Overview

Are you a Senior Lighting Artist available now and interested in working with us on our first Animated Feature?! The Senior Lighting Artist uses creative and technical skills to light shots and sequences; facilitating shots through the lighting and rendering pipeline. This position is a short-term contract.

What you’ll get to do:

• Bring shots from lighting production through to finalising based on  project deadlines and milestone goals
• Follow Supervisor and Leads direction to create and design lighting for complex scenes; look developed assets, animation files and FX elements
• Polish the lighting on a shot and composite together assets and environment renders into a final shot, troubleshooting any issues
• Use appropriate compositing software to create a composite tree that combines the rendered levels and adjust the final composite until it meets the vision of the Directors and Supervisors
• Work closely with the Lighting Leads to adapt lighting rigs
• Communicate updates and track data per Production direction
• Provide solutions to visual problems through existing tools or by supporting new tool development
• Work with the Creative leads to interpret the visual goals in context of the tools and processes of the project
• Work with the Creative leads to ensure that tools and procedures support the creative process
• Communicate schedule implications in of visual requirements
• Provide direct visual support/feedback to artists where required
• Mentor less experienced digital artists, Producers and Production Management by sharing expertise

What you bring:

• 5 + years’ experience on feature films, TV and/or animated feature
• 5 + years’ experience in Lighting
• Working knowledge of Lighting in Maya
• Must have a good “eye”, and a good understanding of light, colour, contrast, shading, and lighting design
• Knowledge of rendering workflows
• Experience using MEL and/or Python, Maya, Renderman, Mayaman, Nuke
• Completion of degree program or working equivalent
• Advanced level of understanding of compositing and colour theory
• Demonstrate solid knowledge in pipeline development
• Have a thorough understanding the film post production process
• Understand the visual requirements for the film, design procedures and techniques
• Attention to design and artistic detail
• Ability to work solo as well as collaboratively within a team environment and when necessary to pass knowledge to other staff members
• Excellence in problem solving and balancing quick turnaround with long term quality and ability to meet deadlines with high quality output
• Strong written and oral communication in English
• Ability to efficiently organise and prioritise work across multiple areas and work under pressure
• Ability to take direction and feedback and apply this to assets or shots moving forward; anticipating the supervisors and leads preference

What do you value?

• Collaborative culture – We produce amazing award winning films in a culture that is passionate, fun, and friendly. We are one big family!
• Work/Life balance – We understand that people have families and activities outside of work, so we work hard to create a balance between work and life.
• Social animals – Join your co-workers in various social activities such as after work drinks, bake-offs, creative competitions and sporting events.

Interested? Check out our online application form via the following link: https://grnh.se/1aef5ad81

Please apply if you are eligible to work in Canada.

Animal Logic recently completed production on Peter Rabbit, The LEGO® Ninjago Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Alien: Covenant, and is currently in production on The LEGO® Movie Sequel (2019). See our new and improved website for more: https://www.animallogic.com/portfolio/projects/!

If you want to create GREAT WORK with GREAT PEOPLE then come and join us at Animal Logic, Vancouver.