Mumbai Suburban District, Maharashtra, India · On-site
Senior
Role Overview The Digital Matte Painting (DMP) Lead is responsible for leading the matte painting team in creating high-quality digital environments, set extensions, and photorealistic backgrounds for film, television, a…
Skills: Digital Matte Painting, Environment Creation, Set Extensions, Camera Projection, Composition
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Full-time
Work Life Balance, Even Saturdays Off, Festive Holidays Off, Sundays Off, Positive Work Environment, Soft Skills Training
Posted 2d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
Lead and supervise the Digital Matte Painting team to create high-quality photorealistic environments and set extensions for film and television. Collaborate with VFX Supervisors and Compositing departments to ensure seamless integration and adherence to creative visions.
Requirements
Requires over 7 years of VFX industry experience with a strong portfolio of photorealistic environment work. Must possess deep technical knowledge of camera projection and lighting, along with proven leadership experience in supervising artists.
Full job description
Role Overview
The Digital Matte Painting (DMP) Lead is responsible for leading the matte painting team in creating high-quality digital environments, set extensions, and photorealistic backgrounds for film, television, and streaming productions. This role involves supervising artists, maintaining artistic consistency, and ensuring that matte painting work aligns with the project’s creative vision and production timelines.
The DMP Lead will collaborate closely with VFX Supervisors, Environment teams, and Compositing departments to deliver visually compelling and technically accurate environment shots.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and supervise the Digital Matte Painting team, ensuring high-quality environment work across projects.
Review and approve matte paintings, projections, and environment assets before final delivery.
Create and guide the development of photorealistic matte paintings, set extensions, landscapes, and digital environments.
Interpret concept art, storyboards, and references to produce high-quality environment visuals.
Work closely with VFX Supervisors and Compositing teams to ensure seamless shot integration.
Provide creative and technical guidance to DMP artists throughout the production process.
Ensure work is delivered within project schedules and quality standards.
Participate in dailies, internal reviews, and client sessions to address feedback and implement required changes.
Maintain pipeline efficiency and best practices within the matte painting workflow.
Mentor and support junior and mid-level matte painters to help improve team performance.
Provide artistic direction and mentorship to the DMP team.
Ensure consistency in visual quality across sequences and shots.
Coordinate with Modeling, Lighting, FX, and Compositing departments for smooth pipeline integration.
Support production in planning resources and managing shot complexity.
Requirements
7+ years of experience in Digital Matte Painting within the VFX industry.
Strong portfolio demonstrating photorealistic matte paintings and environment work.
Deep understanding of camera projection workflows, composition, lighting, perspective, scale, color theory, and atmospheric effects.
Extensive experience in environment creation, set extensions, and large-scale landscapes.
Strong ability to interpret creative briefs and translate them into high-quality visuals.
Proven leadership experience in supervising artists and managing shot deliveries.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced production environment with tight deadlines.
Benefits
Employees Can always have a healthy work life balance.
We're off on even Saturdays, Festive holidays and Sundays.
The staff and the management work together to create a positively-aligned, friendly, and energetic Work Environment.
We provide Training in the workplace to enhance the employees' soft skills development, leadership abilities, and develop professional competencies as important as technical skills to help in the personal & professional growth
The company carries out various entertainment events, stress buster activities, and ice-breaking sessions for newcomers to lighten up the work atmosphere and make working a fun-filled moment.
Relocation assistance is provided for employees.
Sophisticated work stations at employees' work areas to enhance productivity.
Unleashing the Magic of Visual Effects!
A TPN Certified VFX Studio, providing high-end VFX solutions and CGI.
Industry
Animation and Post-production
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Founded
2010
Headquarters
Chennai , Tamilnadu
LinkedIn followers
66,921
Unleashing the Magic of Visual Effects!
PhantomFX- A Phantom Media Group Company - is a TPN Certified creative VFX studio, providing stunning visual effects for a host of Domestic & International Projects.
PhantomFX has set up state-of-the-art studios in Chennai, Mumbai, and Hyderabad, India, and is catering to its overseas clients through its administrative office in Los Angeles, Canada, and Dubai.
Established in 2011, we have consistently grown leaps and bounds over the years from a 4-artist team to a prolific studio of 600+ members currently. The company is presently contributing to the production, pre and post-production of feature films, web series, and commercials.
As TPN Certified Partner, PhantomFX is a ‘data-secure ecosystem’ that meets the rigorous standards of the MPAA. We are capable of creating surreal worlds, breathing life into fantasy and myths.
Conversant with the latest skill sets in the industry, our core team has an inherent creative strain of thought, working together single-mindedly towards perfection. The technically designed studio infrastructure at PhantomFx adds a perfect balance of work and creativity, with advanced workstations and secure systems.
Open, inclusive, and equal are three words that sum up the work culture at PhantomFX. We pride ourselves on creating a workplace brimming with warmth and joy, where creativity flourishes, and personal goals align with those of the organization. We aim to build a work environment that is not only productive and efficient but also more exciting, fulfilling, meaningful and fun, creating the best employee experience.
PhantomFX has been recognized globally for its outstanding work and has received several awards and accolades from national and international presenters.
Part of Phantom Media Group
Offices: 6 th floor, Tower-B, One Indiabulls Park, Plot No.14, 3 rd Main road, Ambattur, Chennai , Tamilnadu 600058, IN · Mumbai, IN · Vancouver, CA · Montreal , CA · Los Angeles , US
Unleashing the Magic of Visual Effects!
A TPN Certified VFX Studio, providing high-end VFX solutions and CGI.
Industry
Animation and Post-production
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Founded
2010
Headquarters
Chennai , Tamilnadu
LinkedIn followers
66,921
Unleashing the Magic of Visual Effects!
PhantomFX- A Phantom Media Group Company - is a TPN Certified creative VFX studio, providing stunning visual effects for a host of Domestic & International Projects.
PhantomFX has set up state-of-the-art studios in Chennai, Mumbai, and Hyderabad, India, and is catering to its overseas clients through its administrative office in Los Angeles, Canada, and Dubai.
Established in 2011, we have consistently grown leaps and bounds over the years from a 4-artist team to a prolific studio of 600+ members currently. The company is presently contributing to the production, pre and post-production of feature films, web series, and commercials.
As TPN Certified Partner, PhantomFX is a ‘data-secure ecosystem’ that meets the rigorous standards of the MPAA. We are capable of creating surreal worlds, breathing life into fantasy and myths.
Conversant with the latest skill sets in the industry, our core team has an inherent creative strain of thought, working together single-mindedly towards perfection. The technically designed studio infrastructure at PhantomFx adds a perfect balance of work and creativity, with advanced workstations and secure systems.
Open, inclusive, and equal are three words that sum up the work culture at PhantomFX. We pride ourselves on creating a workplace brimming with warmth and joy, where creativity flourishes, and personal goals align with those of the organization. We aim to build a work environment that is not only productive and efficient but also more exciting, fulfilling, meaningful and fun, creating the best employee experience.
PhantomFX has been recognized globally for its outstanding work and has received several awards and accolades from national and international presenters.
Part of Phantom Media Group
Offices: 6 th floor, Tower-B, One Indiabulls Park, Plot No.14, 3 rd Main road, Ambattur, Chennai , Tamilnadu 600058, IN · Mumbai, IN · Vancouver, CA · Montreal , CA · Los Angeles , US