CG / Lighting Artist

Black Kite is an independent creative studio offering world-class visual effects and design. We are a talent-first, technology-inspired studio.

Our community is home to a collective of top-tier talent. A group of artists, creators, designers, producers and technologists that have come together to make exceptional artistic visual content.

The CG Artist role at BLACK KITE

As a CG Artist at Black Kite, you are responsible for delivering creative excellence from pitch through to delivery. Y ou will be working across a wide variety of high end VFX projects. You will create the look of computer-generated objects and scenes and will be responsible for asset creation, layout, lighting, shading/look-development, rendering, and some compositing. You will also have the opportunity to apply your broader CG generalist skills on projects to create outstanding VFX work! RESPONSIBILITIES

• Carry out a range of generalist tasks along the CG pipeline, across a range of high end VFX projects.

• Build and support light rigs and shading setups

• Develop shot and render passes as needed in collaboration with other artists and leads

• Manage render scenes, light rigs and production assets

• Model, texture and look-development of CG assets to be used across shots and sequences

• Troubleshoot your assets, scenes, renders and the pipeline as necessary

• Technically and creatively promote and maintain consistent shot quality and desired look

• Work effectively with other 3D and Compositing artists in a creative, collaborative team.

• Use all of your wider generalist skills to deliver projects that look visually outstanding on time and on budget.

• Inspire a culture of creative innovation.

Why YOU?

• You have demonstrable experience creating high quality VFX work across commercials, TV or film.

• You have a thorough understanding of techniques and technologies related to lighting, rendering and look development, asset creation, & scene assembly.

• You have experience using Houdini and Maya

• You have experience using production quality renderers, including Arnold and Mantra or Karma.

• You have and are keen to use your wider generalist skills.

• You have a critical eye and a can-do problem-solving attitude

• You have a keen eye for quality control and visual style.

• You are an excellent communicator

• You are an excellent team player

• You have good working knowledge of nuke for creating pre-comps

• You always strive to produce outstanding visual results

WHY US?

• We believe in talent, creativity and innovation.

• We believe that creativity is the differentiator, it sits at the very heart of everything we do and the reason why Black Kite was born.

• We back ourselves to grow and be the best, to always improve, but never lose sight of our values and principles.

• We care about our people.

• At Black kite we look out for each other and believe in doing things the right way. We place importance on a code of shared ethics and treating people fairly and with respect.

• We believe in the power of team work and togetherness to achieve the extraordinary.

• We are big on ambition.

• We are excited about the future.