FaceSwap Supervisor - ILM London

Disney

London, United Kingdom

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Req ID:

10155617

Job Description:

Position Summary

FaceSwap is a new, exciting, and growing field within the visual effects industry, using Machine Learning (AI) to create digital faces and likenesses. We are currently looking for people with a keen eye for, and curiosity about, photo realism, as well as those comfortable with the technical side of visual effects. The FaceSwap Supervisor will be a pioneer and trailblazer in a new area of visual effects technology. While a background in compositing is helpful, artists with visual effects experience in any field are encouraged to apply.

What You’ll Do:

Implement and lead all aspects of a variety of deep learning based technologies to produce photorealistic images, including open source tools, and proprietary in house software
Collaborate with VFX supervisors, Head of department, to help develop the creative and technical approach for FaceSwap workflows on a variety of projects.
Collaborate with global CGTS/FaceSwap group to help prioritize technical/workflow related tasks
Assist bidding team and producers with evaluating and bidding potential FaceSwap work on future projects
Guides FaceSwap work and ensures the technical quality meets expectations, as well as making aesthetic decisions for these groups, including reviewing work from artists and leads
Supervise the training progress, and assess improvements and quality; making vital adjustments to the configuration of training
Stay up to date on all the latest technology, and be able to implement the latest research with RnD support
Drive the department innovation and design new workflows for new ML implementations.
Supervisors should drive creative and tech direction of the team for the whole show/multiple show
Create templates to facilitate model evaluation, that can be handed over to artists if needed
Helps Troubleshoots technical issues, maintain tickets and test tool development.
Delegating and scheduling tasks to FaceSwap artists along with Production.
Ability to prioritize task load, and manage your time well on multiple projects with tight schedules.
Help mentor emerging talent, share techniques, demonstrate skills and build tutorials if needed.
Building and maintaining documentation of your processes to help with dissemination of knowledge across sites.
Support the development of up to date training material and take part in training sessions to expand FaceSwap knowledge in the team

What We’re Looking For:

Extensive experience in visual effects or CG industry
Experience using or training deep neural networks models, such as Nuke Copycat, DeepFaceLab or other face swapping tools.
Experience working on projects with realistic looking CGI humans or other face replacement approaches
A curious mind that is interested in learning new things, and enjoys experimentation and testing
Flexible and adaptable to changing workflows, detail oriented and meticulous
Expert knowledge of Nuke to prepare precomps and slap comps
Python scripting skills to automate and streamline repeated day-to-day tasks
Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. Can collaborate with artists from other teams
Comfortable working with or learning command-line driven tools
Interested in, or have basic familiarity with, deep neural networks

Nice to have:

Experience with Keen Tools/ ComfyUI
Experience leading a project and supervising a team

Closing date: Friday 17th July 2026

This role is Hybrid, which means the employee will be required to work 2 days on-site per week at a Company designated location, and occasionally from home.

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Primary Job Posting Category:

Faceswap - Studios

Employment Type:

Full time

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London, United Kingdom

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