Lighting Supervisor (On-Site)

Salary: $100,000 - $120,000 annually

Company Overview

ICON Creative Studio is Canadas largest independently owned animation entertainment company, located in the historic Gastown district of Vancouver, BC. Our talented team includes specialists across the entire animation pipeline, working alongside creative and management professionals to deliver outstanding animated content.

Known for our commitment to quality, efficiency, and timely deliveries, ICON has partnered with distributors, broadcasters, and leading streaming platforms worldwide to create and produce noteworthy, impactful projects.

We operate from a holistic philosophy, leveraging the unique skill sets of our team members to maximize production efficiency while maintaining an optimal balance of creativity and quality on-screen.

Why work at ICON?

• Collaborate on top-tier feature and episodic CG franchises for major streaming platforms, including Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, Amazon, Peacock, and Paramount+.
• Be part of a diverse team of artists from around the globe who have joined us here in British Columbia.
• Work with the latest tools and software, ensuring you're always equipped to do your best work.
• Be part of a studio that upholds a premium standard of quality across all productions, putting every resource into whats on-screen.
• Enjoy flexibility, autonomy, and a supportive workplace culture.
• Access direct deposit and a generous benefits package.
• Grow with us through continuous learning opportunities, mentorship, and empowering you to achieve your professional goals.

Lighting Supervisor

Job Overview

As a Lighting / Compositing Supervisor, your primary responsibility is to oversee the lighting and compositing aspects of a project, ensuring the realization of creative lighting goals set by the Art Director, Producer, and Client. You will lead a team of artists, providing guidance, mentorship, and fostering a collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise lighting/compositing of a project and lead artists to attain the creative lighting goals of the Art Director, Producer, and Client.
• Reports any hold-ups, departmental, and employee performance issues to Production & Heads of Department.
• Lead, mentor, and provide guidance to the lighting and compositing team.
• Share ideas, collaborate, and work closely with the Head of Department in order to ensure there is a streamlined production and continued growth on the project.
• Be able to maintain effective client relationships and effectively communicate feedback.
• Meet deadlines as assigned by Producer and communicate consistently all applicable aspects of the show status.
• Manage the shots' rendering process to ensure each episode's successful delivery.
• Attend all relevant meetings to promote effective communication throughout the production.
• Be updated and familiar with new techniques, tools, or other related software.
• Present solutions to creative challenges that are within the budget and scope of the project.
• Ensure show continuity and maintain consistency
• Is mindful of render budget vs creative vision.
• Anticipate problems and present solutions adapted to time and budget constraints.
• Consult with CG supervisor for producing production-friendly solutions to technical challenges.
• Review the work of artists regularly and approve shots for submission to the Art Director.
• Collaborate with the production team to guide the artist's overall professional growth.
• Conduct routine performance evaluations for Lighting team members, providing constructive feedback, insights, and recommendations for improvement, including suggestions for potential promotions and future project assignments.
• Create and maintain documentation related to the department to ensure the team is updated on all new tools, systems, and software updates.
• Prepares and manages all episodic kick-offs related to the lighting and compositing team coordinating alongside the production team.
• Work with Human Resources and the Production team during the hiring process for the Lighting / Compositing Department, conducting interviews and helping to select the best candidate.
• Assist in keeping the show within budget by managing assignments and necessary overtime.

Qualifications:

• Advanced proficiency in Maya, Nuke, and Arnold, with deep experience across lighting, rendering, and compositing pipelines.
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality look development, key lighting, and CG asset validation in a production environment.
• Strong understanding of shot continuity, render optimization, and ensuring work translates cleanly across artists, sequences, and episodes.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing, mentoring, and supporting lighting and compositing teams.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, with the ability to clearly convey creative direction, feedback, and technical solutions.
• Experience collaborating closely with Art Directors, CG Supervisors, Production, and Pipeline to maintain artistic quality and technical feasibility.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate challenges and propose solutions within time and budget constraints.
• Comfortable working in high-pressure production scenarios, including overtime during key delivery periods.
• Experience creating and maintaining lighting and compositing templates, workflows, and documentation for team use.
• Ability to distribute workloads effectively, balance team capacity, and support overall production efficiency.
• Experience assisting with asset finaling, including character turnarounds and set renders.
• Familiarity with pipeline troubleshooting and collaborating with technical teams to resolve workflow or tool issues.
  

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The wage range for this role reflects compensation across all of ICONs projects. The final salary will be determined based on the specific position, the current show assignment, and the applicants experience and portfolio. This range accounts for varying levels of experience and responsibilities.

In compliance with British Columbia provincial mandates, we are posting this broad wage range to meet wage transparency requirements.

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ICON Creative Studio is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.