Studio: One of Us
Job Opening: Colour TD
Location: London, England, UK
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with all VFX departments and Pipeline teams to create effective colour workflows that support artists in delivering their best work.
- Ensure that pipeline tools related to colour are user-friendly, optimised for efficiency, and continuously evolving to stay ahead of industry trends and challenges.
- Ensure that all colour-related workflows are scalable and consistent across all projects and maintain high-quality standards even under tight deadlines.
- Build documentation, training and tutorials for everything Color TD related for the VFX team.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Strong knowledge of colour science, colour theory, and digital colour management in the context of visual effects and animation.
- Experience with colour spaces (ACES, Rec.709, P3, etc.) and working knowledge of OCIO, HDR, and SDR workflows.
- Proficiency in industry-standard software (Nuke, Maya, Houdini) regarding colour management (OCIO, LUTs, ICC profiles, etc.).
- Familiarity with VFX and animation pipelines, and experience in building or optimising colour workflows in collaboration with pipeline teams.
- Strong technical problem-solving skills with a deep understanding of rendering, lighting, and compositing, particularly in relation to colour accuracy and consistency.
- Proven experience working across departments to ensure colour standards are met and creatively supported.
- Experience with Python scripting or tool development for automation or pipeline integration is a plus.
- An interest in staying current with the latest developments in colour science and related tools to continuously enhance studio workflows.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment.
- Driven to make things better with the humility to admit when something isn’t working, taking the right decision to ensure the team and OOU in general have the best we can offer.
- Infectious energy, with a strong commitment to self-development, quality, and reliability and having a positive impact on colleagues and clients.
- Self-awareness and ability to resolve and diffuse problems, treating colleagues and clients with kindness and respect.
- Ability to work well with others, navigating different personalities and priorities to get the best overall results.
- Skills and experience in DIT, comfortable with setting and calibrating monitors/screening rooms.
