At a Glance
- Tasks: Create stunning lighting and compositing in Blender to bring narratives to life.
- Company: Join a creative team that values visual storytelling and collaboration.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, creative environment, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: UK-based role with potential for early closure due to high application volume.
- Why this job: Make your mark in animation by shaping the mood and atmosphere of captivating stories.
- Qualifications: Experience with Blender and a strong understanding of lighting and compositing principles.
The predicted salary is between 31500 - 38500 £ per year.
Our Blender Lighting and Compositing Artists (“L&C”) are wonderful visual storytellers. They define the mood and atmosphere of our narratives, and highlight the charming details of our characters, props and environments. They are the savants of light, colour and creative problem solving. Your day-to-day will focus on creating the lighting, finessing the colours in compositing, whilst always maintaining the right balance between the highest quality and meeting deadlines. The successful candidate will need to be based in the UK. Currently, we're unable to consider VISA sponsorship. Please note that this vacancy can close early if we receive a high number of applications.
Day to Day:
- Use lighting setups in Blender to match a specific creative brief or vision, including adjusting light types, intensities and colour.
- Tweaking provided light rigs, render set-ups and compositing templates to achieve the required look of your shot.
- Monitoring your renders to ensure they are within a given render time budget.
- Collaborate across departments to address production challenges, clearly communicating with teammates both within and outside of L&C to move projects forward.
- Problem solving to fix errors and glitches and addressing notes efficiently.
- Manage your time effectively to meet shot deadlines, proactively flagging any potential delays with your Creative Lead and Production as early as possible.
- Take direction constructively and implement feedback from your Creative Lead or Director with a positive, solution-focused mindset.
Must Have:
- Strong understanding and knowledge of Blender for lighting, rendering & compositing.
- Previous experience as a Blender L&C Artist on an animation production.
- Knowledge of lighting principles and how light is used to meet a creative brief, especially in stylised animation.
- Technical understanding of how lighting works in 3D rendering - different types of lights, render setups, physically based rendering, ray tracing and global illumination.
- Technical understanding of biased rendering to optimise sampling, making your renders efficient and avoiding noise and artefacts.
- An understanding of colour theory, aesthetics and composition.
- Problem solving skills to find the best approach to meeting the brief as well as troubleshooting issues and asking questions if unsure.
- Having an eye for detail for scrutinising final shots for any errors or inconsistencies.
- Demonstrable experience of being a team player and a great collaborator.
- Ability to receive and act on feedback and respond to direction.
- Excellent time management and prioritising skills.
- Ability and drive to share your knowledge and skills with other team members.
- Excellent creative problem-solving skills.
Bonus Points:
- Experience using Flow/Shotgrid.
- Knowledge of shading.
- Understanding of a 3D production pipeline.
UK Only | Mid Blender Lighting and Compositing Artist employer: Blue Zoo Production
At Blue Zoo Production, we pride ourselves on fostering a creative and collaborative work environment that empowers our employees to thrive. As a Cinematic 3D Layout Artist, you will benefit from flexible hybrid and remote working options, alongside opportunities for professional growth within a dynamic team dedicated to producing high-quality animation. Join us in shaping the future of CG TV series while enjoying a culture that values innovation and artistic expression.
