Compositing Supervisor

The Compositing Supervisor participates in the supervision and direction of a variety of administrative and personnel decisions, responsibilities, and tasks related to the staff and activities of the Compositing group in addition to assuming show/project responsibilities. This position serves as the role model and mentor for the Compositing department, with the goal of fostering a team environment.

What will you be doing?

• Participates in the supervision and direction of a variety of administrative and personnel decisions and responsibilities including: recruitment, determination of work procedures and priorities, career development, employee morale, performance reviews and conflict resolution.
• Participates in the creation and submission of job bids.
• Assists the department manager with the employee review process and the scheduling of personnel on shows, providing input on skills, productivity, and career development.
• Responsible for honest, timely feedback to Compositing crew members.
• Acts as a point person between Production and Compositing crews, providing timely, clear communication.
• Assemble crew for production, assess individuals skills and delegate work appropriately.
• Responsible for problem solving and communicating issues organizationally, logistically and technically.
• Attends show “post mortem” meetings, designing and implementing streamlined processes where applicable.
• Assumes Compositing project/show responsibilities as required.
• Composite feature effects shots utilizing ILM proprietary software.
• Take a lead role in effect design to take advantage of software capabilities.
• Consult with Effects Supervisors to ensure their understanding of the compositing system.
• Supervise and train less experienced compositing artists.
• Responsible for fostering a team environment.
• Responsible for all aspects of 2D compositing.
• Assesses work for a shot and is responsible for its completion.
• Coordinates and combines work of Roto Artists, Matte Painters and 3D Technical Directors.
• Is able to perform all tasks necessary to complete a shot; including matte extraction, painting, roto, 2D motion, compositing and use of ancillary 2 1/2 D programs.

To be a contributing member of this team, you will have a mix of these skills:

• 5+ years of Compositing experience. 
• Knowledge of matte extraction, painting, roto, 2D motion, compositing and use of ancillary 2 ½ D programs. 
• Working knowledge of Unix and shell scripting. 
• Artistic ability. 
• Understanding of photography, composition, lighting, color and motion.