Matte Painting Supervisor
Job Summary
Job Description
- 8+ years VFX experience
- Lead and mentor matte painting team
- Expert in Photoshop, Nuke, Maya
- High-quality matte painting creation
- Seamless integration of 2D/3D elements
- Strong leadership and communication
- Experience in high-end feature film/TV
- Familiarity with 3D modeling/rendering
- Knowledge of scripting (Python, MEL)
- Experience in generative workflows
- Background in DMP supervision
15 skills required
Job Details
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor the matte painting team, fostering artistic growth and technical development in both 2D and 2.5D environments
- Supervise the creation of high-quality matte paintings and digital environments for feature films, television, and other media
- Collaborate with the VFX Supervisor and Art Director to establish the visual style and quality standards for matte paintings, ensuring consistency across 2D and 3D work
- Ensure the seamless integration of matte paintings with live-action footage and CG elements
- Develop and maintain efficient workflows and best practices for the matte painting department, incorporating both 2D and 3D techniques
- Provide creative and technical solutions to challenges in the production pipeline
- Review and provide constructive feedback on matte paintings to ensure artistic and technical excellence
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to keep the department at the forefront of innovation
Qualifications
- Minimum 8 years of experience in visual effects, with a strong background in matte painting, including both 2D and 2.5D work
- Proven leadership experience managing teams or departments in a fast-paced production environment
- Expert-level proficiency in industry-standard software (e.g., Adobe Photoshop, Nuke, Maya) for both 2D and 2.5D matte painting
- Strong understanding of perspective, lighting, and color theory
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to manage complex projects and team needs simultaneously
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a collaborative and team-oriented mindset
- Experience developing and maintaining workflows in coordination with pipeline and technical teams
- Experience in high-end feature film or episodic TV productions (preferred)
- Background in DMP supervision or departmental leadership (preferred)
- Familiarity with 3D modeling and rendering software (e.g., Houdini, 3ds Max)
- Knowledge of scripting (Python, MEL) for pipeline tools and automation a plus
- Experience in generative workflows a plus
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About The Company
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.
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