Senior Digital Paint Artist

This role is considered Hybrid, which means the employee will work 2-3 days onsite at a Company designated location and occasionally from home.

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.

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