CG​/Lighting Artist

CG / Lighting Artist

Black Kite Studios 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.

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!

• 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

• 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, and 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

• 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

• Entry level

• Contract

• Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Performing Arts and Spectator Sports

• Sunderland, England, United Kingdom

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