3D Lighting Supervisor

Glitch; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Glitch Productions is seeking a 3D Lighting Supervisor to define, maintain, and elevate the lighting style across our animated productions. You will lead the lighting team, ensure consistency and high visual quality, and collaborate with Story, Design, Layout, Unreal/FX, and other departments to push visuals to the next level.

The ideal candidate brings a strong visual storytelling background, deep understanding of 3D lighting principles, and proven experience guiding teams through complex

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and mentoring ability
• Expertise in 3D lighting, colour, and post production workflows
• Experience guiding teams through complex 3D pipelines (Maya, Unreal Engine)

Responsibilities

• Creative Leadership: Establish and maintain lighting style, tone, and visual quality; deliver draw-overs, notes, and examples to lighting artists.
• Team Direction Collaboration: Provide clear direction on lighting, mood, composition, readability; mentor a team of lighting artists and collaborate with departments.
• Quality Control: Review lighting assignments, ensure adherence to visual language and technical standards; provide references and notes to improve mood, readability, and continuity.

Job description

About us

Glitch Productions is an independent animation studio based in Australia making original, long form animated shows distributed on Youtube. Our channel has over 22 million subscribers, tens of millions of views per episode and is still growing strong. Our studio is filled with incredibly talented and passionate artists that are determined to change the way animation is produced and treated in the industry. Our biggest IP; Digital Circus, has amassed over 350 million views on the pilot alone and we have a lot more still to come.

Role Information

As a 3D Lighting Supervisor you will be responsible for defining, maintaining, and elevating the lighting style and quality across the production. This role supervises the lighting team ensuring consistency, appeal, and strong visuals in every scene while working closely with Story, Design, Layout, and Unreal/FX departments.

You will be utilising your knowledge in Digital Lighting Colour Correction/Grading to guide our post production team in taking the visuals of our shows to the next level.

The ideal candidate is a strong visual storyteller with exceptional drawing skills, a deep understanding of 3D animation principles, and proven experience guiding teams through complex 3D pipelines (e.g., Maya, Unreal Engine).

Your duties will include:

• Creative Leadership

  • Establish and maintain the overall lighting style, tone, and visual quality of the project.
  • Evaluate storyboards, animatics and environments to identify lighting needs or challenges early.
  • Deliver high-quality draw-overs, notes, and examples that guide lighting artists toward consistent and appealing results.

• Team Direction Collaboration

  • Provide clear creative direction on lighting, mood, composition, colour, readability, and visual storytelling.
  • Lead, mentor, and support a team of lighting artists, technical artists, and junior talent.
  • Collaborate with the Showrunner, Art Director, Modellers, Surfacing, FX, Compositing, and Layout to ensure stylistic cohesion.
  • Partner with Production Management to communicate priorities, review schedules, and ensure a smooth workflow across episodes or sequences.
  • Maintain an open and inclusive feedback culture, helping the team improve performance and quality.
  • Attend lighting launches, department meetings, director syncs, production meetings, and kickoffs for the team.
  • Articulate notes to the team in meetings and 1:1s.
  • Able to guide the team with notes that will also allow us to hit goals within the deadlines allocated, while meeting our quality benchmarks.

• Quality Control

  • Review and approve lighting assignments, look development, and final lighting across the team.
  • Ensure all lighting adheres to the show's visual language, lighting style guides, colour scripts, and technical standards.
  • Identify and provide paintovers or reference where required, addressing issues with mood, readability, composition, continuity, or technical quality.
  • Uphold high-quality standards while ensuring efficient and achievable workflows.
  • Work with the