Job Posting Title

Jr Lighting Technical Director - ILM Vancouver

Req ID

10124854

This role is considered Hybrid, which means the employee will work 2-3 days onsite at a Company designated location and occasionally from home.

Position Summary

The Junior Lighting TDs work under a sequence lighting lead to make basic lighting and shader tweaks. They may also manage renders and provide them to comp. Work is subject to close supervisory review at frequent intervals. They need to be able to develop enhancements or "fixes" to identified aspects of art / technologies, as well as be able to create shaders and tools for more than one type of 3D character and element. Can tweak monolithic materials, modify and run existing turntables, basic checkins into asset management system for basic CG assets (props, plants, set dressing, traffic, vehicles).

What You’ll Do

- Day-to-day show support
- Troubleshoot flow of data in/out of department
- Responsible for escalation of tech issues to appropriate show or tech group
- Robust communication and follow-through
- Strong artistic skills; some background in visual arts a plus
- Ability to work under pressure and deadlines
- Work with stage team may be required
- Potential need to work across multiple projects/productions at any given time
- Entry level shot work, time permitting, which might include:
- Constructing look-developed objects, effects, elements or characters
- Lighting simple creatures and rudimentary A over B compositing ability
- Tweaking monolithic materials, modifying and running existing turntables, and performing basic check-ins into asset management system for basic cg assets (props, plants, set dressing, traffic,



vehicles)
- Pre-flight lighting tasks

- Quality control of files and scenes from outsource vendors
- HDRI workplace map stitching and organization

- Documentation

- Software testing

- Render tuning

- Simple sequence lighting tasks

- Maintain/update templates and generics

What We’re Looking For

- At least 2 years of relevant VFX experience and at least a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Traditional Animation; OR at least 3 years of relevant professional VFX experience
- Exhibits strong teamwork and interdisciplinary thinking

- Demo reel required

- Nice to have
- 0- 5+ years feature film experience preferred
- Linux and Python scripting or shader authoring preferred; C++ skills also applicable
- Basic lighting & look development
- Renderman/Vray
- Mari
- Nuke
- Katana

JoinILM The hiring range for this position in Vancouver is C$59,900 to C$76,600 per year based on a 40-hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other variable pay or benefits, may be offered dependent on the level and position offered.

Job Posting Segment

ILM Vancouver

Job Posting Primary Business

ILM Vancouver

Primary Job Posting Category

Lighting Entertainment - Studios

Employment Type

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted

2025-06-23

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