Netflix

2 weeks ago

Lighting Supervisor

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Job Summary

Lead the lighting team for an upcoming animated feature, overseeing lighting of shots and sequences to bring the show’s cinematic vision to life. You’ll mentor lighting artists, collaborate with VFX, cinematography, production design, and art directors to set the lighting style and quality bar, and troubleshoot artistic and technical lighting challenges. You’ll also work across surfacing, FX/CFX, matte painting, compositing, and pipeline teams to ensure assets and renders flow smoothly into delivery.

Location: Sydney

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Creative Production (Video/Audio/Photo)

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Lead and mentor a team of lighting artists, including casting work appropriately and giving constructive feedback in dailies and reviews.
•Collaborate with the VFX Supervisor, Head of Cinematography, Lighting, Production Designer, and Art Directors to establish lighting style, color palette, and quality bar.
•Supervise the lighting of shots and sequences to support story, performance, and visual continuity, ensuring lit shots are technically robust for compositing and delivery.
•Create or refine key lighting shots/setups, especially complex hero or reference-setting work to establish the team’s quality bar and technical approach.
•Work with technical and pipeline partners to define lighting tools, rigs, templates, and workflows, and troubleshoot technical and artistic lighting challenges.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionRetirementPaid Leave

Key Requirements

•Significant experience as a Lighting Artist in feature animation, VFX, or high-end series, including time in a Lead or Supervisory role.
•A strong reel demonstrating high-quality lighting and rendering, with deep understanding of color, mood, and cinematic storytelling.
•Proficiency with industry-standard lighting and rendering tools (e.g., Maya, Katana, Houdini; renderers such as Arnold or RenderMan).
•Strong understanding of how lighting interacts with Modeling, Surfacing, FX/CFX, Matte Painting, Compositing, and Rendering in a production pipeline.
•Excellent communication, leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Experience:Feature animationVFXHigh-end series

Skills:CommunicationLeadershipOrganizational skillsProblem-solvingMentoring

Tech Stack:MayaKatanaHoudiniArnoldRenderMan

Company Brief

Netflix

Global subscription streaming service that produces and distributes movies, TV series, and games across multiple devices, operating worldwide with extensive original content and localized offerings.

Industry: Streaming Platforms

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Los Gatos, United States

Founded: 1997

Glassdoor: 4.1

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Netflix

2 weeks ago

Lighting Supervisor

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 21 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Sydney

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Creative Production (Video/Audio/Photo)

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Lead and mentor a team of lighting artists, including casting work appropriately and giving constructive feedback in dailies and reviews.
•Collaborate with the VFX Supervisor, Head of Cinematography, Lighting, Production Designer, and Art Directors to establish lighting style, color palette, and quality bar.
•Supervise the lighting of shots and sequences to support story, performance, and visual continuity, ensuring lit shots are technically robust for compositing and delivery.
•Create or refine key lighting shots/setups, especially complex hero or reference-setting work to establish the team’s quality bar and technical approach.
•Work with technical and pipeline partners to define lighting tools, rigs, templates, and workflows, and troubleshoot technical and artistic lighting challenges.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionRetirementPaid Leave

Key Requirements

•Significant experience as a Lighting Artist in feature animation, VFX, or high-end series, including time in a Lead or Supervisory role.
•A strong reel demonstrating high-quality lighting and rendering, with deep understanding of color, mood, and cinematic storytelling.
•Proficiency with industry-standard lighting and rendering tools (e.g., Maya, Katana, Houdini; renderers such as Arnold or RenderMan).
•Strong understanding of how lighting interacts with Modeling, Surfacing, FX/CFX, Matte Painting, Compositing, and Rendering in a production pipeline.
•Excellent communication, leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Experience:Feature animationVFXHigh-end series

Skills:CommunicationLeadershipOrganizational skillsProblem-solvingMentoring

Tech Stack:MayaKatanaHoudiniArnoldRenderMan

Company Brief

Netflix

Global subscription streaming service that produces and distributes movies, TV series, and games across multiple devices, operating worldwide with extensive original content and localized offerings.

Industry: Streaming Platforms

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Los Gatos, United States

Founded: 1997

Glassdoor: 4.1

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor