Senior Lighting & Compositing Artist (4-Month Hybrid)

BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC; Santa Monica (CA); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. seeks an experienced Senior Lighting/Compositing Artist for a roughly 4-month temp role in Santa Monica with hybrid on-site and remote options.

The candidate will craft lighting for shots across pre-rendered and real-time content, collaborating with VFX and art leads to maintain a cohesive look for Blizzard’s cinematic and game visuals. The ideal candidate brings 8+ years in game/film production, strong knowledge of Katana, Nuke, Maya, Renderman-RIS, Redshift, and

Qualifications

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in game, TV, feature film, or commercial production.
• Experience collaborating with Directors, Lighting Supervisors and Leads on lighting/compositing setups.
• Demo reel showing refined light, composition and mood.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement lighting for characters and environments to match art direction.
• Maintain overall look, color balance and quality across shots.
• Collaborate with FX, VFX supervisors and art leads to achieve final look.
• Ensure productivity and quota targets are met.
• Complete and QC lighting and compositing of shots.

Skills

Katana

Nuke

Maya

Linux

Renderman-RIS

Redshift

Game engines

Tools

Katana

Nuke

Maya

Linux

Renderman-RIS

Redshift

Job description

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. seeks an experienced Senior Lighting/Compositing Artist for a roughly 4-month temp role in Santa Monica with hybrid on-site and remote options.

The candidate will craft lighting for shots across pre-rendered and real-time content, collaborating with VFX and art leads to maintain a cohesive look for Blizzard’s cinematic and game visuals. The ideal candidate brings 8+ years in game/film production, strong knowledge of Katana, Nuke, Maya, Renderman-RIS, Redshift, and