OUR STORY

For more than 35 years, Bardel Entertainment has been growing and evolving, yet at our core, we remain grounded in the creative roots of the craft of animation.  Our pursuit of fresh ideas, techniques, and technologies is driven by the belief that together, through creativity and collaboration, we can accomplish anything!  If you want to be part of an environment that empowers you to experiment, learn, and contribute to exciting projects, come and join us.

Requirements

The Lighting Supervisor is responsible for leading the lighting teams to deliver the desired look and visual quality of an animation project. This role ensures continuity of the artistic vision throughout the production while managing technical and production challenges.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supervise the lighting team to deliver the expected and desired visual style of the feature film.
• Ensure and maintain the quality and consistency of lighting across all shots in the film.
• Collaborate with the CG Supervisor to assess the technical feasibility of designs, suggesting production-friendly solutions to uphold the director's vision while considering the technical constraints of the project.
• Consult with the Director and CG Supervisor to assign tasks to artists based on their individual skills, strengths, and experience, ensuring optimal workflow and creativity.
• Review the work of artists regularly, providing feedback and approving shots for submission to the Director.
• Direct and guide the lighting team to achieve the desired look, balancing artistic requirements with productivity and budget constraints, in close collaboration with production management.
• Solve complex technical and creative challenges in lighting, ensuring high-quality outputs that enhance storytelling and emotion.
• Manage shot continuity and maintain consistency in look across sequences, ensuring that the film's visual language is preserved.
• Work with production management to ensure the team stays on schedule and within budget, making adjustments as necessary to meet deadlines.
• Develop and oversee the Lighting workflow, resource requirements, methodologies, tools, schedules, and work assignments.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation for the tear and other supervisors.
• Keep the team informed of project-related updates and developments.
• Enhance procedures and tools for production optimization.
• Serve as the primary liaison for interdepartmental communication.
• Provide constructive feedback to each artist regarding their performance.
• Actively engage in the process of selecting new artists.

What you’ll bring:

• 10+ years production experience with strong working knowledge of various software platforms.
• 5+ experience in a leadership role on a fully animated or hybrid features.
• Production experience in Katana, Renderman and compositing in Nuke is a requirement.
• Strong understanding of traditional lighting and compositing techniques and principles.
• Solid technical background with ability to grasp new programs and systems quickly.
• High degree of self-direction and strong work ethic.
• Knowledge of UNIX and shell scripts.
• Ability to plan and execute complex 3D lighting scenes including working with layers and passes, doing complex comps and optimizing scenes and renders.
• Strong communication skills (written, verbal and interpersonal).
• Demo reel should display a firm artistic understanding of Light and Composition. A shot breakdown listing jobs performed for each shot is required.

Benefits

Location: Vancouver

Pay Range: $ 2000 - $ 2400 CAD per week

This salary range provided reflects our current expectations for these roles as of this posting’s date. Your final salary offer will consider various key factors, including your education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographical location, as well as the needs and requirements of the business.

Flexible work environment, Extended Health and Wellness from day 1, RRSP matching are just some of the benefits. For more details, check out our website.

If this seems like a good fit, what are you waiting for, get your application in!