Junior Compositor and Roto/Paint Artist
- Type
- Part-time, W-2 employee, about 10 hours a week to start
- Location
- Encino, California (16133 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 700)
- Start
- Register interest now. Shortlisted candidates get a paid test shot before a start date is agreed.
You will be the first hire at a small Los Angeles VFX studio working on independent films, series and commercials. The work is real shots on real deadlines: roto and paint in Silhouette, keying and cleanup in Nuke, tracking in SynthEyes and Mocha Pro, with the studio lead reviewing every shot with you.
Hours scale with the project load. The role is built to grow into a full-time compositor position as the studio does.
You will
- Roto, paint and cleanup on client shots, to a feature-film standard
- Keying and background replacement in Nuke
- Camera and planar tracking, with handover to FX
- QC and delivery: naming, EXR and ProRes exports, mattes
- Learn the AI-assisted pipeline (Beeble, ComfyUI) and how to finish its output by hand
You have
- A reel with roto, paint or keying work, student work welcome
- Working knowledge of Nuke; Silhouette, Mocha or SynthEyes a bonus
- Attention to edges, grain and flicker, and the patience to check every frame
- Authorization to work in the United States