Location
Chancery Lane, London, United Kingdom (On-site, Hybrid)

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Framestore brings together world-class producers, artists, and technologists to craft visually striking work across advertising, episodic, and immersive productions. Our teams blend creative ingenuity with cutting-edge technology to deliver high-end visual effects, immersive storytelling, and premium content for global clients, brands, and broadcasters. Driven by creativity and inspired by the future, we set out every day to reframe the possible.

The Integrated Advertising division in London works across TV, Commercials, Rides, and VR. We are looking for Mid-Senior Houdini Lighting Technical Directors for exciting projects within our team.

Lighting Technical Directors are responsible for the final 3D scene assembly, lighting, and rendering of elements required to complete visual effects shots. Key responsibilities include:
- CG scene assembly including correct assets from applicable departments
- Lighting shots as briefed by the Visual Effects/CG Supervisor or Sequence Lead
- Collaborating closely with CG Supervisors to solve CG challenges and develop the final look
- Developing shots in collaboration with the shot Compositor
- Rendering non-lighting passes as required by the shot Compositor
- Creating lighting setups and/or working with existing setups
- Creating efficient rendering setups to optimize render farm usage
- Scrutinising colours and directions of all light sources in the real-world scene and replicating them in CG
- Staying on schedule and meeting deadlines while maintaining the highest quality
- Ongoing communication with Production and leads regarding schedules and deadlines
- Other duties as required, including wrangling assets or elements from other departments to ensure shots are completed on schedule

Experience
- Previous experience with shot look development
- Excellent knowledge of Houdini
- Strong knowledge of lighting techniques
- Basic knowledge of Nuke or similar compositing package, including use of layers and passes to tweak shots after rendering
- Good understanding of colour-space
- Knowledge of other VFX disciplines including simulation, modeling and UV mapping, texturing, and camera tracking
- Thorough knowledge of Maya
- Extensive knowledge of Renderman, Arnold, or similar production renderers
- Basic knowledge of physically plausible shading techniques
- Basic knowledge of Python and/or Mel scripting
- Strong understanding of Linux/Unix based operating systems

About you
- Excellent organisation, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Creative problem solving and attention to detail
- Able to work well under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining high quality results
- Able to work successfully as part of a team as well as independently
- Reliable with good timekeeping and ability to meet deadlines
- Flexible and adaptable with ability to work within a pre-set workflow or pipeline and creatively solve problems

Desirable Skills
- Experience with digital paint software such as Photoshop and/or Mari
- Experience working with effects elements and volume rendering
- Knowledge and experience in other render packages
- Experience and knowledge in compositing and Nuke
- Experience and knowledge in modeling and texturing