Senior Lighting TD (Artist)
DNEGSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Posted August 27, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
DNEG is a leading provider of award-winning visual effects, animation, and creative technologies for film, TV, and immersive content. With over 25 years of experience and seven Academy Awards® for 'Best VFX' since 2011, DNEG offers a range of services including animation, TV visual effects, stereo conversion, CG design, 3D modeling, production technology, and feature film visual effects. The company is dedicated to creating the future of storytelling through innovative and cutting-edge solutions.
Job Description
DNEG is seeking a passionate and technically adept Senior Lighting TD (Artist) to join their team. The role involves working with experienced lighting leads and supervisors to achieve the highest quality on VFX projects, pushing industry standards. Candidates should have extensive knowledge of 3D Computer Graphics and a strong technical grounding in ray tracing and path tracing.
Requirements
- 6 years VFX industry experience as a Lighting Artist on high-end live-action feature films
- Production experience with Maya and/or Houdini and/or Solaris
- Showreel demonstrating experience in shot lighting and rendering on high quality productions
- Experience troubleshooting pipeline issues
- Experience using production quality renderers (e.g. Mantra, Renderman, Solaris, Arnold)
- 2 years contract
