Senior Digital Paint Artist

The Senior Digital Paint Artist at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is a hybrid role, requiring 2-3 days onsite in Vancouver. This position involves restoring background plates and crafting digital articulate mattes. The ideal candidate thrives in a creative, inclusive environment, enjoys sharing knowledge, and has a passion for art, technology, and movies. ILM values diverse backgrounds and experiences within its Paint team.

Must Have

• Strong eye for color and grain structures.
• Ability to match saturation, hues, and black points.
• Able to break shots down into individual components.
• Quickly and effectively incorporate supervisor feedback.
• Research and communicate relevant references.
• Keen eye for recognizing paint artifacts, sharpness, and color issues.
• Manage challenging shots (heavy motion blur, high layers).
• Employ techniques for complex wire removals and clean plate creation.
• Basic ability to do "paint on comp" work.
• Export track points seamlessly.
• Take ownership of shots and offer solutions.
• Actively work across departments and provide updates.
• 5+ years of professional VFX experience (or 7+ in lieu of education).
• College-level diploma or higher in computer graphics, fine arts, design, or photography (or related field).
• Computer proficiency.
• Ability to learn new software and adapt scripts.
• Understanding of work's fit into overall pipeline.
• Willingness to learn new tools.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Efficiently work within a production environment.
• Submit a demo reel, shot breakdown, or equivalent.
• Current resume is required.

Perks & Benefits

• A full range of medical, financial, and/or other variable pay or benefits, may be offered dependent on the level and position offered.

**Position Summary**

We are looking for an outstanding teammate to join our Paint team. As a Senior Digital Paint Artist, you will be responsible for restoring background plates and crafting digital articulate mattes.

At ILM, a good idea is a good idea, regardless of where it comes from! Do you thrive in a creative environment? Do you enjoy sharing knowledge and learning from others? If you love art, technology, and movies, then this might be the role you’re looking for!

ILM strives to be an inclusive environment, and the Paint team embraces promising individuals with a variety backgrounds and experiences.

What You’ll Do

• Demonstrate a strong eye for color and grain structures with the ability to match saturation, hues and black points from multiple sources to create a cohesive final montage
• Able to break shots down into individual components with little supervision
• Quickly and effectively incorporate supervisor feedback
• Research and communicate relevant references, including continuity with similar shots, to the team
• Demonstrate a keen eye for recognizing paint artifacts, sharpness and color issues
• Manage challenging shots involving heavy motion blur, a high number of layers, and other complexities
• Employ a variety of techniques for complex wire removals and clean plate creation
• Demonstrate a basic ability to do “paint on comp” work to a high level of quality
• Working knowledge of color correction and Grain pipeline in Nuke
• Ability to use layout and DM cameras in Nuke
• Export track points seamlessly between multiple toolsets
• Working knowledge of the stereo compositing pipeline
• Demonstrate excellent troubleshooting skills
• Take ownership of your shots and proactively offer solutions for production problems
• Actively work across departments in shot groups. Provide updates to production and other artists on shot progress

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of relevant professional VFX experience and a college-level diploma or higher in computer graphics, fine arts, design, or photography, or a related field; OR 7+ years of relevant professional VFX experience in lieu of education
• Expertise in Silhouette and Nuke
• Computer proficiency, including experience with UNIX operating systems and the ability to learn new software and adapt scripts
• Demonstrate an understanding of how your work fits into the overall pipeline and its impact on upstream and downstream departments
• A willingness to learn new tools, a strong attention to detail, and excellent problem-solving skills
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and efficiently within a production environment

As part of your application please submit a demo reel, shot breakdown, or equivalent showcasing your work. A current resume is required.