Digital Matte Painter (General Submission)

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Company: Powerhouse VFX
Position: Digital Matte Painter
Location: Vancouver, BC (Remote)
*Pay Range: $28.85 - $45.00 CAD hourly


POSITION SUMMARY:

The Digital Matte Painter is responsible for painting photo real environments and landscapes. This artist will paint photo environments, elements, and textures for matching into live action plates or standing as their own matte painting plates. 

 
MAIN DUTIES:

The Digital Matte Painter will create environment, character, and FX concept art within feature film production timeline. They will create photorealistic digital paintings using 2D and 3D techniques. They will create style frame and paint overs to establish the look of the sequence for other artist. They will setup and apply 3D projection in Nuke and Maya, as well as create and publish slap-comp in Nuke.


WHAT YOU BRING:
 The ideal candidate will bring expert working knowledge of Photoshop, Nuke and other applicable VFX software. They will bring experience creating digital paintings of photo-realistic environments based on concept art and/or photo reference and will be able to demonstrate experience. They will possess a strong understanding of light, color and perspective and possess excellent artistic communication skills, as well as an excellent eye for detail. They will also bring the following:

• Have a good understanding of 2D and 3D workflows.
• Adaptability and eagerness to learn new skills, techniques, and workflow (pipeline). 
• Experience meeting tight deadlines while retaining a high quality of work. 
• Experience with Houdini, Maya, Blender or similar are considered an asset.

 
About the Company:
Company 3 / Method Studios provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more. 

Diversity and Inclusion at Company 3: 
Creativity has diversity at its core. We celebrate the value of each unique experience by being dedicated to fostering the most diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where every employee feels empowered and safe to show up to work as their full self.
It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Please inform the company's HR representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

*The listed pay range represents the lowest to highest range that we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, local currency exchange rates, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, applicable law, and business or organizational needs. 
The benefits for eligible part-time employees working 25 or more hours per week and full-time employees in the US include a comprehensive package of health, retirement, and insurance benefits and paid time off. The benefits for eligible project hires and part-time employees working less than 25 hours per week in the US include retirement, select insurance benefits, and where required by law, health benefits. For roles filled in Canada and other territories, local benefits plan offerings will apply.
Both external and internal candidates can apply for this role through this careers’ website.
The above compensation and benefits information is provided in accordance with various state and local pay transparency laws.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with applicable law. Apply