Senior Look Dev Artist - Luma Pictures - Melbourne

Are you a Senior Look Development Artist?

Luma is a leading visual effects studio that has worked on tons of blockbuster films like Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Prometheus; Academy Award-winning films including Crash, True Grit and No Country for Old Men; and numerous commercials such as A Mini Marvel for Coke which aired during Super Bowl 50. We are a crew of talented artists that hail from all over the world, who are passionate about creating mind blowing work. On top of that, we are a cool company, with cool people, cool offices, and we do cool things. Can’t beat that!
If you’re down to become part of a growing family, we’d love to hear from you.

You can

  • Define and establish the look for photo realistic assets/shot/sequence while guiding an asset team
  • Ensure consistency among shots sharing similar assets or lighting rigs in order to preserve continuity
  • Work closely with the compositing and lighting departments to distribute and maintain shader, texture and FX libraries as well as ensuring consistency and match of look for specific assets/shots/sequences
  • Understand modern texturing principles and how they apply to advanced layered shading networks
  • Understand high level rendering/shader network construction principles independent of specific renderers
  • Confidently guide texture artists to produce high quality texture maps
  • Demonstrate the ability to self sufficiently complete less subjective/simpler assets with minimal input from supervisors

You have

  • Thorough knowledge of Maya and Nuke, as well as high level rendering/shader network construction principles independent of specific renderers
  • Thorough knowledge of modern texturing principles and how they apply to advanced layered shading networks
  • Demonstrated ability to confidently guide texture artists to produce high quality texture maps
  • Self sufficient and can complete less subjective/simpler assets with minimal input from supervisors
  • Must be open to direction and work in a team focused environment
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong time management / organizational skills
  • Solid work ethic and a positive attitude in the face of challenging situations

Pluses

  • Experience in Arnold

Perks

  • A rooftop patio with a million dollar view of Melbourne
  • Really, really good coffee
  • Paid vacation days - four weeks per year!
  • Paid sick days (cough!)
  • A dedicated culture team that plans fun, rolls out fun & has fun!
  • Mates, not colleagues

If this looks like you, please apply here: http://www.lumapictures.com/job-detail/?job_id=ae602cc5-5725-4fdb-9dd4-6c0c064ad314