CareerPlan

Senior CG Lighting Artist

Sydney, New South WalesFull-time2026-09-17 → 2026-11-11
HybridEmployee or contractor

Core

CG Lighting Artist creating high-quality visual styles for 3D animated films and episodic series by lighting and rendering shots to match creative briefs.

Role type

Senior CG Lighting Artist (3D Animation)

Builds

Rendered shots for 3D animated feature films and episodic series

Domain

Animation / VFX

Required skills

Arnold rendering, Katana, Nuke pre-compositing, lighting consistency, optimization, creative brief interpretation, self-management

Preferred skills

Graphic stylisation of reality (Spiderverse, Entergalactic, Arcane style)

Technologies

Arnold, Katana, Nuke

Responsibilities

Light and render shots to achieve creative briefs set by VFX Supervisor; Maintain lighting consistency across all shots; Optimize and troubleshoot lighting/rendering problems; Work closely with compositors to deliver final shots within production quotas; Interpret verbal and visual creative briefs.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC