The Lead DMP Artist is responsible for overseeing the creative and technical delivery of matte paintings across a show or sequence. This includes hands-on work, team guidance, and coordination with supervisors and production to ensure consistency, quality, and efficient integration.

Duties

- Team Management: Guide DMP artists on task priorities, shot breakdowns, and projections. Act as the go-to contact for team progress and troubleshooting. Balancing hands-on work with oversight responsibilities
- Team mentorship: Foster a supportive, productive, and communicative team culture. Coaching and providing feedback and development opportunities
- Quality Control: Review matte paintings for consistency, accuracy, and pipeline readiness
- Hero DMP Work: Deliver key shots and complex projection setups when required
- Technical Support: Help resolve DMP-related issues across comp, lighting, or layout
- Planning: Assist production in scheduling and asset tracking across sequences
- Cross-Discipline Collaboration: Work with layout, CG, and comp to plan efficient workflows
- Documentation: Support tool/pipeline updates and help define DMP standards
- Ensure consistent, high-quality matte painting delivery across all shots
- Act as primary contact for DMP issues and team support




- Contribute to strategic planning and creative decision-making

Skills, attributes and experience:

- Deep expertise in Photoshop, Nuke, Maya, and projection-based workflows
- Proven ability to manage DMP continuity and team delivery
- Strong communicator and problem-solver across departments
- High level of technical awareness related to shot prep, tiling, and integration
- Familiarity with USD and scene referencing workflows
- Experience leading DMP for episodic or feature-length projects
- Tool development or scripting experience is a plus

- Solid 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

📌 Lead DMP Artist (Bengaluru)
🏢 Important Business
📍 Bengaluru