Lighting Technical Director - Expression of Interest

The Walt Disney Company • San Francisco, CA

86d • $101,300 - $132,900

About The Position

The Lighting TD designs and implements direct and reflected lighting and shadows for assigned shots that meet art and tone direction. Ensures that assigned shots fit the continuity of the sequence. Develops solutions and techniques that meet art/technical direction. Participates in team review of work under development. Able to navigate and use previous setups for at least a dozen shots, insertion of shot specialization, managing multiple assets and lighting setups. Also able to light using varying shadowing strategies, imitate distributed light sources. Management of volumetric light setups, including shadowing and cucoloris development. Also able to light, material assign and render for actors using CG hair and scattering skin materials.

Requirements

• At least 3 years relevant professional VFX experience and at least a college level diploma in computer graphics, fine arts, design, or photography, or related field
• OR at least 5 years relevant professional VFX experience in lieu of education
• Experience with either Katana, 3DS Max, Maya, Houdini or similar software
• Linux and scripting ability
• Renderman/Vray
• Nuke
• Experience in Python and/or Lua

Responsibilities

• Design and create lighting and the look of computer generated objects and scenes
• Create images, effects, and scripts for digitally composited sequences
• Responsible for compiling the various elements of a shot and seeing it through to completion
• Demonstrate good listening and communication skills by openly receiving direction and criticism
• Implement requested changes immediately and raise flags if a solution is not quickly found
• Keep Supervisors and Production updated on the status of shot work
• Demonstrate solid presentation/communication skills in dailies/shot review
• Demonstrate solid problem solving skills
• Prioritize tasks managing time very well, providing accurate time estimates on shot task completion

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Financial benefits
• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees