Lighting Lead

Outpost VFX

20h

About The Position

As a Lighting Lead, you'll be guiding a team of artists in delivering high-quality lighting and rendering for VFX productions. This role requires a strong artistic eye, technical knowledge, and the ability to support artists while maintaining consistency across sequences and shows. The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing lighting workflows, reviewing artist work, collaborating with production and supervisors, and ensuring shots are delivered to the required creative and technical standards.

Requirements

Strong proficiency in Maya, Houdini, Nuke, and Arnold.
Solid understanding of scene assembly, rendering, and lighting workflows.
Professional understanding of lighting, composition, colour theory, and photographic principles.
Ability to create visually compelling and realistic imagery.
Solid grasp of asset, FX, environment, and look development pipelines and how they contribute to the final rendered image.
Proficient knowledge of 2D-3D workflows.
Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot lighting, rendering, and pipeline issues efficiently.
Significant experience supervising 3D teams in a production environment.
7+ years delivering high-end work for feature films, episodic content, or commercials.
Proven leadership skills working collaboratively with a team.
Familiarity with Linux-based environments and render farm workflows.

Nice To Haves

Scripting knowledge is a bonus.

Responsibilities

Guiding a team of artists in delivering high-quality lighting and rendering for VFX productions.
Overseeing lighting workflows.
Reviewing artist work.
Collaborating with production and supervisors.
Ensuring shots are delivered to the required creative and technical standards.
Mentoring artists.
Conducting reviews.
Providing constructive feedback.