Lighting Technical Director (Junior & Mid- Fixed Term Contract)

The Walt Disney Company; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in Mumbai is seeking a CGI Lighting Artist to craft lighting, shading and renders for digitally composited sequences. Collaborate with a creative team to meet art direction and production goals.

You will mentor junior artists, optimize lighting workflows and ensure shot quality through daily reviews, maintaining clear communication and efficient delivery.

Qualifications

• CGI experience required for lighting and rendering tasks.
• Ability to implement direct and indirect lighting per art direction.
• Experience mentoring junior artists.
• Strong listening and collaboration skills.
• Ability to estimate shot tasks and communicate status.

Responsibilities

• Compile shot elements and drive a shot to completion.
• Design and implement lighting and shadows for assigned shots.
• Render skin/hair materials and volumetric lighting for actors.
• Mentor other digital artists in lighting and technical aspects.
• Participate in dailies/shot reviews with clear, concise updates.

Skills

CGI Experience

Lighting Design

Mentoring

Communication

Team Collaboration

Job description

• Looking for people with some CGI Experience.
• Creates images, effects and programs for digitally composited sequences
• Responsible for compiling the various elements of a shot and seeing it through to completion
• Designs and implements direct and reflected lighting and shadows for assigned shots that meet art and tone direction
• Develop solutions and techniques that meet art/technical direction
• Able to navigate and use previous setups for at least a dozen shots, insertion of shot specialization, managing multiple assets and lighting setups
• Management of volumetric light setups, including shadowing and cucoloris development
• Light, material tweaking and render for actors using CG hair and scattering skin materials.
• Actively work with competency, energy and enthusiasm within a team environment with daily supervision to complete a shot.
• Demonstrates good listening and communication skills by openly receiving direction and criticism by asking good questions to confirm clear knowledge of the directions and how to approach what needs to be done. Once clear, implements the requested changes immediately and raises flags right away if a solution is not quickly found or if there are any delays, making sure the Supervisors and Production are kept in the loop and are up-to-date on the status of one’s shot work.
• Demonstrates strong presentation/communication skills in dailies/shot review by clearly and briefly outlining what has been accomplished and what next should be addressed in the shot.
• Demonstrates the development of an eye toward anticipating potential problems and knowing what could look better in one’s shot.
• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize tasks managing time well, providing everyone with accurate time estimates on shot task completion.
• Mentors other digital artists in creative Lighting and technical aspects.