pre-existing German work permit required
Compositing Artists
Responsibilities:
- Creating high quality composites and integrating all elements into sequences
- Matching artificial elements to shot plates and elevating artificial shots to hyper-realistic levels
- Colour correcting, retouching, rotoscoping, chromakeying, degraining and regraining images
- Collaborating on technical and creative challenges
- Working closely with various departments to ensure high quality standards
Qualifications:
- At least 3+ years of experience in a professional VFX environment
- Good eye for detail and realism
- Good knowledge of 3D space compositing and multi-channel EXR workflow
- Solid knowledge of Nuke
- General knowledge of Maya and/or Houdini is a plus
- Nuke scripting and customization in Python skills is a plus
- Familiarity with the USD pipeline is a plus
Location & Work Requirements:
- On-site/remote in London, UK or Berlin/Munich, Germany
- If London, UK Citizenship or a pre-existing UK work permit required
- If Berlin or Munich, EU Citizenship or a pre-existing EU work permit required