Senior Blender Lighting and Compositing Artist

Our Blender Lighting and Compositing Artists ("L&C") are talented visual storytellers who define the mood and atmosphere of our narratives, highlighting the details of characters, props, and environments. They excel in light, colour, and creative problem solving.

Your daily tasks will include creating lighting, refining colours in compositing, and balancing quality with deadlines.

This is a short-term contract with the successful candidate expected to join in late July 2025.

We offer remote and hybrid working options. Please note, this vacancy may close early if we receive many applications.

Responsibilities:

• Creating lighting setups in Blender aligned with the creative brief, adjusting light types, intensities, and colours.
• Adjusting provided light rigs, render setups, and compositing templates to achieve the desired look.
• Monitoring renders to stay within time budgets.
• Collaborating across departments to resolve production challenges and communicate effectively with team members.
• Troubleshooting errors and addressing notes efficiently.
• Managing time effectively to meet deadlines, proactively communicating potential delays.
• Implementing feedback constructively with a positive, solution-oriented approach.

Must Have:

• Strong knowledge of Blender for lighting, rendering, and compositing.
• Experience as a Blender L&C Artist in animation production.
• Understanding of lighting principles to meet creative briefs, especially in stylised animation.
• Technical knowledge of 3D rendering, including types of lights, render setups, PBR, ray tracing, and GI.
• Understanding of biased rendering for efficiency, noise reduction, and artefact minimization.
• Knowledge of colour theory, aesthetics, and composition.
• Problem-solving skills for troubleshooting and meeting briefs.
• Attention to detail for final shot review.
• Teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Receptiveness to feedback and ability to follow direction.
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills.
• Willingness to share knowledge and skills with the team.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with Flow/Shotgrid.
• Knowledge of shading.
• Understanding of a 3D production pipeline.