Lead Lighting Artist

About Important Looking Pirates

Important Looking Pirates (ILP) is a multiple VES and Emmy award-winning studio and have created animation and visual effects for some of the greatest storytellers. Founded by artists in 2007, ILP was established with the vision of becoming one of the top international suppliers of VFX in terms of quality, professionalism, and service. With amazing projects such as Shogun, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Fallout , The Mandalorian , Westworld and Star Wars: The Last Jedi in ILP’s portfolio, we can proudly say that we are one of the most successful studios in the world.

At ILP, we have assembled one of the best visual effects teams in the business, with talents from all corners of the world. All our artists, technicians and support personnel are driven by passion for what they do and always strive to push the limits of what can be accomplished.

About the position

We are looking for a Lead Lighting Artist to join the crew! You will closely collaborate with the Light Supervisor, the production team and other Skill Supervisors, and you are responsible for planning the work of your team to ensure a smooth and successful delivery.

At ILP, Lighting is a generalist discipline that can include environment tasks such as layout, procedural scattering and bespoke set dressing, lookdev tasks and of course traditional lighting tasks such as beauty lighting, matching of plate lights etc. Our lighting artists constantly collaborate with surrounding disciplines such as FX and Comp.

As a Lead Lighting Artist, you are both a team leader and a senior artist. You delegate work while being a mentor and caring for the well-being of your team.

This position is a full-time, permanent role in either Stockholm, Hamburg or London.

We are accepting applications now, but will review them and get back to you at the beginning of January.

Your work will include:

• In collaboration with the Skill Supervisor, define and adjust the task assignments for your team, taking into consideration the VFX Supervisor’s vision and crew’s capabilities.
  

• Understanding, developing and communicating the artistic vision and goals of the show.
  

• Promoting ownership and responsibility within the team and providing opportunities for artists to grow.
  

• Reviewing and giving feedback for submission to dailies for internal review.
  

• Streamlining and unifying templates and sequences.
  

• Supporting and mentoring of artists.
  

• Participate in mentoring, training and onboarding programs defined by the Talent Development Team.

You need the following:

• Extensive knowledge in Houdini, Arnold and Nuke.

• Experience as lighting lead or experience in a similar role.

• Ability to remain calm and confident in a fast-paced environment.

• Understanding and solid artistic instincts in photography, film-making, design and story-telling.

• Passion and drive for VFX.

• Great artistic eye and understanding what constitutes world class imagery.

• Creative problem-solving skills.

• A humble and helpful attitude.

• A structured approach to setups, templates and workflows.

• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.