Senior Unreal Lighting Artist

This is a Full Time Job

Sony Pictures Imageworks Canada Inc

658 Homer Street., Suite 405, Vancouver, BC, V6B 2R4

Language in work environment - English

What You’ll Be Doing
• Under the guidance of your CG Supervisor or Lighting Lead, you will create final images rendered and delivered from Unreal Engine.
• Showcasing progress during touchbases and reviews, then implementing technical and artistic adjustments according to feedback.
• Communicating with leads and production staff to ensure any creative, technical, or efficiency issues are flagged and addressed.
• Accountable for meeting quota and efficiency targets.
• Problem solving and handling all aspects of shot lighting end-to-end.

What We Need To See
• Understanding of lighting concepts including breakdown of colorkeys for keylighting.
• Understanding and experience with setups of scalable sequence lighting and comp templates.
• Ability to interpret and address creative notes with or without assistance from leads.
• Ability to match approved key shots established by leads/keylighters.
• Ability to aesthetically check and correct any quality control items (QC).

Requirements
• 5 years of meaningful experience in visual effects, animated feature films or games.
• 2 years of production lighting experience in Unreal Engine.
• Some production experience using Katana, Arnold and Nuke or any similar lighting/compositing package and global illumination renderer.
• Demo reel that represents your skillset from past production experience

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd
• Professional experience in both traditional feature animation projects and/or real time projects in Unreal
• Python and C++ scripting knowledge
• Skills in Photography or Fine Arts

Personal Qualities We’re Looking For
• Strong communication skills in workflow presentation and providing solutions to leads and supervisors for complex problems
• Reliably and punctually attends meetings
• Advanced time-management and prioritization skills
• Positive attitude in a team environment

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