Junior Paint & Roto Artist
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10138238 Location Moore Park, Australia / Sydney, Australia Business Industrial Light & Magic Date posted Dec. 16, 2025Job Summary:
This is a Sydney based role that requires eligibility to work without restriction in Australia.
ILM’s Paint & Roto department is one of ILMs most unique departments, where we aim to provide artists with long, creative careers. This department covers a wide range of work from creating digital articulate mattes and performing plate clean-up, modifying and removing isolated elements for digitally composited sequences, painting comps before film-out to resolve last minute problems and maintaining up to date knowledge of rotoscoping and how to make shapes animate.
Requirements and responsibilities:
- An understanding of 2D motion and animation for both rotoscoping and organic hand painting.
Breaking down and rebuilding various segments within a plate through the creation and implementation of self-made elements.
General plate prep, wire and target removal, clean plate projections, and dynamic recreation through frame by frame hand paint.
A strong eye for colour, lighting, perspective, lens and grain structure, and all round aesthetic skills in judging photo-realism.
2D tracking and the ability to utilize multipoint tracks and planar trackers.
Knowledge of basic compositing techniques, including de-graining and re-graining, keying, and basic color correcting.
Education / Experience:
Prior experience in basic 2D paint tasks in Silhouette or other related software.
Prior experience with Nuke or similar compositing packages.
Prior experience with 2D image processing softwares such as Photoshop, Krita, or Gimp.
Prior experience with 3D Animation tools such as Maya.
Knowledge and interest in photography and digital manipulation.
Artistic knowledge of composition and color.
Strong interest in film and cinematography.
Required Skills / Competencies:
Ability to work efficiently and under tight deadlines within a production environment
Demonstrate a willingness to learn new tools, techniques, and software
Strong proactive communicator and open to constructive feedback
Basic knowledge of linux based operating system
Basic knowledge of VFX terminology
High attention to detail and Aesthetics
This position is with Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLC, which is part of a business segment we call Industrial Light & Magic.
Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.
About Industrial Light & Magic:
Founded in 1975 by George Lucas, ILM is the leading effects facility in the world, serving the motion picture, commercial production, and attraction industries. ILM has created visual effects for over 325 feature films and has played a key role in seven of the top 10 worldwide box-office hits of all time and has contributed to 25 of the top 50. ILM has set the standard for visual effects, creating some of the most stunning images in the history of film. At the forefront of the digital revolution, the company continues to break new ground in visual effects, VR, AR, and Immersive Cinema.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with ILM (Australia) Pty. Ltd., which is part of a business we call Industrial Light & Magic.