Senior Lighting & Look Dev Artist

HYDERABAD

Job Description

Senior Lighting technical directors are responsible for creating high-quality CG lighting setups and rendering of complex visual effects scenes. Further on you will be responsible to provide look development of CG assets for the high-end photo-realistic VFX films by collaborating with the modelling, texture and FX departments.

Responsibilities

Creating lighting setup for shots and asset development
Look development of assets as briefed by the Visual Effects/CG Supervisor or Lead
Working closely with CG Supervisors to determine the best approach to solving CG challenges and developing the final look
Developing shots in collaboration with the shot Compositor
Ensuring that scenes and assets are build in an efficient way to keep render footprint low
Scrutinising the colors and materials of the real-world reference and replicating them in CG
Staying on schedule and meeting set deadlines while maintaining the highest levels of quality
Ongoing communication with Production and leads regarding schedules and deadlines
Other duties as required including wrangling assets or elements of a asset/shot from another department to ensure shots are completed to schedule

Essential Skills

Previous experience in lighting and look development
A good understanding of color space and grading
A strong knowledge of physically based lighting and shading techniques
A good knowledge of Nuke or similar compositing package
Excellent organisation, communication and interpersonal skills
Creative problem solving and attention to detail
Able to work well under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining high quality results
Able to work successfully as part of a team as well as independently
A thorough knowledge of Maya
Extensive knowledge of Arnold or similar production renderer
A strong understanding of Linux/Unix based operating systems
Possess and understanding of the techniques of digital cinematic lighting with regards to story, mood, character, framing, colour, light and shadow.

Additional Preferred skills

Experience with digital paint software such as Photoshop and/or Mari
Experience with real-world lighting and photography
Basic knowledge of Python and/or Mel scripting
Good knowledge of other disciplines within VFX including simulation, Modeling and UV mapping, Texturing and Camera Tracking