Lead Paint & Roto Artist

2 Months ago • 4 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The Lead Roto/Paint Artist at ILM is responsible for ensuring the paint/roto team delivers all elements timely. This role involves assisting producers and supervisors with bidding and scheduling, attending dailies and production meetings, assigning shots to artists, providing clear direction and prioritizing tasks, monitoring progress, motivating the team, and identifying/solving problems. The Lead Artist will also conduct quality control, perform paint/roto work on complex shots as needed, interview potential candidates, and mentor less experienced artists. A minimum of 4+ years of feature film VFX experience (excluding stereo conversion) is required, along with Nuke expertise and strong leadership and communication skills.
Must have:
  • 4+ years VFX experience
  • Nuke experience
  • Leadership qualities
  • Strong communication
  • Time management
  • Organizational skills
  • Team player

Job Details

Job Posting Title:

Lead Paint & Roto Artist

Req ID:

10113287

Job Description:

About ILM

Founded by George Lucas, ILM is the leading effects facility in the world, with studios located in San Francisco, Vancouver, London, Sydney and Mumbai. ILM has created visual effects for over 325 feature films and has played a key role in seven of the top 10 worldwide box-office hits of all time and has contributed to 25 of the top 50. ILM has set the standard for visual effects, creating some of the most stunning images in the history of film. At the forefront of the digital revolution, the company continues to break new ground in visual effects, VR, AR, and Immersive Cinema. You can see some of our current projects here.

Your role?

The Lead Roto/Paint Artist is responsible for making sure the paint/roto team delivers all the requested elements in a timely fashion and acts as liaison between Production and the crew.

What will you be doing?

  • Assists the Producer, CG Supervisors & Production Managers with bidding and scheduling  

  • Attends Dailies and follows up with team regarding their notes, fixes, etc.  

  • Attends Production meetings  

  • Assigns shots to appropriate artists  

  • Provides clear direction and priorities to crew  

  • Monitors shot and sequence progress  

  • Motivates and empowers crew to meet deadlines  

  • Identifies problems and effectively implements solutions  

  • Quality control on elements delivered to compositors  

  • Fast and efficient paint/roto on complex shots as needed or time allows  

  • Interviews and reviews potential candidates when required.

  • Mentors less experienced artists 

To be a contributing member of this team, you will have a mix of these skills:

  • At least 4+ years on feature film VFX work alone, not including stereo conversion experience 

  • Must have Nuke experience 

  • Demonstrated leadership qualities 

  • Strong communicator with artist, supervisors, and managers 

  • Strong time management in delivering shots 

  • Solid organizational skills for priority shot task requests 

  • Team player who takes direction well 

  • Dependable under pressure with attention to detail 

  • Professional in all dealings with Production, Sup and crew 

JoinILM

This position is with Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLC, which is part of a business segment we call Industrial Light & Magic.

Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

Job Posting Segment:

ILM Sydney

Job Posting Primary Business:

ILM Sydney

Primary Job Posting Category:

Digital Paint - Studios

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Sydney, Australia

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2025-02-11

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