Lead DMP Artist

About this role

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