Lighting artist ( Senior - Lead)

Company

With over 25 years of experience, Atomic Arts remains as a leading visual effects house, with work featured in the biggest and boldest Hollywood blockbusters, tentpole streaming series and the very best of independent cinema.

Recent project highlights include: Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Amazon), Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney) The Northman (New Regency) John Wick 4 The Batman (Warner Bros.) and Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning.

Headquartered in London and with offices in Mumbai, Bangalore and LA, Atomic has expanded into a global team with over 150 artists, supervisors, artists, animators and technical directors all dedicated to bringing your vision to life.

Job Description

Work closely with VFX Supervisors and Leads to determine best approach for LD and lighting and develop final look in shot development.

Responsibilities

• Need to have in depth knowledge of color space and passes.

• Work with other TDs, art directors to create photo-real Lighting.

• Accurately interpret concept art and design from the Art Department

• Use and understand 3D / 2D applications such as Houdini, Maya, and Nuke

• Provide input regarding tools and interfaces to improve throughput

• Producing a final overall look that far exceeds client expectations

Qualifications

• At least 7+ years of feature film production experience working with Houdini and/or Maya

• Experience lighting and rendering with Arnold, Mantra,and V-Ray.

• Ability to script in Python and Hscript.

• Ability to quickly master proprietary effects tools and pipeline tools

• Ability to design, self-direct, and organize your work

• Knowledge of Houdini - Solaris would be an add-on.
• Strong communication skills and must be able to work well within a team
  

• Exercise a high level of focus and skill in a fast-paced production environment

• Ability to perform visual and analytical problem-solving

• Strong demo reel and/or portfolio in realistic LD and lighting.