UK Only | Senior Blender Lighting and Compositing Artist

Blue Zoo Production; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Zoo Production is seeking a Lighting and Compositing Artist based in the UK to shape lighting, colour and mood for our characters, props and environments. You will balance the highest quality with deadlines, using Blender in a hands-on creative role.

You’ll collaborate with the Creative Lead, tweak renders, and optimise cycles/eevee to deliver visually rich shots within production timelines.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to light scenes in Blender to match a creative brief.
• Strong eye for colour, mood and atmosphere in lighting.
• Ability to render efficiently within time budgets.

Responsibilities

• Use lighting setups in Blender to match a creative brief and adjust light types, intensities and colour.
• Work with Creative Lead to develop lighting setups as needed.
• Tweak light rigs, render setups and compositing templates to achieve the required look.
• Update render settings to optimise Cycles or Eevee renders.
• Monitor renders to stay within a render time budget.
• Collaborate across departments to move projects forward and address notes.
• Problem solve to fix errors and keep production on track.
• Manage time to meet shot deadlines and flag delays early.
• Take direction constructively and implement feedback professionally.

Skills

Blender Lighting

Compositing

Lighting set-ups

Render optimisation

Deadline management

Tools

Cycles

Eevee

ShotGrid

Flow

Job description

Our Blender Lighting and Compositing Artists (“L&C”) are wonderful visual storytellers. They define the mood and atmosphere of our narratives, and highlight the charming details of our characters, props and environments. They are the savants of light, colour and creative problem solving.

Your day-to-day will focus on creating the lighting, finessing the colours in compositing, whilst always maintaining the right balance between the highest quality and meeting deadlines.

The successful canddiate needs to be based in the UK. Currently, we're unable to consider VISA sponsership.

Please note, this vacancy can close early if we receive a high number of applications.

Day to Day:

• Use lighting setups in Blender to match a specific creative brief or vision, including adjusting light types, intensities and colour
• Work closely with your Creative Lead in creating lighting setups if required
• Tweaking provided light rigs, render set-ups and compositing templates to achieve the required look of your shot
• Updating render settings to optimise the efficiency of renders within Cycles or Eevee engines
• Monitoring your renders to ensure they are within a given render time budget
• Collaborate across departments to address production challenges, clearly communicating with teammates both within and outside of L&C to move projects forward
• Problem solving to fix errors and glitches and addressing notes efficiently
• Manage your time effectively to meet shot deadlines, proactively flagging any potential delays with your Creative Lead and Production as early as possible
• Take direction constructively and implement feedback from your Creative Lead or Director with a positive, solution-focused mindset

Must Have:

• Use lighting setups in Blender to match a specific creative brief or vision, including adjusting light types, intensities and colour
• Work closely with your Creative Lead in creating lighting setups if required
• Tweaking provided light rigs, render set-ups and compositing templates to achieve the required look of your shot
• Updating render settings to optimise the efficiency of renders within Cycles or Eevee engines
• Monitoring your renders to ensure they are within a given render time budget
• Collaborate across departments to address production challenges, clearly communicating with teammates both within and outside of L&C to move projects forward
• Problem solving to fix errors and glitches and addressing notes efficientlyManage your time effectively to meet shot deadlines, proactively flagging any potential delays with your Creative Lead and Production as early as possible
• Take direction constructively and implement feedback from your Creative Lead or Director with a positive, solution-focused mindset

Bonus Points:

• Experience using Flow/Shotgrid
• Knowledge of shading
• Understanding of a 3D production pipeline