Lighting Artist – Featurette

Bardel Entertainment

Lighting Artist in Montreal creating and modifying CG shots for animated films. Collaborate with production teams, ensuring visual quality and continuity in sequences.

Posted 7/23/2026full-timeMontreal • 🇨🇦 CanadaJunior💰 CA$1,400 - CA$1,700 per weekWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in lighting and rendering for CG shots, utilizing tools like Katana and RenderMan, while ensuring continuity and quality in compositing with Nuke. Capable of mentoring junior artists and effectively communicating within a collaborative production environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords

3D Lighting Artist ExperienceFoundry Katana ProficiencyFoundry Nuke ProficiencyRenderMan OptimizationBasic Python Scripting

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Hard Skills

Lighting and RenderingAOV SetupCompositingMatte Painting IntegrationRender Settings OptimizationTechnical TroubleshootingDetail OrientationPhotography Skills

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationCollaborative ApproachMentoring

Tools & Technologies

RenderMan3DelightV-RayShotgun Dashboard

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts

Industry Keywords

CGI DisciplineFilm ProductionTV AnimationVisual Effects Production

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Handle lighting and rendering of CG shots and images
Create and modify lighting scenes in Katana
Set up AOVs in RenderMan
Ensure continuity between shots within a sequence
Work with supervisors and leads to achieve the correct look in the composite
Composite shots to achieve the final look in Nuke
Project matte paintings onto cards or geometry in Nuke
Work with the matte painting supervisor and understand what the DMP (Digital Matte Painting) department produces and how to use it
Optimize RenderMan render settings to achieve the cleanest and fastest output on the render farm
Troubleshoot Katana files for technical issues
Communicate issues and raise blockers to the lead or supervisor for timely resolution
Participate in reviews requested by the Supervisor and Director, demonstrating analytical and proactive thinking
Check the quality of your render layers to ensure correct output for compositing
Maintain the production schedule and shot quotas provided by the production coordinator using the Shotgun dashboard
Organize work and prepare dailies for review
Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication and a collaborative, supportive approach when working with team members
Mentor and provide support to junior artists, offering guidance and instruction

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 1 year of professional experience as a 3D lighting artist in a film/TV animation or visual effects production environment (preferably on a feature film)
Strong knowledge of RenderMan, 3Delight, or V-Ray
Strong knowledge of Foundry Katana
Strong knowledge of Foundry Nuke
Able to write basic Python scripts to automate simple tasks
Detail-oriented with a solid understanding of how light behaves in the real world
Photography skills are a plus
Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts or a related CGI discipline is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work environment
Comprehensive health and wellness insurance starting on day one
Retirement savings (RRSP) matching program