Lighters Technical Director

EDI is looking for Lighter Technical Director for commercials and features film.

Job responsibilities:

• The candidate will work on shot and key lighting
• The candidate must be able to work on lookdev and precomp. in case of need
• Under the direction of a Lighting and CG supervisor he/she will be able to meet the production needs, with a positive attitude and creative flair
• Will work in an artist oriented and friendly environment
• Must show an exceptional artistic eye, and have great technical skills
• Problem solving and strong communication skills are key
• Must be able to work well under pressure and open to work flexible hours.

Required skills:

• The artist must have a good working knowledge of photography and film lighting
• Solid technical grounding with render engines
• Production experience with Maya and/or Houdini and/or Blender
• Develop technical and aesthetic approaches to define the visual design/mood of each shot
• Showreel and/or portfolio demonstrating experience in shot lighting and rendering on high quality productions
• Experience using production quality renderers (es. Redshift, Arnold, Mantra)
• Basic compositing experience, using Nuke or equivalent
• Knowledge of python/mel a plus
• Experience with Look Development and shader setup a plus.