Lead Lighting and Compositing Artist - Vancouver, Canada - ICON Creative Studio

ICON Creative Studio

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Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Founded in 2013, ICON Creative Studio is Canada's largest independently owned animation entertainment company located in the historic Gastown district of Vancouver, BC, Canada.

With almost 400 design, storyboarding, modelling, rigging, animation, technical animation, lighting, visual effects and compositing artists alongside creative and management teams.

We are looking for Senior Lighting and Compositing Artists (NOC 5241) to join our team in Suite Water Street in Vancouver

ABOUT THIS POSITION

Lead Lighter / Compositor

Proficiency in Arnold
Proficiency in Nuke
Scripting ability in relevant languages including Python highly desirable
Excellent communication and organizational skills
Strong attention to detail and followthrough
Look development of CG assets and create light rigs
Ensures that all shots fit the continuity of the sequence
Achieves quota targets
Interacts with supervisors/peers for feedback on sequences.
Comfortable in overtime scenarios
Manage and optimize lighting scenes and assets
A proactive team member that seeks out and identifies technical issues
Light/Render/Comp shots through to approval
Interact and cooperate with other departments to solve technical issues
Proficiency in Maya, Nuke, and Arnold
Excellent communication and organizational skills
Strong attention to detail through various stages of the pipeline
Communicate with other departments to resolve technical issues
Look development, key lighting, and thorough vetting of CG assets
Ensures work translates cleanly across all artists/shots with the goal of streamlining workflow
Assists team members with technical shot/sequence/continuity issues
Works with Art Director and Heads of Department to maintain artistic quality of the show
Comfortable in overtime scenarios

and willing to take on difficult work during deadlines and the final push

Distributes workloads among team members and maintain work balance across the team
Documents workflow and provides as a resource for the team
Actively trains new employees and helps assist Juniors on the Team
Creates new templates for sets and characters
Works closely with the Art Director and Supervisors to achieve a high level of visual qualify on developing looks
Assists with asset finaling (turnarounds for characters and set renders)
Assists the team with lighting/compositing issues as they arise
Works with pipeline to fix any technical issues
Constantly communicates with production

Salary:
$80,000.00-$110,000.00 per year

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