Lead Surfacing Artist

The Lead Surfacing Artist collaborates with the show side supervision team to help maintain and schedule tasks and assignments while ensuring the artists stay on track and delivers photo-real textures for hard surface and organic models, environments, and hero creature work.

Key Responsibilities

• Create photorealistic textures, both hand-painted and from set photography to a level of detail necessary for hero CG assets
• Work independently on defined tasks, but in collaboration with artists and supervisors in modeling, shading, and lighting during the look development process
• Lead and mentor a team of artists; offer constructive and support feedback

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum four (4) years of experience in visual effects for live-action feature films or television
• Previous leadership experience
• Hands-on experience using Mari essential, Photoshop, ZBrush, Mudbox a plus
• Working knowledge of Maya necessary, 3ds Max, V-Ray, Nuke a plus
• Clear understanding of color space, shading, lighting, and rendering methodologies
• Familiarity with digital photography

About Us

Scanline VFX is an award-winning leader in the visual effects industry with 8 studios worldwide, including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich (will cease to operate by year's end), Seoul, Mumbai 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.

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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.