Remote UK Compositor (Mid–Senior) for Photoreal VFX

Crafty Apes LLC; Greater London; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

Crafty Apes is seeking a Mid-Senior Compositor for a contract position in London with 100% remote work within the United Kingdom. The candidate will handle shot integration, roto, tracking, paint, element creation, and matte extraction across live-action and CG composites.

Ideal applicants have 3+ years at mid level or 5+ years at senior level, strong tracking and blue/green screen skills, and proficiency in Nuke, Photoshop, Boujou/Syntheyes/Mocha, and Primatte/Keylight/Ultimatte.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience as compositor (Mid)
• Minimum 5 years experience as compositor (Senior)
• Strong tracking and blue/green screen skills

Responsibilities

• Seamlessly integrate the various layers or elements of a live-action shot.
• Tackle shots from start to finish, including roto, tracking, paint, animation and creation of elements.
• Extract mattes from blue/green screen photography.
• Pay strong attention to detail, color, color-space and lighting.
• Composite multi-pass CG elements to create photo real shots.
• Maintain clean and efficient script organisation.
• Communicate progress of work to Coordinators, Producers, Leads and Supervisors in a timely fashion.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Pressure handling

Project management

Tools

Nuke

Photoshop

Boujou

Syntheyes

Mocha

Primatte

Keylight

Ultimatte

Job description

Crafty Apes is seeking a Mid-Senior Compositor for a contract position in London with 100% remote work within the United Kingdom. The candidate will handle shot integration, roto, tracking, paint, element creation, and matte extraction across live-action and CG composites.

Ideal applicants have 3+ years at mid level or 5+ years at senior level, strong tracking and blue/green screen skills, and proficiency in Nuke, Photoshop, Boujou/Syntheyes/Mocha, and Primatte/Keylight/Ultimatte.