VFX Lighting Lead:-
As the Lighting Lead, you will be leading and managing the lighting team, and you will spend your days:
working with the lighting team & pipeline developers to ensure the look and vision of each project effectively and efficiently
assembling temp comps of the lighting passes
completing daily one-on-one rounds with the lighting team
Primary Responsibilities:
• Quality and artistic supervision of lighting with input from VFX Supervisor
• Implements generic lighting and compositing to help facilitate the creative ''look'' of the project
• Deliver final shots to production and ensure final technical check is complete.
• Tracking lighting continuity within sequences.
• Participates as a Supervising team member in determining various design solutions; efficiency improvements and provides artistic feedback on a shot and sequence level to other team members of the production.
• Coaches and guides the team of Lighting TD's to execute quality performance for the project.
• Attend all relevant meetings to promote effective communication throughout the production team.
Required Skills / Technical Competencies:
• Extensive management experience of large teams
• Ability to plan and execute complex lighting scenes including working with layers and passes and optimizing scenes and renders
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal and interpersonal)
• Highly proficient skills in technical problem solving
• Plans well and manages priorities
• Relevant knowledge of color theory, composition, lighting, aesthetics and how these apply to lighting and rendering
• Strong working knowledge of various software platforms including , Maya, Arnold, Nuke, or any other high end CG/VFX software.
Preferred Skills / Competencies:
• Some photography experience a plus (knowledge of composition, photography terms like depth of field, FOV, aperture, exposure, dynamic range)
•Good knowledge of Maya, Arnold, Redshift, Nuke and Unreal
• 5+ years' experience as a Lighting Lead or role with equivalent level of responsibility in VFX film and animated projects
