Compositing Artist (VFX)

Jellyfish Pictures | Certified B Corp; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Compositor in their vibrant VFX division, where creativity meets technology. In this exciting role, you'll establish the visual effects for high-profile productions, collaborating with a talented team to bring engaging worlds to life. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this innovative firm offers flexible working arrangements and a supportive environment for growth. If you're passionate about visual storytelling and ready to tackle creative challenges, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Social events

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Strong experience compositing in Nuke with live action and CG.
• Good understanding of Lighting and Composition for photo-realism.

Responsibilities

• Fulfil creative expectations set by clients and VFX Supervisors.
• Be a proactive contact for compositing-related matters.

Skills

Compositing in Nuke

Lighting and Composition

Communication Skills

Multitasking

Ability to work under pressure

Tools

Nuke

Shotgrid

Mocha

Job description

We are seeking Compositors to join our team of talented artists, working across our feature and episodic productions in our VFX division, based out of our soon to be launched studio in Toronto.

As a Compositor you will establish the looks of visual effects shots, driving the creative as well as the technical approach taken. You will work alongside a team of artists and our VFX supervisors.

Responsibilities

• Fulfil the creative expectations set by both the client and VFX Supervisor
• Be a proactive point of contact for artists, supervisors and production on any compositing related matters
• Supports the team, sharing knowledge and techniques when creative and technical challenges arise

Requirements

• Strong experience compositing in Nuke and working with a combination of live action plates and CG
• A strong understanding of Lighting and Composition to achieve photo-realism on high profile shows
• Practical working knowledge of Passes, AOVs and render management
• Ability to build organised scripts and multitask
• Capable of working under pressure to meet deadlines
• Good communicator within a team and ability to take direction positively

Nice-to-have

• Experience building Nuke tools and template scripts
• Experience using Shotgrid for shot management
• Experience using Mocha for tracking

Benefits

At Jellyfish Pictures, we foster a community of diverse talent to create engaging worlds. We empower our employees to think creatively and collaboratively to achieve common goals. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion ensures that you can focus on your passion in a supportive environment conducive to growth. We're currently pursuing B Corp certification and offer a range of social events, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing initiatives to support our team members.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a recruitment process based solely on merit, without bias towards ethnicity, age, gender, race, disability, sexual orientation/preference, national origin, religion, or any other protected category.

We have both flexible and hybrid working models on offer at Jellyfish Pictures, so whether you are remote, love coming into the studio or a mixture of both we try our best to accommodate a healthy work life balance.

Please do let us know which method of communication works best for you in the questions included in the application, as well as highlighting whether you require any reasonable adjustments to the screening or interview process.

If you would like to keep up to date with all our vacancies, information on projects we are working and want to become part of our wider talent community, please feel free to opt in to our quarterly recruitment newsletter the JellyGram using the below email: [e-mail]

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting