Studio: Arx anima
Job Opening: Lighting and Compositing Supervisor
Location: Vienna, Austria
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Supervise the lighting and compositing departments, ensuring all shots achieve the desired visual quality and maintain continuity.
- Define and oversee the lighting style and visual direction, in collaboration with the Director, Art Director, and CG Supervisor.
- Maintain efficient workflows and best practices for lighting, rendering, and compositing.
- Provide creative and technical leadership to artists, reviewing and approving work, offering feedback, and ensuring deadlines are met.
- Collaborate with other department supervisors (Animation, FX, Layout, Assets) to ensure seamless integration of assets and consistency across the pipeline.
- Work closely with the pipeline and TD teams to ensure tools and render setups are optimized for production needs.
- Manage render performance and optimization, ensuring quality and efficiency.
- Oversee color accuracy and consistency, from look development to final output.
- Conduct regular shot and sequence reviews, supporting iterative improvements based on creative direction.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Proven experience in a supervisory role in lighting and compositing for feature animation, series, or VFX.
- Strong artistic eye with a solid understanding of lighting, shading, color, composition, and cinematography.
- Proficiency in industry-standard tools such as Houdini, Nuke, and Maya.
- Understanding of render passes, AOVs, and multi-channel compositing techniques.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and lead a team in a fast-paced production environment.
- Experience with stylized animation or photorealistic visual effects.
- Familiarity with Python or scripting languages for automation and workflow improvements.
- Understanding of color pipelines and color management (e.g., ACES).
