Lighting Artist

Blackkitestudios; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative studio in Greater London is seeking a CG Artist responsible for delivering outstanding visual effects across high-end projects. The role includes creating and managing computer-generated objects, asset creation, lighting, and compositing. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with various VFX techniques and software, including Houdini, Maya, and production quality renderers. A passion for teamwork and creativity is essential in this collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in high-quality VFX work.
• Thorough understanding of lighting, rendering, and look development.
• Experience with Houdini and Maya.

Responsibilities

• Deliver creative excellence from pitch to delivery.
• Create computer-generated objects and scenes.
• Manage render scenes and production assets.

Skills

High quality VFX work

Lighting techniques

Rendering techniques

Look development

Houdini

Maya

Team collaboration

Problem-solving

Nuke knowledge

Tools

Arnold

Mantra

Karma

Job description

Black Kite is an independent creative studio offering world-class visual effects and design. We are a talent-first, technology-inspired studio.

Our community is home to a collective of top-tier talent. A group of artists, creators, designers, producers and technologists that have come together to make exceptional artistic visual content.

The CG Artist role at BLACK KITE

As a CG Artist at Black Kite, you are responsible for delivering creative excellence from pitch through to delivery. You will be working across a wide variety of high end VFX projects. You will create the look of computer-generated objects and scenes and will be responsible for asset creation, layout, lighting, shading/look‑development, rendering, and some compositing. You will also have the opportunity to apply your broader CG generalist skills on projects to create outstanding VFX work!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Carry out a range of generalist tasks along the CG pipeline, across a range of high end VFX projects.
• Build and support light rigs and shading setups
• Develop shot and render passes as needed in collaboration with other artists and leads
• Manage render scenes, light rigs and production assets
• Model, texture and look‑development of CG assets to be used across shots and sequences
• Troubleshoot your assets, scenes, renders and the pipeline as necessary
• Technically and creatively promote and maintain consistent shot quality and desired look
• Work effectively with other 3D and Compositing artists in a creative, collaborative team.
• Use all of your wider generalist skills to deliver projects that look visually outstanding on time and on budget.
• Inspire a culture of creative innovation.

Why YOU?

• You have demonstrable experience creating high quality VFX work across commercials, TV or film.
• You have a thorough understanding of techniques and technologies related to lighting, rendering and look development, asset creation, & scene assembly.
• You have experience using Houdini and Maya
• You have experience using production quality renderers, including Arnold and Mantra or Karma.
• You have and are keen to use your wider generalist skills.
• You have a critical eye and a can‑do problem‑solving attitude
• You have a keen eye for quality control and visual style.
• You are an excellent communicator
• You are an excellent team player
• You have good working knowledge of nuke for creating pre‑comps
• You always strive to produce outstanding visual results

WHY US?

• We believe in talent, creativity and innovation.
• We believe that creativity is the differentiator, it sits at the very heart of everything we do and the reason why Black Kite was born.
• We back ourselves to grow and be the best, to always improve, but never lose sight of our values and principles.
• We care about our people.
• At Black kite we look out for each other and believe in doing things the right way. We place importance on a code of shared ethics and treating people fairly and with respect.
• We believe in the power of team work and togetherness to achieve the extraordinary.
• We are big on ambition.
• We are excited about the future.