We are seeking an exceptional Senior Nuke Compositor to help build and shape an elite in-house compositing team within Sky Creative’s NxGen studio.
This is a senior creative and technical role requiring a highly experienced compositor with strong leadership instincts, excellent communication skills, and a forward-thinking approach to modern VFX workflows. Reporting directly to the Project Lead/Design Director and Creative Director, you will play a pivotal role in defining compositing standards, mentoring artists, refining workflows, and delivering high-end visual content across a diverse range of projects.
This role places a strong emphasis on AI-assisted hybrid workflows — integrating AI-generated elements seamlessly into live-action plates, as well as contributing to the execution and finishing of fully AI-generated shots and sequences. You will help establish best practices for maintaining cinematic quality, consistency, realism, and creative control across rapidly evolving hybrid pipelines.
You will take ownership of complex shots and sequences from initial setup through final delivery, while helping guide the development of a next-generation compositing pipeline that embraces AI-assisted and hybrid workflows.
NxGen is Sky Creative’s AI-first hybrid studio, built to redefine how creative work is imagined, produced, and delivered. By combining world-class talent with intelligent systems, scalable infrastructure, and agile production models, we enable teams to move faster, collaborate smarter, and unlock greater creative freedom. More than a studio, NxGen represents a new approach to modern content creation — driven by innovation, experimentation, and adaptability.
What you'll do
Creative & Project Leadership
Work closely with AI Hybrid Artists, Creative Technologists, and CG teams to establish scalable, controllable, and artist-friendly workflows.
Team Leadership & Mentorship
Technical Workflow & Pipeline Development
Contribute to ShotGrid (or equivalent tracking software), ensuring renders are properly published and project files are consistently organised, archived, and easily accessible for future updates or reuse.
AI & Hybrid Workflow Integration
Maintain awareness of current developments in AI, machine learning, automation, and real-time production techniques relevant to compositing.
What You'll Bring
Extensive professional experience as a Senior Compositor within VFX, post-production, animation, or high-end creative production environments, with strong focus on advertising output.
Demonstrated history of producing exceptional visual work, consistently delivering creative and technical excellence within the practical constraints of production schedules, budgets, and client expectations.
Demonstrable leadership experience with a proven ability to identify, mentor, and nurture emerging talent, helping build a high-performing and collaborative compositing team
Strong eye for detail, composition, colour, lighting, realism, and visual continuity.
Deep understanding of colour science, EXR workflows, multi-pass compositing, and pipeline integration.
Experience with Nuke Studio, DaVinci Resolve, conforming, or editorial finishing workflows is a plus.
Benefits and perks
There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to life at Sky: the perks. Here’s a taster:
Free Sky TV or NOW package, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema
Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution
Private healthcare with mental health support
Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance
Discounts on Sky products, including Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass and Sky Protect
Sharesave and Tech schemes
A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences
How you’ll work
We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week.
Your office base
Our Sky Group HQ. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and workspaces, there’s plenty of space to see your big ideas come to life. Here you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants and cafes. You can re-energise at our gym, catch the latest films at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.
Our Osterley Campus is just a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station, or you can get one of our free shuttle buses from Osterley, Gunnersbury and Ealing Broadway stations. Plus, there’s free onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.
Who we are
We’re Sky, a leading media and entertainment company who connect millions with entertainment, sports, news and arts through innovative products and services. Working with us means you’ll be bringing the joy of a better experience to more people, every day. All so we can do better and deliver better for our customers, colleagues and society.
We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We're a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need as early as you can.
Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.
To be eligible for this role you are required to have the appropriate right to work in the UK. Please be aware Sky does not offer sponsorship for this position.
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