Look Development Artist

This is a Full Time Job

Responsibilities:
- Establishes the look and qualities of characters, props and environments for an animated film with direction from the Production Designer, Art Director, and Look Development Supervisor
- Ability to handle complex and technically demanding Look Development setups
- Troubleshoots creative and technical issues as they arise
- Works with other departments to communicate Look Development needs (such as Modeling) and provide for other departments' needs (e.g. Lighting and Character FX)
- Ensures that Look Development files are complete and ready for lighting
- Stays aware of the broader show needs as they relate to the Look Development Department (schedule, complexity of setups, etc.)

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
- Good artistic eye for detail with the ability to build a fleshed-out look to match various 2D Art Department references
- Experience with 3D paint packages (e.g. Mari, Substance, ZBrush)
- Diligent with ability to handle complexity of our pipeline
- Familiarity with Polygonal and UV Layout
- Familiarity with the construction of complex shader networks.
- Ability to debug complex shader networks.

Desired Qualifications
- History of successful collaboration within a team.
- Proactive and creative problem solver.
- Experience within other related skills (i.e. modeling, compositing, animation, etc.)
- 3 years production experience on a feature film
- Background in visual arts

Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.