Jobs

Scholarships

Courses

Companies

Placements

Community

Home >

Jobs >

Layout Artist

Seoul, South Korea (On-site)

Layout Artist

5 Months ago • 3-5 Years • Animation

About the job

7 skills required for this role

Test your skills to join the top 1% applicants for this job

maya

communication

innovation

texturing

lighting-shading

composition

real-time-vfx

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

Not hearing back from companies?

Unlock the secrets to a successful job application and accelerate your journey to your next opportunity.

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.

View Full Job Description

Upload your resume, increase your shortlisting chances by 80%

About The Company

Scanline VFX

63 Active Jobs

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.