Senior Houdini Lighting Artist

This position is based in Vancouver. All applicants MUST reside in British Columbia, Canada

About Zoic

Zoic Studios is a Visual Effects company that specializes in high end visual effects for television, film, and advertising. Our mantra is Visual Evolution - we focus on every part of the process, from the final picture to the pipeline used to create them.

Are you looking for your next creative and technical challenge? Come join our team!

Why Join Zoic?

• We are an Artist owned and operated VFX studio.
• We love what we do and always stay curious about new technology and techniques.
• We respect work/life balance in a hectic industry.
• We work with a team from all walks of life and backgrounds.

Position Overview

Our Vancouver, BC location is interested in hearing from Houdini Lighting Artist for an exciting new project that will run until Spring of 2025.

We are looking for a Houdini Lighting Artist with strong shot finishing skills for our New Project (and a variety of episodic streaming projects across different services).

The ideal candidate will have a Generalist background with strong Houdini lighting skills. They will be responsible for creating photo realistic and stylized lighting set ups for dynamics, sets, props and creatures. Good communication skills and collaborative traits are mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Light dynamics, environments, props, creatures, and other 3D assets to production requirements.
• Work within the colour and lighting pipeline.
• Provide basic comps of lit elements to help visualize the look of final element.
• Ensure downstream pipeline needs are considered and optimized for rendering.
• Work with team members to address internal/external notes.
• Ensure internal and external deadlines are met within budgeted hours.
• Keep up to date with internal techniques, tools, and software.
• Share knowledge and techniques with team members to improve overall team skills and asset quality.
• Light sequences under the direction of Leads and Supervisors as needed.
• Take on 3D Generalist tasks as needed.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years' experience
• Ability to extrapolate from provided art direction/concept art when needed.
• Proactive in reporting to 3D Leads on progress, questions, resource needs etc.
• Lighting - experience with technical line up digital lighting matching practical in camera conditions to add digital asset to plate using HDRI and middle grey/chrome sphere lighting principles/methods.
• Lighting Design –experience in creative layout of lighting for use in a virtual or set extensions using middle grey lighting principles.
• Colour Theory – knowledge of colour space (ACEScg) , neutralization of plates/textures and middle grey principles.
• Experience in a lighting specific role w/ Houdini and within a VFX studio
• Experience with Houdini
• Experience rendering with Mantra
• Excellent communication skills in English; both written and verbal
• Ability to establish a methodology to achieve desired results within allotted timeframe.
• Work within a fast-paced team environment.

Would be nice:

• Experience in Vray (for Houdini)
• Experience in Nuke.
• Knowledge of Shotgun/grid

Zoic is a Houdini/Mantra/Vray/Nuke studio.

Additional information

• British Columbia Senior Employees Pay Range: $50 - $65/Hour (The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location of the position)
• Candidates MUST be located in British Columbia. At the moment this is a remote 'work from home' position with the option of working within our studio.
• Zoic does not cover relocation costs.
• All remote positions require the candidate to have a reliable internet connection via ethernet and work on Pacific Standard Time.
• This job description contains the basic requirements for the position and is NOT intended to be a complete list of responsibilities; other duties may be assigned.
• Due to the sheer volume of applications we receive, we regret that only those selected to interview will be contacted.

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