Lead Nuke compositor

benuts is a Belgian studio aiming to support its artists in the development of their capabilities in a creative and human environment. We strive every day in order to live our values of: Expertise, Ambition, Cooperation and Humility. Over the years, we built of team of passionate artists, involved on several projects of feature films as well as TV series, on a local and European scale. In order to sustain these projects and our expansion, we are currently looking for a:

Missions:

• Lead, motivate and mentor the Compositing team by example and maintains a hands-on compositing role, correct bad habits, encourage best practices, teach new
• Conduct frequent desklies/rounds, giving artists useful feedback/spotting
• Responsible for the management of the compositing team, the quality of the compositing work and an overview and development of the 2D pipeline across projects, together with the 2D Supervisor
• Solve technical comp issues, optimize complex Nuke setups
• Define and split comp work into sequences
• Complete or assist with shots for each project
• Ensure all elements are complete and on time from beginning to end of each project
• In conjunction with VFX Coordinator and 2D Supervisor, assign shots to appropriate compositor according to ability and sequence delineation
• Develop and set looks for sequences and shots/effects/assets/2D, in consultation with the 2D Supervisor / VFX Supervisor
• Organize the creation of template scripts for each sequence or recurring tasks
• Review comp work prior to dailies, manage comp dailies session/rounds schedule, Understand and coordinate with upstream departments by chasing elements
• Perform final quality control checks on shots
• Communicate shot information to 2D Supervisor and VFX Producer to allow schedule updates and additional work, advising if there are any problems arising

Skills required:

• Problem-solving & dedication
• Organization and communication skills, team spirit oriented
• Motivated, hard worker, able to work with short deadlines and under pressure
• Drive, natural curiosity about new technologies linked to the VFX and gaming sectors
• Liaise between the 2D Supervisor and compositing team.

We offer you the opportunity to join a great working environment with a talented team and to work on exciting projects. Our main office is in La Hulpe but we also have locations in Mechelen and Brussels. If you are not self-employed, we offer freelance contracts paid according to the CP227 scale. Our mission: to support Belgian artists in developing their skills in a creative environment with no limits, to bring each project to life.

Wanna be nuts? Join us! Send us your CV, showreel, Artstation profile,... at jobs@benuts.be www.benuts.be