About the role
Senior VFX Compositor
Location: Vancouver, BC, or Remote within Canada
Company: Wylie Co. VFX Employment Type: Full-Time
Wylie Co. VFX is seeking an experienced Senior VFX Compositor to join our team. This role is ideal for a highly skilled artist with strong creative judgment, advanced technical ability, and experience delivering complex, photoreal visual effects for feature films and episodic productions.
The Senior Compositor will work closely with VFX Supervisors, Compositing Supervisors, CG teams, and production staff to create polished final shots that meet both the creative and technical requirements of each project. You will be expected to take ownership of challenging work, communicate clearly, and help maintain a high standard across the compositing team.
Responsibilities
Composite complex visual effects shots from initial setup through final delivery. Integrate CG elements, digital matte paintings, live-action plates, and additional photography into seamless final images. Perform advanced keying, rotoscoping, tracking, paint, cleanup, projection, and color-matching work. Create realistic atmospheric effects, lens effects, reflections, shadows, depth, and interactive lighting. Match grain, focus, motion blur, lens distortion, and other photographic characteristics of the source material. Work with multipass renders and AOVs to refine CG integration. Interpret creative direction from supervisors and clients and respond effectively to notes. Troubleshoot complex creative and technical issues within Nuke. Maintain organized, efficient, and production-ready scripts. Work within established studio workflows, naming conventions, and delivery requirements. Provide accurate estimates and communicate progress, risks, or blockers to production. Review work with supervisors and present shots clearly during dailies. Support and mentor junior and mid-level compositors when appropriate. Collaborate with CG, FX, lighting, tracking, roto, paint, and production teams to resolve shot-specific issues. Help identify workflow improvements that increase quality and efficiency.
Qualifications
Several years of professional compositing experience in feature film, episodic, or high-end commercial visual effects. Advanced proficiency in Nuke. Strong understanding of color, lighting, composition, photography, perspective, and image integration. Demonstrated ability to complete complex photoreal visual effects shots. Strong knowledge of keying, tracking, rotoscoping, paint, projections, and multipass compositing. Experience working with CG renders, AOVs, deep data, and color-managed pipelines. Excellent attention to detail and strong creative problem-solving skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work under production deadlines. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to take direction, incorporate feedback, and work collaboratively. Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of assigned shots.
Preferred Experience
Experience working on feature films or premium episodic productions. Familiarity with ACES and modern color-management workflows. Experience with deep compositing. Experience creating complex environment extensions, invisible effects, digital doubles, or large-scale CG integrations. Experience mentoring less-experienced artists. Familiarity with ShotGrid or a similar production-tracking platform. Experience working with distributed or remote VFX teams.
About Wylie Co. VFX
Wylie Co. VFX is a visual effects studio creating high-end work for feature films, episodic productions, and other premium entertainment projects. We are a collaborative, artist-focused company that values strong creative judgment, clear communication, technical excellence, and thoughtful problem-solving.
This position may be based in Vancouver or remotely within Canada. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada.
To apply, please submit your résumé, compositing reel, reel breakdown, and a brief introduction describing your relevant experience.
Wylie Co. VFX is committed to providing an inclusive workplace and considers qualified applicants without discrimination based on any characteristic protected by applicable law.
Not the right fit? Search for Compositor jobs in Canada
About Wylie Co. VFX
Wylie Co. VFX Who are we? Nimble. Creative. Technical. Innovative. Efficient. We create stunning visual effects and post-visualization for the top film and episodic shows in the entertainment industry. We thrive on delivering amazing quality with short turnaround times and assist the creative process from previs to final delivery.
The team is a collection of award winning industry professionals. Our philosophy is to collaborate with production teams on the world's top shows and technology, but do it with the speed, agility, and freedom of a small studio.
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Senior VFX Compositor
Location: Vancouver, BC, or Remote within Canada
Company: Wylie Co. VFX Employment Type: Full-Time
Wylie Co. VFX is seeking an experienced Senior VFX Compositor to join our team. This role is ideal for a highly skilled artist with strong creative judgment, advanced technical ability, and experience delivering complex, photoreal visual effects for feature films and episodic productions.
The Senior Compositor will work closely with VFX Supervisors, Compositing Supervisors, CG teams, and production staff to create polished final shots that meet both the creative and technical requirements of each project. You will be expected to take ownership of challenging work, communicate clearly, and help maintain a high standard across the compositing team.
Responsibilities
Composite complex visual effects shots from initial setup through final delivery. Integrate CG elements, digital matte paintings, live-action plates, and additional photography into seamless final images. Perform advanced keying, rotoscoping, tracking, paint, cleanup, projection, and color-matching work. Create realistic atmospheric effects, lens effects, reflections, shadows, depth, and interactive lighting. Match grain, focus, motion blur, lens distortion, and other photographic characteristics of the source material. Work with multipass renders and AOVs to refine CG integration. Interpret creative direction from supervisors and clients and respond effectively to notes. Troubleshoot complex creative and technical issues within Nuke. Maintain organized, efficient, and production-ready scripts. Work within established studio workflows, naming conventions, and delivery requirements. Provide accurate estimates and communicate progress, risks, or blockers to production. Review work with supervisors and present shots clearly during dailies. Support and mentor junior and mid-level compositors when appropriate. Collaborate with CG, FX, lighting, tracking, roto, paint, and production teams to resolve shot-specific issues. Help identify workflow improvements that increase quality and efficiency.
Qualifications
Several years of professional compositing experience in feature film, episodic, or high-end commercial visual effects. Advanced proficiency in Nuke. Strong understanding of color, lighting, composition, photography, perspective, and image integration. Demonstrated ability to complete complex photoreal visual effects shots. Strong knowledge of keying, tracking, rotoscoping, paint, projections, and multipass compositing. Experience working with CG renders, AOVs, deep data, and color-managed pipelines. Excellent attention to detail and strong creative problem-solving skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work under production deadlines. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to take direction, incorporate feedback, and work collaboratively. Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of assigned shots.
Preferred Experience
Experience working on feature films or premium episodic productions. Familiarity with ACES and modern color-management workflows. Experience with deep compositing. Experience creating complex environment extensions, invisible effects, digital doubles, or large-scale CG integrations. Experience mentoring less-experienced artists. Familiarity with ShotGrid or a similar production-tracking platform. Experience working with distributed or remote VFX teams.
About Wylie Co. VFX
Wylie Co. VFX is a visual effects studio creating high-end work for feature films, episodic productions, and other premium entertainment projects. We are a collaborative, artist-focused company that values strong creative judgment, clear communication, technical excellence, and thoughtful problem-solving.
This position may be based in Vancouver or remotely within Canada. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada.
To apply, please submit your résumé, compositing reel, reel breakdown, and a brief introduction describing your relevant experience.
Wylie Co. VFX is committed to providing an inclusive workplace and considers qualified applicants without discrimination based on any characteristic protected by applicable law.
Not the right fit? Search for Compositor jobs in Canada
About Wylie Co. VFX
Wylie Co. VFX Who are we? Nimble. Creative. Technical. Innovative. Efficient. We create stunning visual effects and post-visualization for the top film and episodic shows in the entertainment industry. We thrive on delivering amazing quality with short turnaround times and assist the creative process from previs to final delivery.
The team is a collection of award winning industry professionals. Our philosophy is to collaborate with production teams on the world's top shows and technology, but do it with the speed, agility, and freedom of a small studio.