Lighting Supervisor Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Lighting Supervisor to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Regularly interacts with the Producer and Director to understand the desired look as it relates to lighting for the production;
- Actively participates in the recruiting and staffing of the lighting team – assesses the work of prospective candidates for the hiring process;
- Quality and artistic supervision of lighting with input from VFX Supervisor;
- Designs, implements and critiques generic lighting and compositing to help facilitate the creative “look” of the project;
- Deliver final shots to production and ensure final technical check is complete;
- Tracking lighting continuity within sequences;
- Determines the need and extent of mattes, paintings, effects and shaders for digitally composited shots;
- Coaches and guides the team of Lighting TD’s to execute quality performance for the project;
- Attend all relevant meetings to promote effective communication throughout the production team.
Requirements:
- Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills;
- Must be self sufficient;
- Results-driven;
- Ability to plan and execute complex 3D lighting scenes including working with layers and passes, doing complex comps and optimizing scenes and renders;
- Always curious and seeks new learning opportunities;
- Highly proficient skills in technical problem solving;
- Strong working knowledge of various software platforms including Katana, Maya, Nuke, or any other high end CG or compositing software;
- Look development and/or shader writing preferred;
- Thinks Analytically and innovatively;
- Knowledge of Clarice desirable but not essential;
- Preferred Skills / Competencies;
- Relevant understanding of color theory, composition, lighting, aesthetics and how these apply to lighting and rendering in 3D;
- Strong working knowledge of Linux, Python and shell scripting required;
- Demonstrable experience of mentoring and developing artists;
- Plans well and Manages Priorities.