Lead Lighting/rendering Td - Toronto, Canada - SPINVFX

SPINVFX

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Responsibilities and Tasks:

Work closely with the CG Supervisors to determine the technical approach and requirements needed to achieve the desired look for specific project(s)
Collaborate with Lighting Leads to support the technical and creative requirements of the lighting team
Work closely with the pipeline team to improve and develop tools, workflows and optimization
Problem solve technical issues that come up in a fast moving production environment
Provide leadership to floor TD's
Collaborate closely with Supervisors of all departments
Provide training, mentoring, and documentation of tools and workflows for lighters and upstream artists
Develop efficiencies in handing off elements between departments
Offer creative and technical solutions on higher complexity tasks
Improve the quality and efficiency of rendering to ensure creative goals and schedules are met
Test and provide feedback on new tools, software and techniques
Develop department initiatives with creative supervisors, and collaborate with pipeline team to ensure initiatives are met

Requirements:

4+ years of work experience in a film/TV post production environment
Experience as a lead or supervisor or a senior artist/TD interested in taking on the role
Must have a sense of strong team dynamics and positive morale generating style
A natural problem solver that is able to juggle priorities
Thorough understanding of the various technical and creative aspects of VFX production
Complete understanding of 3D principles and production pipelines is essential
Technically and creatively astute
Able to effectively and collaboratively communicate with people at all levels (technical and nontechnical stakeholders).
Strong knowledge of render management software (Tractor)
Proficient in python 2.x/3.x
Experience or familiarity with Lua is an asset
Experience with USD is an asset
Experience with Unreal Engine or realtime rendering is an asset
Must have a mature approach to software design and implementation
Excellent technical knowledge of pathtracer render engines (Renderman, Arnold)
Familiarity with with Github and Agile development is an asset
Excellent working knowledge of node based DCC's (Katana, Houdini, Nuke) an asset
Experience in one or more APIs used commonly in computer graphics would be beneficial ( ie. Maya, Houdini, Katana, Renderman, Nuke)