A GREENOCK artist has landed a top job on a multi-million pound US TV series which is being shot in Scotland.

Lynsey Sinnamon is the scenic artist on Outlander, the £50 million pound drama which is being dubbed as Scotland’s answer to Game of Thrones – the global hit series by the US HBO network.

The 30-year-old former Greenock Academy pupil, who works from a studio in Cumbernauld, has given given a job painting set pieces, backdrops, cutouts and creating props.

She told the Telegraph: “Working on Outlander has been a dream come true.

“I read the Outlander books about 12 years ago and have been a massive fan since.

“Working behind the scenes on the show has been absolutely fantastic and I got to meet the author Diana Gabaldon — who signed my beautiful first edition book.” Lynsey, who has a degree in Technical Production Arts from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, says she has been sworn to secrecy about the new show’s plot.

But she said: “There are a lot of big sets in the studio.

“The programme is based in the 1740s so the sets correspond to that era, but I can’t say more than that.” The talented artist has worked on countless films, TV shows and adverts, including Brad Pitt’s zombie epic World War Z. She has also worked on Greenock based BBC drama Waterloo Road and Scottish soap River City.

She said: “Working on World War Z was a bit of a whirlwind.

“I didn’t meet Brad Pitt though as we were always kept away from the big stars.” Lynsey said one of her most memorable experiences was working on the Sony Bravia paint advert eight years ago where film director Jonathan Glazer took over a block of flats in Toryglen for a visually-stunning, 70-second clip that made headlines across the globe.

It involved choreographing the explosion of 70,000 litres of paint.

She said: “It was absolutely crazy — very messy, but great fun.” Recently Lynsey was also part of a team of sculptors, artists and technicians who jetted off to refurbish the Maltese National Aquarium.

She said: “We spent six months in Malta creating pieces for inside the tanks and the walkways.

“I done lots of sculpting and replica stone work and also worked on a submarine for the tank.” Lynsey, who now lives in Glasgow but regularly visits her mum Catherine and her dad Tommy at their home in Inverkip Road, says the Scottish film industry is thriving at the moment and hopes a film studio will eventually open up.

She added: “There are a lot of big jobs and it’s an great time to work in the film industry here.”