Digital Paint Artist

The Walt Disney Company (France); Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 66,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company is seeking a Digital Paint Artist in Vancouver. In this hybrid role, you'll restore background plates and craft digital mattes. We're looking for someone with a strong eye for color and over 3 years of production experience in graphics or animation. Must have experience with Nuke and Silhouette. The position offers a salary range between C$66,100 to C$84,500 per year, based on your experience and skills.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of production experience in computer graphics, animation, or video.
• Knowledge of colour correction and grain pipeline in Nuke.

Responsibilities

• Restore background plates and craft digital articulate mattes.
• Match saturation, hues, and black points to build a cohesive montage.
• Research and communicate references to the team.

Skills

Strong eye for colour and grain structures

Ability to match saturation and hues

Excellent troubleshooting skills

Understanding of stereo compositing pipeline

Python experience

C++ experience

Professional experience with Silhouette and Nuke

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Drawing, or Animation

Tools

Nuke

Silhouette

Job description

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 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

• Demonstrates a strong eye for colour and grain structures with the ability to match saturation, hues and black points from multiple sources to build a cohesive final montage
• Able to break shots down into individual components with little supervision
• Easily assimilates feedback given by supervisors
• Researches appropriate references including continuity with like shots. Proactively communicates this information to team
• Demonstrates a keen eye for recognizing paint artifacts, sharpness and colour issues
• Able to handle complex shots with heavy motion blur, lots of layers, etc.
• Use a combination of techniques when dealing with tricky wire removals and clean plates
• Demonstrates a basic ability to do “paint on comp” work to a high level of quality
• Working knowledge of colour correction and Grain pipeline in Nuke
• Ability to use layout and DM cameras in Nuke
• Ability to export track points between multiple toolsets
• Proven understanding of stereo compositing pipeline
• Demonstrates excellent troubleshooting skills
• Takes ownership and responsibility of shot. Proactively offers options and finds own solutions for production problems
• Actively works across departments in shot groups. Provides updates to production and other artists on shot progress

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Drawing, or Animation; or equivalent artistic background and education required
• 3+ years production experience in computer graphics, animation, or video
• Professional experience with Silhouette and Nuke
• Ability to write Nuke gizmos and/or plugins is a plus
• Python and/or C++ experience a plus
• Computer proficiency including UNIX operating system; albe to learn software and adapt scripts
• Must have an understanding of how their work fits into the pipeline and its effect on upstream and downstream departments
• Must have a willingness to learn new tools, a proven track record to be meticulous, and problem solving skills
• Adaptability and willingness to work under tight deadlines and to work 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.

JoinILM

The hiring range for this position in Vancouver is C$66,100 to C$84,500 per year based on a 40-hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other variable pay or benefits, may be offered dependent on the level and position offered.