Wētā FX is accepting applications for Look Dev Artists at Senior and Lead level, for exciting upcoming projects in 2026.

These roles will be in Wellington, New Zealand.

The Look Dev Department at Wētā FX is responsible for providing surfacing solutions (both shading/materials and texturing) for the company.

Shader/Material artists should expect to work with our proprietary tools, manipulate shading networks, deal with both asset centric and in-shot scenes, debug rendering setups and provide support to other departments (Lighting, FX, etc).

Texture painters should expect to paint textures for a variety of assets from characters, creatures, wardrobes, props to full environments. We're happy to consider candidates who are either specialised in a single discipline or can seamlessly span both.

Candidates will ideally have at least 5 years of feature film or comparable experience and display the following attributes.

Required Skills:

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