Crowd FX

Les Films Sony Imageworks Québec Inc. is seeking highly motivated and creative artists to join their Crowd FX teams on animated and live action vfx projects. The role involves conceptualizing and implementing digital character elements, creating pipelines, and ensuring efficient show/client deadlines. Artists will be responsible for solutions, problem-solving, and following through on tasks like dailies and briefings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, OR
• Diploma or certificate from a recognized school of animation or visual effects, OR
• 3-4 years of relevant experience in animated or vfx feature films
• Expertise with crowd simulation in Houdini/Massive/Golaem/or similar
• Ability to design interaction characteristics for agent types
• Understanding of animation principles and control of motion for crowd behaviors
• Comfortable with Houdini and FX basics
• Professional experience in both animated and live action projects
• Generalist knowledge of tools like Houdini, Katana, Maya
• Personal project work
• Comfortable with command line Linux/Unix operating system
• Programming experience VEX, Python, shell scripting
• In depth knowledge of the flow of data through visual effects pipelines
• Organized, proactive, and self-motivated
• Team player and clear communicator
• Adaptable, team player
• Calm under pressure
• Positive attitude
• Willingness to learn new skills

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• RRSP's
• Sick and Vacation leave
• Standard increases as applicable