Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 208 days ago

Compositing Supervisor

Swaybox Studios6 open roles

Where
New Orleans, LA
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowCompositing SupervisorSwaybox Studios · New Orleans, LA

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Swaybox Studios's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

8.1% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Swaybox Studios postings stay open a median of 1 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 1.7%1 day
  2. 3.6%3 days
  3. 8.1%7 days
  4. 15.1%14 days
  5. 34.0%30 days
This job: posted 208 days ago

Swaybox Studios median: 1 days open

The posting

Why join Swaybox Studios?

Swaybox Studios is rewriting the rulebook of visual storytelling. As we collaborate with DC Studios/Warner Bros Pictures Animation and Matt Reeves’ 6th and Idaho on a revolutionary new project, you’ll help bring bold creative visions to life through hands-on artistry and performance. This is your chance to be a part of a production that’s equal parts innovative and unforgettable.

Job Summary

Swaybox Studios is seeking an experienced and hands-on Compositing Supervisor to oversee the seamless integration of our VFX elements. In this key leadership role, you will be managing the overall visual consistency across practical and CG environment extensions, props, and vehicles, and other FX elements to achieve photorealistic and stylized composites.

This position requires a deep understanding of compositing for film, strong leadership with mentoring abilities, and technical proficiency in Nuke. You will work closely with artists and Technical Directors to refine and develop tools that support a smooth, scalable, and artist-friendly workflow, while also managing team morale, quality control, and creative vision.

This is a studio-based role working onsite in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Key Responsibilities

  • Oversee the seamless compositing of multiple elements from different departments to maintain their visual integrity per shot and in the overall aesthetic of the film.
  • Work closely with the CG, Character Comp, Tracking, and other team Supervisors and Leads to ensure a smooth handoff of elements to the compositing team.
  • Maintain high artistic and technical standards/methodology, while ensuring efficient and timely delivery of shots; balancing quality with schedule requirements.
  • Delegate and manage shot progress, with a sharp awareness of deadlines, as well as contribute to on-the-box work as needed.
  • Provide technical support and troubleshoot artist files.
  • Guide the compositing team, offering regular feedback, mentorship, and support to foster a productive and collaborative working environment.
  • Collaborate with the Supervisors and TDs to determine best practices, diagnose technical problems, identify technical needs, and recommend new tools or workflow improvements.
  • Recognize knowledge gaps and actively collaborate with the team to find solutions; taking a proactive approach to challenges.
  • Stay up-to-date with emerging tools, technologies, and compositing methods to enhance efficiency and output.
  • Collaborate in R&D and early visual development before full production rollout.
  • Participate in reviews and team syncs, clearly communicating creative and technical goals and giving constructive feedback.
  • Communicate with vendors, when needed.
  • Independently translate and refine notes from VFX Supervisor/Director/Stakeholders with minimal oversight, while maintaining the fidelity and visual language of the film.
  • Ensure the team interprets and applies feedback effectively and in a timely manner.
  • Participate in recruitment, scheduling, bidding needs, and progress reviews with the VFX Supervisor and Production.
  • Create clean, efficient, and well-structured scripts and templates that can be shared throughout the team to speed up workflows.
  • Maintain up-to-date documentation for internal tools and compositing processes, helping ensure consistency across the team.
  • Adhere to organized files and established pipeline standards and naming conventions.

Required Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience high-end, live-action film or episodic compositing experience, with a strong emphasis on environments and realism.
  • Proven leadership or supervisory experience in a compositing team environment, including mentoring, feedback, and artist support.
  • On-the-box compositing of complex shots (live action and CG); utilizing projections, warping, depth of field, and photographic optical effects.
  • Ability to comp both stylized and realistic environments with attention to storytelling detail and cinematography.
  • Great understanding of DMP and CG pipelines.
  • Expert knowledge of Nuke, Gizmos & Group workflows, and advanced compositing techniques.
  • OCIO/ACES Color config and management experience.
  • Working knowledge of vector-based compositing tools and techniques.
  • Strong capacity to be flexible, adapt quickly, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with evolving creative direction.
  • Capability to revise work based on feedback in a timely manner.
  • An artistic mindset and willingness to receive and implement constructive feedback, whether that’s with draw-overs, over the shoulder adjustments, or team meetings.
  • Demonstrated ability to learn new toolsets and willing to expand knowledge of toolsets.
  • Excellent communication, organization, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills with unique or proprietary workflows.
  • Deep understanding of visual language- texture, color, dimension, scale, perspective, shade, motion blur, depth of field, proportion, spatial awareness, etc.
  • Solid experience using lidar scans, HDRI’s, and photogrammetry.
  • Strong comprehension of cinematography, photography, and color science; including understanding of lenses, lighting setups, and performance tracking.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Nuke particles experience is great to have.
  • Knowledge of KeenTools is a plus.
  • Understanding of lighting workflows.
  • Experience in Python scripting for Nuke or batch automation is a huge plus.
  • Previous experience in developing or influencing pipeline tools in collaboration with Technical Directors.
  • Familiarity performance-tracking pipelines, rotomation, or hybrid workflows.
  • Basic experience with Unreal Engine or other real-time rendering tools.

At Swaybox Studios, we believe that great storytelling comes from diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, talents, and identities.

We do not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Swaybox Studios also complies with applicable Louisiana laws governing non-discrimination in employment. We are dedicated to fostering a creative, inclusive, and respectful environment for all.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Swaybox Studios's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Swaybox Studios's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Swaybox Studios's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.