Lead Lighting TD (DNEG Animation)

Description

Position at DNEG

DNEG Animation is a world-class animation studio that crafts captivating worlds and compelling characters through beautiful animation. Our studio is fuelled by the passion and talents of our global crew, and through them we are delivering an exciting slate of major new projects, such as The Angry Birds Movie 3, The Cat in the Hat, and Bad Fairies.

We aim to compete with the best in the business and will rely on our experienced Lead Lighting Technical Director’s to bring the look of animated sequences from concept to reality and set our team of lighters up for success! You will have the ability to take creative direction to set the mood and look for animated sequences while also creating stable and efficient lighting rigs and compositing templates that can handle fast iterations.

Collaboration and mentoring are considered core values at DNEG so it’s imperative you are passionate about guiding and developing artists less experienced. Tasked with bringing shots from lighting production through to finalising on schedule, you will troubleshoot noises, render times and memory usage in a modern path-tracing rendered. 

Working as a team, you’ll use modern lighting and compositing tools to create beautiful work, maintaining consistency across all shots.

Must Have  

• Good working knowledge of sequence-based lighting
• Strong knowledge of node-based lighting and compositing tools and path-trace rendering
• Strong knowledge of lighting and compositing techniques.
• Familiarity with feature animation pipelines and pipeline issues.
• Demonstrable experience in sequence lighting, compositing and rendering with modern renderers.
• Strong grasp of artistic principles, and cg techniques
• Previous high end experience in a lead role

Nice to Have

• A showreel featuring feature animation work

About You  

• Work independently and as part of a team
• Team oriented.
• Courteous and helpful.
• Pro-active.
• Adaptable.
• Able to take direction.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Good organizational skills.
• Excellent time management skills.

About Us
We are DNEG, one of the world’s leading visual effects and animation companies for the creation of award-winning feature film, television, and multiplatform content. We employ more than 9,000 people with worldwide offices and studios across North America (Los Angeles, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver), Europe (London), Asia (Bangalore, Mohali, Chennai, Mumbai) and Australia (Sydney). At DNEG, we fundamentally believe that embracing our differences is a vital component of our collective success. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive work environment for our global teams, where everyone feels they matter and belong. We welcome and encourage applications from all, regardless of background, experience or disability. Please let us know if you need any adjustments or support during the application process, we will do our best to accommodate your needs. We look forward to meeting you!