Do you see how CG work comes together - and know how to guide a team from technical challenge to final frame?
We’re looking for a CG Supervisor to lead the creative and technical execution of CG work across our projects, helping artists and leads deliver work that is visually strong, technically sound, and production-ready.
Based in Tokyo, this is a senior show-facing role that combines strong technical judgement with calm, collaborative leadership. On-site work in Tokyo is preferred.
You’ll work closely with the VFX Supervisor, Production, Pipeline, the Assets Supervisor, department leads, and artists to ensure that CG work is planned clearly, executed efficiently, and delivered to a high standard. As our structure includes an Assets Supervisor, this role focuses on show-level CG delivery rather than direct ownership of asset department management. You’ll help ensure that assets, animation, FX, lighting, rendering, and shot execution come together successfully across sequences and shows.
We’re after someone who is practical, thoughtful, and confident under pressure - someone who can solve complex problems, support artists, and bring clarity to the CG process.
Key Responsibilities
- Creative and technical execution: Define and oversee the CG approach for assigned shows, ensuring work supports the creative goals set by the VFX Supervisor and meets the technical standards required for delivery.
- Show-level leadership: Provide clear direction across layout, animation, FX, lighting, rendering, and shot integration.
- Sequence and shot oversight: Maintain an overview of key shots and sequences, identifying dependencies, technical risks, continuity issues, and delivery challenges.
- Asset integration: Work closely with the Assets Supervisor to ensure that assets are suitable for show requirements and integrate effectively into shots.
- Pipeline collaboration: Collaborate with Pipeline, the Assets Supervisor, department leads, and Technical Directors to refine workflows, troubleshoot issues, and improve production efficiency.
- Rendering and performance: Monitor render times, memory usage, data management, scene complexity, and overall CG performance.
- Review and feedback: Lead or participate in CG reviews and dailies, providing clear, constructive, and actionable feedback.
- Quality control: Conduct final CG quality checks before work is passed to the VFX Supervisor, Compositing, Production, or client review.
- Production alignment: Work with Production to support realistic scheduling, task planning, milestones, and resource allocation.
- Problem solving: Act as a senior point of escalation for creative and technical CG challenges.
- Mentorship: Support leads, seniors, and artists through guidance, feedback, and by modelling a calm, respectful, and solution-focused leadership style.
- Communication: Maintain clear communication between CG departments, the Assets Supervisor, VFX Supervisor, Production, Pipeline, and Compositing.
- Continuous improvement: Contribute to improvements in CG workflows, tools, standards, documentation, and production practices.
What You’ll Bring
- 8+ years of experience in VFX or animation, with at least 3 years in a CG leadership, lead, or supervisory role.
- Proven experience delivering high-quality CG work for feature films, episodic projects, commercials, or similar production environments.
- Strong understanding of the full CG production process, including layout, animation, FX, lighting, rendering, compositing handoff, and final delivery.
- Strong working knowledge of Maya, Houdini, rendering tools, and modern CG workflows.
- Good understanding of asset workflows and how assets integrate into shots and downstream departments.
- Strong technical understanding of pipeline integration, scene optimisation, rendering performance, data management, and troubleshooting.
- Experience with ShotGrid or similar production tracking systems.
- Strong creative judgement, with a good understanding of composition, lighting, scale, timing, realism, and visual continuity.
- Excellent communication, leadership, organisation, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in English is required.
- Japanese language skills and the ability to work on-site in Tokyo are considered assets.
Ready to help guide the CG process from plan to final pixel? We’re excited to hear from you.
