Company Description
Repeatedly voted one of Montreal’s 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 multiple Emmy® Awards for its work on the series Stranger Things season 4, Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power, the independent, Oscar®-winning company boasts close to 800 artists crafting from studios in Montreal, Québec City, Toronto, Los Angeles and Paris.
Rodeo FX is a creative partner to the world’s 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 Dune: Prophecy, Silo Season 2and Sonic 3. Recently released projects include The Rings of Power Season 2, Venom: The Last Dance, Taika Waitit's Time Bandits, and House of the Dragon Season 2.
Work arrangements:
As a company founded and led by an artist, creativity above all 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. While we require employees to be present in the studio at least four days a week, we maintain flexible work arrangements for the remaining days. This balance ensures that we foster collaboration, maintain our vibrant culture, and encourage in-person interaction and teamwork.
Job Description
The Maya TD works closely with the Pipeline department to develop tools and solutions to ensure VFX projects run smoothly and help artists in the assigned departments to find technical solutions to problems encountered.
Main responsibilities:
Support / Tickets
- Provide front-line support to artists on assets and shots.
- Troubleshoot issues and maintain production scripts/workflows.
- Perform QC on assets and address review notes.
Workflow Specialist
- Design and optimize asset workflows across departments.
- Align workflows with production needs and standards.
- Identify bottlenecks and drive pipeline consistency.
Tools Design & Implementation
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, reusable tools.
- Ensure robustness, maintainability, and pipeline integration.
- Document tools and train users.
Publisher Support
- Develop and maintain publishing tools for modeling/texturing.
- Validate assets against technical specs and data integrity requirements.
- Improve reliability of the publishing process.
Maya Mastery
- Develop and support tools in Autodesk Maya.
- Ensure cross-digital content creation interoperability within the pipeline.
- Adapt workflows to each environment.
Qualifications
Position requirements:
- 5 years of experience in a similar position, within the VFX or video-game industry;
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, computer visualization, computer animation or other related field, or equivalent work experience;
- Excellent knowledge of Python;
- Good knowledge of Maya;
- Good understanding of the Linux operating system;
- Knowledge of C++, an asset;
- Strong skills in debugging and development tests;
- Able to communicate solutions to issues clearly and concisely;
- A collaborative spirit
- Excellent sense of prioritization and respect for deadlines.
Additional Information
- Full-time, Permanent Contract ;
- Flexible work structure in all our locations ;
- 5 paid sick/personal days ;
- 2 additional statutory holidays in the winter holidays ;
- Group Insurance, access to Dialogue online support and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) ;
- RRSP with employer contribution ;
- Discounts on public transport, several spas, sports classes, art center, cafes, furniture and several other local businesses.
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Diversity : At Rodeo FX, diversity is a core value. We’re committed to creating an inclusive, equitable workplace where different perspectives are embraced. Every team member brings unique insight that strengthens our creativity, challenges our thinking, and helps us deliver better work.
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