Compositing Artist (VFX)

3 Months ago • All levels • Animation

Job Summary

Job Description

Jellyfish Pictures is seeking experienced Compositors for their new Toronto studio, working on feature and episodic VFX productions. Compositors will be responsible for establishing the visual effects' look, creatively and technically, collaborating with artists and supervisors. Responsibilities include fulfilling client and supervisor expectations, acting as a point of contact for compositing matters, supporting the team by sharing knowledge, and overcoming creative and technical challenges. The role requires strong Nuke compositing experience with live-action and CG elements, understanding of lighting and composition for photorealism, knowledge of passes, AOVs, render management, and the ability to build organized scripts and handle multiple tasks under pressure.
Must have:
  • Strong Nuke compositing experience
  • Photorealism skills with lighting and composition
  • AOVs, Passes and render management knowledge
  • Organized scripting and multitasking skills
  • Teamwork and communication abilities
Good to have:
  • Nuke tool and template script building
  • Shotgrid and Mocha experience
Perks:
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Wellbeing initiatives
  • Social events
  • Hybrid work model

Job Details

Description

We are seeking Compositors to join our team of talented artists, working across our feature and episodic productions in our VFX division, based out of our soon to be launched studio in Toronto.

As a Compositor you will establish the looks of visual effects shots, driving the creative as well as the technical approach taken. You will work alongside a team of artists and our VFX supervisors.

Responsibilities

  • Fulfil the creative expectations set by both the client and VFX Supervisor
  • Be a proactive point of contact for artists, supervisors and production on any compositing related matters
  • Supports the team, sharing knowledge and techniques when creative and technical challenges arise

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Strong experience compositing in Nuke and working with a combination of live action plates and CG
  • A strong understanding of Lighting and Composition to achieve photo-realism on high profile shows
  • Practical working knowledge of Passes, AOVs and render management
  • Ability to build organised scripts and multitask
  • Capable of working under pressure to meet deadlines
  • Good communicator within a team and ability to take direction positively

Nice-to-have

  • Experience building Nuke tools and template scripts
  • Experience using Shotgrid for shot management
  • Experience using Mocha for tracking

Benefits

Culture

At Jellyfish Pictures, we foster a community of diverse talent to create engaging worlds. We empower our employees to think creatively and collaboratively to achieve common goals. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion ensures that you can focus on your passion in a supportive environment conducive to growth. We're currently pursuing B Corp certification and offer a range of social events, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing initiatives to support our team members.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a recruitment process based solely on merit, without bias towards ethnicity, age, gender, race, disability, sexual orientation/preference, national origin, religion, or any other protected category.

We have both flexible and hybrid working models on offer at Jellyfish Pictures, so whether you are remote, love coming into the studio or a mixture of both we try our best to accommodate a healthy work life balance.

Please do let us know which method of communication works best for you in the questions included in the application, as well as highlighting whether you require any reasonable adjustments to the screening or interview process.

If you would like to keep up to date with all our vacancies, information on projects we are working and want to become part of our wider talent community, please feel free to opt in to our quarterly recruitment newsletter the JellyGram using the below email

optin@jellyfishpictures.co.uk

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About The Company

Jellyfish started as a two-man band back in 2001, and since then we have grown into one of the most respected visual effects and animation studios in the world. We now employ over 400 artists across five UK studios and offer remote working around the globe. We are as dedicated as ever to creating stunning moving pictures.

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