Lead Compositor

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of compositors, assigning work and monitoring progress
• Ensure all shots meet the creative direction and quality standards set by the Creative Director and client
• Attend client reviews and lead daily reviews with the compositing team
• Maintain visual consistency across sequences and shots
• Develop creative solutions to enhance shots while supporting the storytelling
• Maintain clean, well-structured Nuke scripts and file organization
• Support the development and use of templates and workflows
• Collaborate proactively with production, upstream departments, and pipeline teams

Requirements

• Minimum of six years of compositing experience
• Proven experience as a Compositing Lead on CG-heavy projects (animation, film, or TV)
• Expert knowledge of Nuke
• Strong leadership and team management skills
• Experience creating gizmos and templated workflows
• Python scripting knowledge is a plus
• Solid understanding of photography and camera principles
• Strong artistic eye for composition, color, lighting, and mood
• Fluent English communication skills
• Valid EU/Spanish work permit required
• Ability to work 100% on-site in Tenerife

About the Company

ATLANTIS ANIMATION is an animation studio based in the Canary Islands of Tenerife. We combine creative talent and technology to produce high-quality animated series and feature films, including hits like Tara Duncan and Miraculous Ladybug. We are currently working on the new series 'Messi and the Giants' for Sony Music Vision and Disney.