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Senior Lighting Artist

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada Mikros Animation Full time
Company Description

Mikros Animation is a global CGI animation creative studio. Providing filmmakers with top-tier animation and CGI services through a complete range of front and back-end creative services to bring unforgettable and stylized stories to life in every format, for every platform.

We provide end-to-end animation services, uniting industry-leading talent across our global network of creative studios located in Montreal and Paris.

We help filmmakers define and develop their vision from script to screen, making every project truly unique.

Job Description

The Senior Lighting Artist is a technically proficient and artistically skilled contributor responsible for delivering complex, high-impact shots. They bring creative insight, help define the tone and quality of sequences, and support the broader team.

  • Lead the lighting on complex shots or entire sequences.

  • Maintain a consistent visual style while solving creative and technical challenges.

  • Optimize lighting setups for efficiency and reusability.

  • Suggest improvements to tools, templates, documentation, and workflows.

  • Show motivation to learn and grow in a production environment.

  • Implement feedback and corrections quickly and accurately.

  • Follow lighting directions provided by Leads and Supervisors.

Management:

  • Mentor junior and mid-level artists.

  • Collaborate with lookdev, shading, and compositing to ensure visual continuity.

  • Seek support when facing technical or creative challenges.

  • Share feedback and actively participate in reviews.

Qualifications
  • Advanced expertise in lighting software and rendering engines (e.g., Katana, Maya, Arnold, etc.).

  • Strong understanding of lookdev, shading, and compositing integration.

  • Excellent problem-solving ability and artistic judgment.

  • Experience working with layered AOV workflows and lighting templates.

  • Strong visual sense of color, composition, and light.

  • Team player with great attention to detail.

  • Good knowledge of Nuke (or other node-based compositing software).

  • Basic English skills (spoken and written).

Optional skills:

  • Understanding of rendering engines (Arnold, Renderman, Redshift, etc.).

  • Experience with ShotGrid or equivalent.

  • Good grasp of color, lighting, and photography principles.

  • Scripting skills (Python) to automate tasks or create lighting tools.

Additional Information

The person in this role will work closely with our Paris studio in a bilingual environment, as well as with international partners, talent, and clients. They will regularly interact with non-French-speaking stakeholders across various productions and strategic communications, in order to present and promote the creative and technical strengths of Mikros Animation on a global scale.

MIKROS ANIMATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Mikros Animation complies and prohibits against discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, medical condition (including genetic characteristics), mental and/or physical disability or handicap, marital status, sex, age, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, political party preference, political belief, socioeconomic status, familial status, registered domestic partner status, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions and any other characteristic or activity protected by federal, state/provincial or local law.