Layout Artist
Job Summary
Job Description
Layout artist with 3-5 years of experience in visual effects for film/TV. Strong Maya skills, camera animation, staging, and set dressing. Excellent eye for detail, problem-solving, and communication.
Must have:
- Maya experience
- Camera animation
- Visual effects
- Problem-solving
Good to have:
- Traditional arts
- Lighting skills
- Texturing skills
- FX knowledge
Perks:
- Netflix projects
- Global studios
9 skills required
Job Details
As a Layout Artist, you will be responsible for the story-telling, shot sequence continuity, and presentation as part of the VFX pipeline. Utilizing assets from the modeling department and/or camera track from the matchmove department, you will create a rough pass of the shot as a whole as well as package necessary components for use in later departments.
Key Responsibilities
- Create visually striking composition based on the shot description and/or storyboard
- Match references such as previs and/or images
- Supplement shots with simple but convincing animation, lighting, and FX to aid story-telling
- Stitch plate-based shots into a full CG environment and vice versa
- Assemble the correct combination of assets in a shot for use in downstream departments
- Include proof of scale and continuity in a virtual layout set up
- Debugs technical problems and escalate issues as needed
- Takes directions and applies notes from supervisors
Minimum Qualifications
- Three (3) to five (5) years of layout experience in visual effects for feature film or television (required)
- Advanced software skills in Maya
- Extensive skillset in-camera animation, staging, and set dressing
- Great sense of presentation via lighting, texturing, and/or FX
- Solid animation grounding for story-telling purposes
- Background or experience in traditional Fine Arts demonstrating a thorough understanding of framing and composition
- Great eye for detail with excellent and consistent quality assurance
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Ability to communicate in English and Korean
About Us
Scanline VFX is an award-winning leader in the visual effects industry with 7 studios worldwide, including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich, Seoul, Stuttgart, 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 Seoul or surroundings, or those willing to relocate.
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