Senior Lighting Artist

Technicolor Creative Studios; Paris; À distance; EUR 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

An established industry player is seeking a talented Lighter to join their creative team. In this role, you will construct high-quality light rigs and perform advanced tasks in look development and shot lighting. You will collaborate with a diverse group of artists and contribute to workflows that enhance efficiency and creativity. This position offers the opportunity to work on exciting projects that push the boundaries of visual storytelling. If you are a proactive problem solver with a passion for CG and VFX, this role will allow you to thrive in a dynamic environment while making significant contributions to innovative projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in lighting and rendering for CG projects.
• Strong understanding of VFX lighting production pipeline.

Responsabilités

• Create HDRIs and light rigs for photo-real and stylized CG.
• Collaborate with CG/VFX artists to deliver high-quality work.
• Lead and mentor junior lighters/artists on projects.

Connaissances

Lighting and Rendering

Creative Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Generalist CG/VFX Skills

Time Management

Formation

5+ years of experience in CG/VFX

Outils

Unreal Engine

Unity

Frostbite

Linux Operating Systems

Description du poste

The Mill is a global creative partner for agencies, production companies and brands, working across all media channels and platforms.

We are trusted specialists in visual effects, creative technologies, and content production. Our projects include the creation of digital products and virtual experiences, as well as world-class visual effects and video production.

We are a vibrant network of talented artists, producers, directors, and creative technologists from multinational backgrounds. We nurture innovation, flexibility, and diverse ideas across our studios in London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Shanghai, Seoul, and India. We are all united by one single ambition: To create extraordinary and memorable work that captivates and excites audiences.

We are The Mill. We create the extraordinary.

This role can be remote in France, UK, or Poland, but we cannot accept any applications from outside of these regions.

Job Description

The Role

The Lighter is an experienced artist capable of constructing high-quality and calibrated light rigs, along with performing advanced-level tasks such as look development, scene building, and shot lighting. Candidates are expected to demonstrate not only high-level creativity but also a solid understanding of the fundamentals of visual storytelling and cinematography, incorporating aspects such as light, shadow, depth of field, framing, composition, and mood. This artist should possess the ability to independently create and produce high-quality work while thriving in an open environment that encourages training and collaboration among artists.

The Lighter will collaborate not only on asset building and shot execution but also contribute to defining workflows and pipelines to enhance the efficiency and robustness of scene building and lighting processes. Utilizing best practices and techniques, the Lighter will create clean and efficient shading networks, light rigs, render layers, and lightcomps. Collaboration with other department artists within the CG department is crucial to maintaining a continuous pipeline and workflow. This includes cooperation with other Lighting artists at The Mill's various offices worldwide. The Lighter may also be tasked with leading/overseeing the lighting process on a project, involving the organization of tasks, schedules, and ensuring a consistent look and fidelity across the entire project.

Experience in lighting for real-time engines is highly desirable, specifically in Unreal Engine, Unity, and Frostbite.

Details

Local Report: LA Head(s) of CG

Works With: Directors, Creative Directors, CG Supervisors, VFX Supervisors, and HODs, Artists, Producers, and Coordinators

Responsibilities:

• Work efficiently and navigate a fast-paced environment.
• Create HDRIs, light rigs using grey chrome balls and macbeth charts.
• Lookdev assets, scene building, shot lighting, create/maintain lightcomps.
• Lighting and rendering photo-real and stylized CG for advertising and digital projects.
• Working closely with other CG/VFX Artists across multiple locations to deliver the highest quality work.
• Taking on more generalist CG work when needed.
• Leading, supervising and mentoring junior lighters/artists.
• Assisting VFX/CG Leads and Producers to breakdown and bid on projects.
• Collaborate with Directors, Creative Directors, CG Supervisors, VFX Supervisors, and HODs to ensure that all work being delivered meets high level expectations and specific project needs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience minimum.
• Must be a proactive and self-driven creative problem solver.
• Previous experience in Lighting and Rendering CG for advertising, feature film, or animation production.
• Strong understanding of a VFX lighting production pipeline.
• Excellent communication skills to enable you to work well in a team.
• Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems independently.
• Generalist CG/VFX skills a plus.
• Willingness to learn and grow, with strong time and project management skills.
• Familiarity with Linux operating systems knowledge.