Layout Artist & CG Generalist

Layout Artist & CG Generalist

Alt.vfx | Council of the City of Sydney, NSW, AU

Posted 10 days ago

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Description

Alt.vfx is a world-leading Australian visual effects studio with a global presence across film, TV, and commercials. With studios in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, we partner with major clients like Netflix, Hulu, and Paramount.

About the Roles:

We’re seeking experienced Layout Artist/CG Generalist to join our team for an exciting project.

What you’ll do

  • Design shots and sequences under the VFX supervisor and director.
  • Define composition, staging, camera movement, and lighting intent
  • Build techviz for production — including motion-control blocking and on-set prep
  • Deliver previs and postvis to editorial and the VFX pipeline
  • Manage assets and iterate cleanly across revisionse
  • Contribute to pipeline efficiencies through scripting and AI-assisted workflows.

What we are looking for

  • Practical, working knowledge of real-world cameras and lensing — focal lengths, depth of field, parallax, dolly / crane / steadicam behaviour — and the ability to reproduce it convincingly in CG.
  • Strong cinematic instincts: composition, staging, camera language, and lighting direction.
  • Layout fundamentals with clean, reviewable Maya scenes.
  • Understanding of on-set workflows — how layout and previs connect to plate photography, motion control, and the rest of the VFX pipeline.
  • Previs and postvis experience.
  • olid asset and time management against real production deadlines,

Preferred Software:

Autodesk Maya

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