The Lead DMP Artist is responsible for overseeing the creative and technical quality of both 3D environments and 2.5D matte paintings across a show or sequence. This includes building key assets, guiding projection workflows, managing task distribution, and collaborating with other departments to ensure seamless integration across CG and comp.
Requirements
Duties
- Team management: Guide artists across environment and DMP tasks, layout and projections. Act as the go-to contact for team progress and troubleshooting. Balancing hands-on work with oversight responsibilities
- Quality Control: Review assets and DMPs for scale, accuracy and consistency
- Hero Builds: Create key environment elements or complex projection setups when needed
- Cross-Department Collaboration: Work with layout, lighting, and comp to align assets and projections
- Planning: Assist production with estimates, task priorities and team scheduling
- Scene Management: Ensure environments and projections are clean and well-structured
- Mentorship: Foster a supportive, productive, and communicative team culture. Coaching and providing feedback and development opportunities
- Workflow Improvement: Contribute to tool specs, standards, and pipeline efficiency
- Deliver high-quality environments and matte paintings that support storytelling
- Lead team performance through feedback, clarity, and technical direction
- Align 2.5D and 3D outputs with creative vision and production needs
Skills, attributes and experience:
- Advanced in Maya, Houdini, Photoshop, Nuke, and projection workflows
- Strong understanding of modular assets and 3D scene layout
- Excellent eye for scale, light, atmosphere, and realism
- Skilled in using lidar, HDRIs, and scan data for environment and DMP builds
- Clear communicator with cross-department problem-solving ability
- Experience leading hybrid DMP teams across shows
- Strong time management, ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and escalate delays in a timely manner
- Adaptable to change with the ability to stay focused and maintain a positive attitude
- Driven to make things better with flexibility to change course when needed
- Positive energy, focusing on results and having a positive impact on those around you
- Self awareness and an ability to resolve and diffuse problems treating others with kindness and respect
- Strong leadership skills, ability to inspire, share a clear vision and get the best out of everyone
- 8+ years in VFX or a related field
Skills Required
- Advanced proficiency in Maya, Houdini, Photoshop, Nuke, and projection workflows
- 8+ years in VFX or a related field
- Experience leading hybrid DMP teams across shows
- Strong understanding of modular assets and 3D scene layout
- Skilled in using lidar, HDRIs, and scan data for environment and DMP builds
- Excellent eye for scale, light, atmosphere, and realism
- Clear communicator with cross-department problem-solving ability
- Ability to create hero environment elements and complex projection setups
- Strong time management, prioritization, and ability to meet deadlines and escalate delays
- Leadership and mentorship skills to foster team development and provide feedback
What We Do
One of Us is an award-winning, design-led visual effects studio founded in London. It creates visual effects for feature films, episodic television, commercials, and immersive art installations, partnering closely with visionary filmmakers and directors. Its work spans creature design, immersive world-building, and the full range of VFX disciplines. The company operates internationally, with studios in London, Paris, and Bangalore and a presence in Los Angeles.
