Senior Lighting Artist

5 days ago

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India BOT VFX Full time

Job Summary:

BOT VFX is seeking a skilled Senior Lighting Artist to join our team. This role involves overseeing the lighting of 3D scenes and environments to achieve the desired visual style, mood, and atmosphere in animation, visual effects, or video game productions. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a team of lighting artists, developing efficient lighting techniques, and ensuring that the lighting enhances the overall narrative, realism, or stylistic choices of the project.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Oversee the creation and execution of lighting setups that align with the artistic vision and technical requirements of the project.
  • Ensure that lighting setups achieve the desired level of realism or stylization, depending on the project's visual goals. Supervise and refine the lighting passes to ensure consistency, quality, and continuity across all shots.
  • Rendering shots (either digitally integrated VFX or full CG) including non-lighting passes required by other departments.
  • Compile all upstream elements, such as environments, animation, simulation, and FX caches, and work with compositors to finalize shots.
  • Create or implement light rigs from either on-set reference or concept art.
  • Navigate and use previous setups for sequences to develop or match key shots. Management of volumetric light setups, including shadowing and cucoloris development.
  • Creating efficient rendering setups to optimize render farm usage. Wrangling assets or elements of a shot from another department to ensure shots are completed to schedule.
  • Lead, mentor, and guide a team of lighting artists, providing feedback and support to ensure high-quality work.
  • Assign tasks, set priorities, and manage the workflow of the lighting team to ensure that deadlines are met without compromising artistic or technical quality.
  • Conduct regular reviews of the team's work, providing constructive feedback to ensure that the lighting aligns with the director's vision.
  • Collaborate closely with the art, CG supervisor, and other department leads to ensure cohesive integration of lighting with other elements of the production.
  • Collaborate with the look dev team to ensure that lighting setups are aligned with the shaders, materials, and textures used in the project.
  • Ensure that the lighting integrates well with other rendering passes, such as shadows, reflections, and ambient occlusion, to achieve the highest level of realism or stylistic coherence.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Animation/Visual Effects, Computer Graphics, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience as a lighting artist in animation, visual effects, with demonstrated experience leading a lighting team.
  • A portfolio or demo reel showcasing advanced lighting work, with examples of complex lighting setups, mood, and atmosphere.
  • Experience working on high-end film, television, or AAA game productions is highly preferred.
  • Proficient in industry-standard lighting and rendering software, such as Maya, Houdini, Blender, Arnold, V-Ray, Renderman, or similar tools.
  • Strong understanding of lighting principles, including global illumination, physically based rendering, shadow casting, and color theory.
  • Solid knowledge of compositing software (e.g., Nuke, After Effects) to ensure seamless integration of lighting passes into the final shot.
  • Experience with real-time rendering engines (e.g., Unreal Engine, Unity) is a plus, particularly for interactive or virtual production workflows.
  • Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Python, MEL) for automating or enhancing lighting workflows is beneficial.

Why Join BOT VFX?

BOT VFX is a dynamic and creative studio that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. As a Senior Lighting Artist, you will be part of a talented team that is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of visual effects and animation. We offer a challenging and rewarding work environment, with opportunities for growth and development. If you are a skilled and motivated lighting artist, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

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