Rodeo FX
Visual Effects
LightingLeadTempContractMontreal
“Lighting Lead - Temp Contract - Montreal at Rodeo FX. Skills: Lighting, Houdini, Leadership, VFX. Translate visual direction into compelling lighting. Ensure render continuity across sequences”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver the artistic and technical quality of renders handed off to compositing; Maintain artistic consistency; Deliver complex shots autonomously, rigorously, and at a high standard; Support the project’s vision; Ensure render continuity across sequences and deliver clean, optimized outputs; Improve lighting setups, reduce scene weight, and optimize render performance; Identify pipeline stages where time or quality can be gained
Industry & Context.
Resolve technical challenges; Guide artists toward simple, effective solutions
3 days on site, April 6th to July 3rd
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3 to 5 years of experience in leading a lighting team within a VFX environment, Advanced proficiency in Houdini, working knowledge of render engines like Karma and Arnold, understanding of CG/compositing workflows, color pipeline considerations, Solid knowledge of Universal Scene Description, ShotGrid knowledge for task tracking and information sharing
Nice to Have
template creation, internal documentation, Python scripting, lookdev familiarity
What You'll Do.
Translate visual direction into compelling lighting
Ensure render continuity across sequences
Identify and fix or flag technical issues
Contribute to creation
documentation of tools
Document project specifics clearly in a wiki
Share relevant information
Maintain smooth communication with production
Provide constructive and supportive feedback
Monitor team workload
Flag any imbalance to Production
Participate in turnovers
Mentor junior artists
Identify development needs
Assist in onboarding new team members
Collaborate with Department HOD
Identify recurring training needs
Identify tooling needs
Help structure annual reviews
Improve lighting setups
Optimize render performance
Identify pipeline stages
Flag tool or script needs
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with CG, Lighting, and Compositing Supervisors; Work closely with supervision, production, and other departments; Collaborate with the Department HOD; Work with the Pipeline team
Communication Scope
Maintain clear communication; Lead team briefings; Share relevant information; Maintain smooth communication with production; Provide constructive and supportive feedback during dailies or one-on-one sessions
Process & Methodology
Monitor the team’s workload and flag any imbalance to Production, Participate in turnovers, mid-project evaluations, and post mortems
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