Photo-Real DMP Artist & Matte Painter – Hybrid Paris

One Of Us; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Volunteering days (2)

Hybrid working

Pension plan

Healthcare coverage

Social events

Job summary

One Of Us is seeking a Mid or Senior DMP Artist to join our Paris team. You will craft photo-real 2D DMPs for high-end film and TV, integrate matte paintings into 2D/3D spaces, and collaborate closely with VFX leads to ensure quality and efficiency.

You’ll balance creative and technical aspects, meet deadlines, and contribute to a strong reference library while staying current with color space and production pipelines.

Qualifications

• Proven experience developing photo-real environments.
• Strong knowledge of natural world, geology, geography and architecture.
• Experience modelling, texturing, layout, lighting and digital matte painting for high-end projects.
• Thorough understanding of 3D and 2.5D VFX processes and pipelines.
• Good CG knowledge from modelling to lighting.
• Proven experience in Nuke for projection and basic compositing.
• Experience in Houdini is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Create visually stunning and photo-real 2D DMP for high-end film and TV projects.
• Integrate matte paintings into 2D/3D environments using Maya/Nuke.
• Collaborate with VFX supervisors to plan creative and technical approaches.
• Integrate 2D, 3D and live-action elements to high-end visual effects.
• Manage workload, notes, and deadlines with supervisors.
• Balance creative and technical aspects of each shot.
• Report creative or technical issues and maintain a reference library.
• Stay updated on new tech and color-space principles.

Skills

Photo-real environments

Architecture knowledge

Modeling

Texturing

Layout

Lighting

Digital matte painting

Nuke projection

Compositing

Houdini

3D/2.5D VFX

Tools

Maya

Nuke

Houdini

Job description

One Of Us is seeking a Mid or Senior DMP Artist to join our Paris team. You will craft photo-real 2D DMPs for high-end film and TV, integrate matte paintings into 2D/3D spaces, and collaborate closely with VFX leads to ensure quality and efficiency.

You’ll balance creative and technical aspects, meet deadlines, and contribute to a strong reference library while staying current with color space and production pipelines.