Career Paths

Choose Your Path

10 VFX departments. Real industry hierarchy. From first day to Head of Department.

Effects & Simulation

FX / Effects

Simulation, solvers, and the mathematics of chaos

CFX / Creature FX

Cloth, hair, muscle, and everything that moves on a character

Character & Animation

Animation

Performance, timing, and the illusion of life

Modeling

Topology, form, and building every asset from scratch

Rigging / Character TD

Joints, deformers, and the skeleton under every character

Compositing & Environments

Compositing

The last hands on every frame

Environments

Worlds, landscapes, and every set that tells the story

Cross-Discipline

Lighting

Light, shadow, and the mood of every frame

Lookdev / Surfacing

Materials, textures, and the surface of everything

CG Generalist

A little of everything. Master of adaptability.

FX Artist

FX / Effects · 7 tiers

Simulation, solvers, and the mathematics of chaos

Head of FX

Lighting Artist

Lighting · 7 tiers

Light, shadow, and the mood of every frame

Head of Lighting

Compositor

Compositing · 7 tiers

The last hands on every frame

Head of Comp

Animator

Animation · 7 tiers

Performance, timing, and the illusion of life

Head of Animation

Lookdev Artist

Lookdev / Surfacing · 6 tiers

Materials, textures, and the surface of everything

Lookdev Supervisor

CFX Artist

CFX / Creature FX · 6 tiers

Cloth, hair, muscle, and everything that moves on a character

CFX Supervisor

Modeler

Modeling · 6 tiers

Topology, form, and building every asset from scratch

Modeling Supervisor

Rigger

Rigging / Character TD · 6 tiers

Joints, deformers, and the skeleton under every character

Rigging Supervisor

Environment Artist

Environments · 6 tiers

Worlds, landscapes, and every set that tells the story

Env Supervisor

CG Generalist

CG Generalist · 5 tiers

A little of everything. Master of adaptability.

Generalist Lead