The Senior Lighting Artist is a technically proficient and artistically skilled contributor responsible for delivering complex high-impact shots. They bring creative insight help define the tone and quality of sequences and support the broader team.
Lead the lighting on complex shots or entire sequences.
Maintain a consistent visual style while solving creative and technical challenges.
Optimize lighting setups for efficiency and reusability.
Suggest improvements to tools templates documentation and workflows.
Show motivation to learn and grow in a production environment.
Implement feedback and corrections quickly and accurately.
Follow lighting directions provided by Leads and Supervisors.
Management:
Mentor junior and mid-level artists.
Collaborate with lookdev shading and compositing to ensure visual continuity.
Seek support when facing technical or creative challenges.
Share feedback and actively participate in reviews.
Qualifications :
Advanced expertise in lighting software and rendering engines (e.g. Katana Maya Arnold etc.).
Strong understanding of lookdev shading and compositing integration.
Excellent problem-solving ability and artistic judgment.
Experience working with layered AOV workflows and lighting templates.
Strong visual sense of color composition and light.
Team player with great attention to detail.
Good knowledge of Nuke (or other node-based compositing software).
Basic English skills (spoken and written).
Optional skills:
Understanding of rendering engines (Arnold Renderman Redshift etc.).
Experience with ShotGrid or equivalent.
Good grasp of color lighting and photography principles.
Scripting skills (Python) to automate tasks or create lighting tools.
Additional Information :
The person in this role will work closely with our Paris studio in a bilingual environment as well as with international partners talent and clients. They will regularly interact with non-French-speaking stakeholders across various productions and strategic communications in order to present and promote the creative and technical strengths of Mikros Animation on a global scale.
MIKROS ANIMATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Mikros Animation complies and prohibits against discrimination on the basis of race religion creed color national origin ancestry medical condition (including genetic characteristics) mental and/or physical disability or handicap marital status sex age veteran status citizenship status sexual orientation gender identity political party preference political belief socioeconomic status familial status registered domestic partner status military service pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions and any other characteristic or activity protected by federal state/provincial or local law.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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