Compositing Artist (VFX)

1 Month 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 establish the visual effects look, driving both creative and technical approaches. Responsibilities include fulfilling client and supervisor expectations, acting as a point of contact for artists and production, supporting the team by sharing knowledge, and meeting deadlines under pressure. Strong Nuke experience, understanding of lighting and composition for photorealism, and knowledge of passes, AOVs, and render management are essential.
Must have:
  • Strong Nuke compositing experience
  • Live action & CGA experience
  • Photorealism skills in lighting & composition
  • AOVs, passes, and render management knowledge
  • Organized scripting & multitasking
  • Team communication & direction
Good to have:
  • Nuke tool & template script building
  • Shotgrid & Mocha experience
Perks:
  • Flexible/hybrid working
  • Social events
  • Wellbeing initiatives

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

Founded in 2001, Jellyfish Pictures is a London based BAFTA, Emmy and Annie award winning global Animation and Visual Effects (VFX) studio working with clients that include Disney, Netflix, DreamWorks, Apple TV+, HBO, Sky, the BBC and Amazon.


Our teams work in an inclusive, talent-focussed, collaborative culture where our hybrid set-up allows our visionary artists to work on projects safely, securely and with optimum productivity from all over the world. The company has undergone rapid growth recently, expanding into India and hiring 400+ new artists in 2023 alone.

 

Jellyfish Pictures VFX credits include blockbuster movies such as 'Solo: A Star Wars Story', 'Star Wars: Episode VII - The Last Jedi' and 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, with television projects that include work on 'Stranger Things', 'The Book of Boba Fett', 'Gangs of London', 'Sex Education' and 'The Witcher: Blood Origin', as well as the upcoming series 'Nautilus'.


Jellyfish Pictures has produced high-quality CG animation for feature films 'Spirit Untamed' and 'How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming', plus top-rated children’s animated series; 'Dennis and Gnasher: Unleashed', 'Floogals' and 'Bitz & Bob'.

 

Jellyfish Pictures continues to lead the industry’s acceleration into the virtual studio model with its pioneering achievements in technology recognised as the recipients of the first Broadcast Tech and Innovation award for ‘Excellence in Virtualisation’.


We believe in promoting and joining causes that inspire positive change in our employees, clients, communities, shareholders, and other stakeholders to help drive our business towards a more sustainable future.

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