Senior Compositor

The Walt Disney Company; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company in London seeks a Senior Compositor to blend live-action and CGI elements, ensuring aesthetic integrity in visual effects. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience with Nuke and strong aesthetic judgement regarding photo-realism and color. This role operates on a hybrid model, requiring two days on-site each week. The position is fixed-term, lasting up to six months, and applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Nuke.
• Strong aesthetic skills in judging photo-realism and colour.
• Keen sense of composition, colour, and design.
• Familiarity with using Linux systems.
• Experience in a similar level position.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the creative and technical approach for assigned shots with supervisors.
• Perform tasks associated with the compositing process, including layering and tracking.
• Maintain the overall look, colour balance, and quality for assigned shots.
• Work proactively with senior team members and across departments.
• Plan and test solutions for technical challenges on shots.

Skills

Nuke

Photo-realism

Colour grading

Composition

Linux systems

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Senior Compositor - ILM London

Job ID 10140437

Location London, United Kingdom

Business Industrial Light & Magic

Date posted Jan. 13, 2026

Job Summary

Currently hiring Senior Artists. Experienced mid-level applicants are also welcome to apply

This is a fixed-term contract for up to six months. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK, sponsorship is not available for this position at this time.

We are looking for successful candidates to join us in early 2026 (January or February). Please ensure this aligns with your availability before applying.

The Senior Compositor combines live-action and computer-generated elements into visual effects shots that realise the vision and creative direction of the client and Visual Effects Supervisor. The Senior Compositor is ultimately responsible for the aesthetic integrity and technical quality of the final image delivered to the client.

What You’ll Do

• Together with the Compositing Supervisor and Visual Effects Supervisor, evaluate the creative and technical approach for assigned shots
• Performs all tasks associated with the compositing process with minimal supervision, including layering of elements, matte extraction, tracking, and colour grading on difficult shots
• Actively maintain the overall look, colour balance, and quality for assigned shots and sequences to create uniformity in all finished work
• Consistently deliver excellent results with minimal supervision and good time management
• Work proactively with other senior members of the team and across departments
• Understand and embody the company's and the department's values of collaboration, efficiency and problem-solving
• Anticipate technical challenges on shots and can plan and test solutions to find the most effective, aesthetic and technically sound result

What We’re Looking For

• Demonstrating resilience and efficiency in meeting time-sensitive goals
• Taking ownership of own work while taking on board ideas and suggestions
• Effective communicator with great interpersonal skills
• Encouraging and empowering fellow artists
• Acting as a point of contact for other artists and disciplines
• Being aware of the wider show needs
• Extensive experience with Nuke
• Strong aesthetic skills in judging photo-realism and colour
• Keen sense of composition, colour and design
• Familiarity with using Linux systems
• Experience in a similar level position

This role is Hybrid, which means the employee will be required to work 2 days on-site per week at a Company designated location, and occasionally from home.

JoinILM

About Industrial Light & Magic

Founded in 1975 by George Lucas, ILM is the leading effects facility in the world, serving the motion picture, commercial production, and attraction industries. ILM has created visual effects for over 325 feature films and has played a key role in seven of the top 10 worldwide box-office hits of all time and has contributed to 25 of the top 50. ILM has set the standard for visual effects, creating some of the most stunning images in the history of film. At the forefront of the digital revolution, the company continues to break new ground in visual effects, VR, AR, and Immersive Cinema.

About The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with ILM (UK) Ltd., which is part of a business we call Industrial Light & Magic.

ILM (UK) Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.