Lighting/Compositing Supervisor

As a Lighting / Compositing Supervisor, your primary responsibility is to oversee the lighting and compositing aspects of a project, ensuring the realization of creative lighting goals set by the Art Director, Producer, and Client. You will lead a team of artists, providing guidance, mentorship, and fostering a collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise lighting/compositing of a project and lead artists to attain the creative lighting goals of the Art Director, Producer, and Client.
• Reports any hold-ups, departmental, and employee performance issues to Production & Heads of Department.
• Lead, mentor, and provide guidance to the lighting and compositing team.
• Share ideas, collaborate, and work closely with the Head of Department in order to ensure there is a streamlined production and continued growth on the project.
• Be able to maintain effective client relationships and effectively communicate feedback.
• Meet deadlines as assigned by Producer and communicate consistently all applicable aspects of the show status.
• Manage the shots' rendering process to ensure each episode's successful delivery.
• Attend all relevant meetings to promote effective communication throughout the production.
• Be updated and familiar with new techniques, tools, or other related software.
• Present solutions to creative challenges that are within the budget and scope of the project.
• Ensure show continuity and maintain consistency
• Is mindful of render budget vs creative vision.
• Anticipate problems and present solutions adapted to time and budget constraints.
• Consult with CG supervisor for producing production-friendly solutions to technical challenges.
• Review the work of artists regularly and approve shots for submission to the Art Director.
• Collaborate with the production team to guide the artist's overall professional growth.
• Conduct routine performance evaluations for Lighting team members, providing constructive feedback, insights, and recommendations for improvement, including suggestions for potential promotions and future project assignments. 
• Create and maintain documentation related to the department to ensure the team is updated on all new tools, systems, and software updates.
• Prepares and manages all episodic kick-offs related to the lighting and compositing team coordinating alongside the production team.
• Work with Human Resources and the Production team during the hiring process for the Lighting / Compositing Department, conducting interviews and helping to select the best candidate.
• Assist in keeping the show within budget by managing assignments and necessary overtime.

Qualifications: 

• Advanced proficiency in Maya, Nuke, and Arnold, with deep experience across lighting, rendering, and compositing pipelines.
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality look development, key lighting, and CG asset validation in a production environment.
• Strong understanding of shot continuity, render optimization, and ensuring work translates cleanly across artists, sequences, and episodes.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing, mentoring, and supporting lighting and compositing teams.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, with the ability to clearly convey creative direction, feedback, and technical solutions.
• Experience collaborating closely with Art Directors, CG Supervisors, Production, and Pipeline to maintain artistic quality and technical feasibility.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate challenges and propose solutions within time and budget constraints.
• Comfortable working in high-pressure production scenarios, including overtime during key delivery periods.
• Experience creating and maintaining lighting and compositing templates, workflows, and documentation for team use.
• Ability to distribute workloads effectively, balance team capacity, and support overall production efficiency.
• Experience assisting with asset finaling, including character turnarounds and set renders.
• Familiarity with pipeline troubleshooting and collaborating with technical teams to resolve workflow or tool issues.