Studio Name: Frame
Job opening: Senior Compositor (Nuke)
Employment Type: Freelance / Contract (August to January 2027)
Core Focus: High-impact photorealistic finals, complex Nuke script optimization, advanced Deep Compositing pipelines, and multi-department CG asset integration
Key Requirements: 10+ years of professional VFX experience in feature films or high-end episodic series, absolute mastery of Nuke, and extensive experience with Deep workflows
Frame is expanding its premium visual effects group and launching immediate recruitment for an elite Senior Compositor (Nuke). This contract track is structured as a dedicated freelance opportunity running from August through January 2027 to drive finaling loops on an ongoing project. If you are a veteran visual effects artist with over a decade of production experience, combining an extraordinary artistic eye with advanced architectural script management, this casting cycle offers an elite production pipeline to deploy your craft.
Selected senior artists will assume responsibility for major sequence aesthetics, transforming multi-pass layouts into seamless, photorealistic finals. The studio environment operates a modern, high-end production hierarchy, prioritizing individuals who can cooperate proactively across department boundaries to realize the supervisors’ distinct creative vision under tight project benchmarks.
What You’ll Do (Responsibilities)
The senior specialist will drive image finaling and script architectures across several complex visual blocks:
- Script Optimization: Author, clean, and manage highly sophisticated, heavy nodes for major sequence hero shots, setting clean layout standards for the wider compositing crew.
- Deep Compositing Workflow: Deploy advanced deep tracking and deep image data nodes to integrate volumetric layers, complex FX passes, and high-density 3D assets smoothly.
- Cross-Department Staging: Collaborate closely with Lighting, FX, and Matte Painting squads to streamline multi-pass strategies, matching grain parameters, shadows, and interactive illumination levels.
Required Software Knowledge & Skills
Candidates applying for this advanced contract role must meet the following technical studio parameters:
- Core Engine Suite: Absolute, comprehensive production mastery over the advanced toolsets inside Nuke.
- Artistic Acumen: An exceptional professional sense for photorealism, fine tracking, optical camera dynamics, color balance, and overall atmospheric mood matching.
- VFX Experience Bonus: Prior experience compositing complex international feature film plates heavy in simulations like water, destruction, smoke, or multi-layered particles will be highly valued.
How to Apply
Please audit your personal tracking files to ensure your breakdown showreel clearly displays before-and-after matte separations, deep channel integration strategies, or original plate node hierarchies before initiating your submission block. Technical artists ready to join Frame for this production sprint can forward their credentials straight to the recruitment desk:
Transmit your CV and breakdown reel link to: recruiting@frame.it
Required Application Materials: Your email application block must explicitly contain your updated professional resume/CV along with direct, clickable web links to your active video breakdown reel or online portfolio.
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