Senior Matte Painter

UMP; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

UMP is seeking a seasoned digital matte painter to shape the look of our most demanding shots. You will create photoreal skies, landscapes and set extensions, and perform 2.5D projections on moving cameras.

Work from any remote location on project-based, full-time engagements. Strong Nuke experience for projections, and proficiency in Photoshop, Blender, and Maya are essential. English communication at B1+ level is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years on feature films or high-end series.
• Owns the hardest shots from brief to final with little supervision.
• Shares knowledge with the team and suggests better ways of working.
• Photoreal painting and photobashing.
• Perspective and light.
• Projections in Nuke.
• English at B1 level or higher: all communication inside the company is in English.

Responsibilities

• Digital matte paintings.
• 2.5D projections on moving cameras.
• Sky and background replacements.

Skills

5+ years film VFX

Owns hardest shots

Mentor knowledge sharing

Photoreal painting

Photobashing

Perspective & light

Nuke projections

English B1+

Tools

Photoshop

Nuke

Blender

Maya

Job description

You handle the most demanding shots on the show. Paint skies, cities, landscapes and set extensions that become part of the film.

What you will do

• Digital matte paintings
• 2.5D projections on moving cameras
• Sky and background replacements

What we are looking for

• 5+ years on feature films or high-end series
• Owns the hardest shots from brief to final with little supervision
• Shares knowledge with the team and suggests better ways of working
• Photoreal painting and photobashing
• Perspective and light
• Projections in Nuke
• English at B1 level or higher: all communication inside the company is in English

Software: Photoshop, Nuke, Blender, Maya

Remote · Project-based · Full time

Our working language is English: all communication inside the company, briefs and feedback are in English. We require English at B1 level or higher.

You can work from Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the countries of the European Union, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, the United States and Canada.