Compositing Supervisor (Commercials)

Purpose of the job:

The Compositing Supervisor has years of experience in a supervisory capacity and command of Nuke or another high end node based compositing software. They are responsible for staffing and managing a team of compositors which creates the final approved composited images that meet or exceed the client’s expectations.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

• Assists Producer in bidding and scheduling
• Staffing in collaboration with Producer and Manager
• Interviews and reviews potential candidates with Manager
• Determines technical approach and pipeline for compositing
• Look development or delegates to appropriate Lead or senior compositor
• Attends Dailies, walkthroughs, and production meetings
• Point person between Production, VFX Sup, CG Sups, and compositing team
• Assigns shots to compositors and monitors shot progress
• Color timing and management of sequence continuity
• Identifies problems and effectively implements solutions
• Quality control on all composites to ensure consistency across every show
• Composites shots of any level of complexity as needed or time allows
• Mentors less experienced artists
• Upon completion of project:
• Documentation and element archiving
• Provides in-depth feedback of compositing crew to Manager
• Participates in Post-Mortem

Qualifications:

Education and/or Experience Required:

• Minimum 5 years experience in a Commercial environment
• Understanding of photography, composition, lighting, color and motion
• Extremely strong understanding of Nuke compositing software required
• Experience and knowledge of stereoscopic tools and methods desired
• Demonstrated leadership qualities
• Strong communication skills
• Time Management and organizational skills
• Aesthetically and creatively solid and capable of producing highest quality images
• Professional in all dealings with Production and crew
• Team player who takes direction well
• Dependable under pressure with attention to details

Working Conditions and Environment/Physical Demands: 

• Office working environment
• Hours for this position are based on normal working hours but will require extra hours pending production needs
• Walking/bending/sitting