Senior Look Dev TD — Hybrid, Hero Assets & Shaders

Industrial Light & Magic; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Access to ILM facilities

Job summary

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Look Development Technical Director to produce high-quality lookdev and shading for CG assets, with minimal direction from a Lead or Supervisor.

The role collaborates closely with Lighting and CG Supervisors to solve CG challenges, builds efficient shader setups, and maintains standardized material libraries for consistency and pipeline efficiency. It is a hybrid position requiring on-site presence two days per week.

Qualifications

• Experience in Look Development for hero assets and props in a VFX environment.
• Proven ability to design complex shading networks for production assets.
• Strong understanding of physically based rendering and shader models.

Responsibilities

• Design and create the look of CG objects and scenes.
• Collaborate with Lighting and CG Supervisors to determine the best approach for final look.
• Create efficient shader setups to optimize render farm usage.
• Maintain standard material libraries for consistency and pipeline efficiency.
• Design and maintain complex shading networks for hero assets.

Skills

Look Development

Shading

Asset optimization

Team collaboration

Time management

Communication with texture/groom

Rendering knowledge

VFX pipeline understanding

Tools

Katana

Houdini

Maya

RenderMan

Job description

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Look Development Technical Director to produce high-quality lookdev and shading for CG assets, with minimal direction from a Lead or Supervisor.

The role collaborates closely with Lighting and CG Supervisors to solve CG challenges, builds efficient shader setups, and maintains standardized material libraries for consistency and pipeline efficiency. It is a hybrid position requiring on-site presence two days per week.