Paint & Roto Artist – VFX Compositing & Tracking

Job Position(s): Paint & Roto Artist – VFX Compositing & Tracking

Framestore is hiring experienced Paint and Roto Artists to join their VFX compositing team in London, England, UK. Working directly alongside Compositors, this role sits within the post-production workflow responsible for isolating elements, cleaning plates, and maintaining the visual integrity of film visual effects shots through frame-by-frame painting and roto work. It suits artists who are comfortable working at the intersection of precision and creativity, and who understand how clean mattes and rig removals directly affect the final composite.

About the Role

As a Paint and Roto Artist at Framestore, you will be embedded in the compositing department, contributing to feature film VFX pipeline work that spans CG integration and live action plate cleanup. Day to day, this means generating roto mattes for complex shots, removing rigs and unwanted elements, and painting fixes that hold up under scrutiny from Compositors and VFX Supervisors. Shot estimation is part of the job, so the ability to read a sequence and plan your time accurately matters as much as your technical output.

Key Responsibilities

• Create accurate roto mattes to separate foreground and background elements for use in VFX compositing across feature film shots.
• Perform rig removal and wire removal work, painting out physical production elements frame by frame to deliver clean plates to the compositing team.
• Execute frame-by-frame painting tasks to correct image integrity issues, including stabilisation artifacts, texture repairs, and continuity fixes.
• Estimate shot timelines and communicate delivery schedules to leads, flagging any scope changes before they affect the broader VFX pipeline.
• Work within a Linux-based production environment using Nuke as the primary compositing application, with familiarity in Maya and scripting tools such as MATLAB-style workflows considered a strong asset.
• Collaborate with Compositors and department leads to ensure roto and paint work integrates cleanly with CG and live action elements at each stage of the post-production workflow.

What You Bring

• Demonstrable experience as a Paint and Roto Artist on feature film or high-end commercial VFX productions.
• Proficiency in Nuke for roto and paint work within a professional VFX pipeline.
• Working knowledge of Linux operating environments as used in studio post-production.
• Familiarity with Maya and scripting approaches that support automation or pipeline tasks.
• The ability to assess shot complexity and provide reliable time estimates to production.

Why This Role

Framestore is one of the most consistently credited VFX studios in feature film production, with a track record across major studio releases that spans decades of complex visual work. The team here is built around artists learning from each other, and there is genuine room to develop technique on the kinds of shots that define a reel. For artists who want to deepen their craft inside a well-resourced compositing department, this is a serious opportunity.

Apply now for the Paint and Roto Artist position at Framestore and bring your roto and paint skills into one of London’s leading feature film VFX studios.