Job Description

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ICON Creative Studio is Canada\xe2\x80\x99s largest independently owned animation entertainment company located in the historic Gastown district of Vancouver, BC Canada with design, storyboarding, modeling, rigging, animation, technical finaling, lighting, visual effects, and compositing artists alongside creative and management teams.
Known for our quality, efficiency, and timely deliveries, ICON has partnered alongside distributors, broadcasters, and streaming platforms around the world to help create, realize and produce noteworthy content.
ICON operates from a holistic philosophy that leverages individual skill sets to maximize production efficiency on the floor while maintaining an optimal balance of creativity and quality on-screen.
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Work remotely (anywhere in BC) or in studio
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Why work at ICON?
At ICON we constantly invest in raising the bar of our productions and fostering our people. If you are passionate about animation and enjoy sharing success with others, we\'d like to hear from you!

• Join the fastest growing CG Animation studio in Vancouver
  
• Work on top feature and episodic CG franchises for leading streaming platforms (Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, Amazon, Peacock, Paramount+ etc.)
• Work with a diverse group of artists from all over the world who have come to BC to join our expanding studio
• Use all of the latest tools and softwares
• We uphold a premium standard of quality across all of our productions by putting all of our resources up on screen
• We hire for the long term and give artists the opportunity to grow, get promoted and take on as much responsibility as they can manage
• We offer flexibility and autonomy
• We facilitate requests in a timely manner
• We support PR applications
• We offer direct deposit
• We offer a generous benefits package
• And more...

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Senior CFX Artist

• Coding knowledge. Need to understand and be able to write a function for fixing multiple shots.
• Rigging knowledge. Need to understand how rigs are rigged in our studio. Sometimes you have to rebuild dynamics for individual shots.
• Able apply Maya dynamics nodes on the fly
• Require animation skills for animating natural-looking hair/skirts.
• Requires modeling skills for smoothing mesh topology / making sure texture is not stretched
  
• Has the ability to troubleshoot major issues from different departments.

Responsibilities:

• Create a function or a tool for helping the team to fix shots in the shortest time.
• Fix animation errors, need to correct animation without breaking the silhouette
• Using dynamic well to achieve advanced simulation
• Create ripples and water splashes.
• Have good imagination for simulation and can do draw over.
• Establish countermeasures during major pipeline breakdowns.
• Be able to solve shot issues between different departments
• Reviewing and approving shots

Intermediate CFX Artist

• Great working knowledge of Maya constraints and deformers (native or pipeline)
• Able to use animation layer to add subtle modifications
• Need to know how to use Studio Library or PAIE well.
• Have a good understanding of studios rigged dynamic systems as well as most of the underlying attributes that affect the simulation. (nHair/nCloth)
• Have the ability to use sim to create wind force, flying, swimming dynamic features.
• Have the ability to solve minor issues from different departments: Small weight painting, replace assets, manually cache characters or assets, and so on.

Responsibilities:

• Fine-tune simulation values to achieve desired results by the productions.
• Make appropriate decisions for minor fixing issues and take responsibility for such decisions.

Junior CFX Artist

• Knowledge of Maya
• Basic animation skills, modeling skills.
• Knowledge of graph editor
• Able to follow instructions closely.

Responsibilities:

• Achieves shot quota targets
• Polish already established animations including geometry crashing and animation pops/errors.
• Comfortable in overtime scenarios
• Identify issues and relay them to team members

- ICON Creative Studio is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.