Job Description

Company Description

Repeatedly voted one of Montreal\xe2\x80\x99s Top Employers and Employer of the Year for the 2022 Mercuriades Awards, Rodeo FX is a high-end creative company offering services in visual effects, advertising, animation, and experiential.

Nominated for 3 Emmy\xc2\xae Awards for its work on the series Stranger Things season 4, The Witcher season 2 and Foundation season 1, the independent, Oscar\xc2\xae-winning company boasts close to 800 artists.

Rodeo FX is a creative partner to the world\xe2\x80\x99s best storytellers including Netflix, HBO, Disney, Marvel, Amazon Studios, Warner Bros. and Sony, and has collaborated on ads for YouTube, NBC and Apple. Current projects include Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Resident Evil, Halo, and Stranger Things season 4. Recently released projects include Dune, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, WandaVision and The Witcher season 2, all earning nominations at the 2022 VES awards.

Work arrangements:

As a company founded and led by an artist, it is creativity above all that guides us. Our mission is to provide our talents with the freedom and resources they need to deliver quality work and thrive in a stimulating, caring environment. This is why we offer a flexible, hybrid and remote work structure in all our locations.



Work with the VFX Supervisor and production team to plan and establish the workflow and methodology that will be applied throughout the project for their specialty, ensuring the best creative and technical approach to meet requirements, budgets and the project schedule.

• Participate in the hiring process for artists on projects.
• In collaboration with production, assign plans and sequences to artists, taking into account their abilities and level;
• Communicate the client\'s vision and creative goals to their team, ensuring that individual and/or collective responsibility for results is understood;
• Lead artists in their work throughout the project and closely monitor the quality of work produced;
• Lead review sessions and ensure the work meets clients\' on going expectations;
• Work on complex shots or sequences or participate in their creation;
• Solve visual, artistic and technical problems throughout the project, in collaboration with the various project stakeholders;
• Make recommendations to the VFX Supervisor regarding the specific training needs of team members.
• May participate in the preparation of training materials or in group training sessions;
• If necessary, help the production team bid for projects;
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge in their specialty and stay abreast of the latest technological advances in methods and approaches

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as an image compositing artist in the VFX industry;
• Excellent knowledge of Nuke and/or Flame software;
• Good knowledge of Shotgun project management software;
• Knowledge of photography, expertise in colors, lighting (reflections, refraction, shadows), perspective and composition;
• Excellent understanding of the VFX production pipeline;
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and act as a positive role model and mentor.

Additional Information

• Permanent full-time contract;
• Group insurance, access to the Dialogue online service and an employee assistance program;
• Additional holidays during the holiday season;
• Group RRSP with employer contribution;

And much more!

Diversity is a core value at Rodeo FX. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable work environment where diversity is celebrated and valued. We believe every member on our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to perceive and interact with the world, identify challenges, and to design and deliver projects.

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