Compositing Supervisor

1 Month ago • 7 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Compositing Supervisor at Scanline VFX, you'll oversee the compositing team, ensuring timely, high-quality deliveries. You'll collaborate with production and creative teams, manage compositors across global studios, monitor progress, and solve problems. Responsibilities include on-the-box compositing of complex shots, utilizing 2D image manipulation skills (tracking, color correction, etc.), developing production methodologies, and providing input to the Head of 2D. The role requires expert Nuke skills, 3D graphics understanding, strong leadership, and effective communication.
Must have:
  • 7+ years VFX experience
  • Expert Nuke skills
  • Strong leadership & communication
  • 3D graphics understanding
  • Manage compositing team
Good to have:
  • Python, Blinkscript, or C++
  • Nuke particle experience
  • OCIO/ACES Color Config
  • 360 VR or Array Compositing
  • Shotgrid/Flow experience

Job Details

As a Compositing Supervisor, you will oversee the compositing team, ensuring timely and high-quality deliveries. Your expertise in compositing and production methodologies will guide the team to resolve creative and technical challenges.

Key Responsibilities

    • Collaborate with Production and other Creative teams to achieve the goals of the project
    • Ensure Deliveries are completed to the highest standards and consistency, both technically and creatively
    • Assist in planning and coordination of Compositing Deliveries
    • Manage a team of Compositors across global studios
    • Monitor the team's progress and help diagnose and solve problems
    • Recognize knowledge gaps and actively collaborate with the team to find solutions
    • On-the-box compositing of complex shots (live action sourced and/or full CG)
    • Utilize and share core knowledge of 2D image manipulation processes such as tracking, color correction, depth of field, retiming, warping, and photographic optical effects to achieve photorealistic composites. 
    • Develop production methodologies and creative approaches in anticipation of and to resolve problems
    • Provide input to Head of 2D on Compositor performance, compositing pipeline, and workflows

Qualifications

    • 7+ years live-action feature film or episodic compositing experience
    • Expert Nuke skills and knowledge of compositing workflows
    • Expert understanding of 3D computer graphics, including modeling, lighting, and animation
    • Outstanding leadership, organizational, and time management skills
    • Ability and desire to engage in positive collaboration and communicate effectively
    • Advanced knowledge and experience using Shotgrid/Flow or other VFX Production tracking software
    • Experience creating written or video recorded training materials
    • Traditional art, photography, and film background (preferred)
    • Python, Blinkscript, or C++ experience (preferred)
    • Nuke particle experience (preferred)
    • OCIO/ACES Color Config and management experience (preferred)
    • 360 VR or Array Compositing experience (preferred)

About Us
Scanline VFX is an award-winning leader in the visual effects industry with 7 studios worldwide, including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich (will cease to operate by year's end), Seoul, and Vancouver. Since our beginning in 1989, we strive to set the highest standard of quality in everything we do. Through innovation, we generate solutions for our clients and raise the bar — both within our workplace and throughout our industry.

We look for explorers, people who are willing to go to new places and are open to testing, learning and iterating as they go. We believe great ideas come from everyone, so we actively encourage team members to ask questions and present their ideas.

Eyeline Studios
Eyeline Studios, our virtual production division, is rethinking the future of real-time filmmaking by providing content creators with unmatched flexibility. Learn more.

Powered by Netflix
Netflix’s investment in our pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce allows us to continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in visual effects. In addition to working on projects for Netflix, we continue to work with a variety of long-standing and new clients.

Come as you are
We are committed to ensuring fair and equal treatment of your application. When you apply for a role with us, you will receive consideration based solely on your qualifications.

We will only consider applicants based in British Columbia, or those willing to relocate.

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About The Company

Scanline VFX is an award-winning, global leader in the visual effects industry with studios in 7 core locations including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich, Seoul, Stuttgart, and Vancouver. From humble beginnings over 30 years ago, we’ve grown to a team of over 1,200 made up of diverse nationalities from around the world. We believe in the power of storytelling and are committed to helping filmmakers realize their artistic vision. Underpinned by a commitment to innovation, collaboration and long-standing partnerships, we continue to develop innovative tools, techniques and technologies, to offer filmmakers the ultimate in creative freedom. Eyeline Studios, Scanline’s virtual production division, is rethinking the future of real-time filmmaking by providing content creators with unmatched flexibility.

Netflix’s investment in Scanline’s pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce allows Scanline to continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in VFX. In addition to working on projects for Netflix, Scanline continues to work with a variety of long-standing and new clients outside of Netflix.

Established in 1989 in Munich, Scanline became well-known for our ability to create photorealistic natural phenomena such as fire, smoke and water, having developed our proprietary fluid simulation software, Flowline. Scanline was the sole developer of Flowline and in 2008, and was the recipient of a Scientific and Technical Achievement Academy Award® for the software.

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