Jobs at Rodeo FX

Creates high-quality, realistic and stylized animations for creatures, characters, and objects in visual effects projects. Develops convincing performances based on creative direction and references, ensures technical quality across animation pipelines, and collaborates with animation, rigging, technical, and production teams. The role also involves mentoring junior animators, sharing knowledge, solving creative and technical challenges, meeting deadlines, and continuously improving animation techniques and workflows.

Creates AI-generated images and sequences for visual direction, pitches, previs, IP development, advertising, and final shots. Builds ComfyUI workflows, trains LoRAs, evaluates generative models, maintains visual consistency, and delivers production-ready outputs for compositing and finishing. Collaborates with art direction, VFX, 3D, real-time, and production teams while documenting workflows, managing model and compute usage, respecting licensing requirements, and training other artists.

Creates production-ready AI-generated images and video sequences for advertising, visual development, previs, IP development, and final shots. Builds ComfyUI workflows, trains LoRAs, prepares datasets, evaluates generative models, maintains visual consistency, and delivers compositing-ready assets. Collaborates with artists, producers, supervisors, and clients while documenting workflows, managing compute costs, respecting licensing and confidentiality, and training other artists.

Gère des mandats de recrutement de bout en bout pour des profils créatifs et techniques spécialisés en effets visuels. La personne responsable source et qualifie les talents, coordonne les entrevues, formule des recommandations, négocie les offres et assure le suivi jusqu’à la signature. Elle maintient l’ATS, développe des communautés de talents, conseille les gestionnaires et contribue aux initiatives d’attraction, aux partenariats académiques et à l’amélioration des processus de recrutement.

Lead full-cycle recruitment for specialized creative and technical roles across the VFX industry. Responsibilities include intake meetings, sourcing, candidate screening, interview coordination, assessments, references, offer negotiation, ATS management, candidate experience, talent community development, and market insights. The role also supports employer branding, academic partnerships, process improvement, and international collaboration with teams and stakeholders in French- and English-speaking environments.

Create high-end, photorealistic 3D models of mechanical, organic, stylized, and creature assets for VFX production. Build clean topology, optimized UVs, and production-ready models from concepts, photographs, scans, or limited references. Collaborate with supervisors and downstream departments, meet deadlines, maintain technical and artistic standards, participate in reviews, document decisions, and contribute to workflow improvements.

Creates high-quality 3D mechanical, organic, stylized, photorealistic digital doubles, and creature assets for VFX production. Develops clean, optimized topology, UVs, and production-ready models from concepts, photography, scans, or limited references. Follows project standards, prepares assets for downstream departments, meets deadlines, incorporates artistic and technical feedback, documents nonstandard decisions, and collaborates with supervisors and production. Shares techniques, improves workflows, and explores procedural modeling, AI, and photogrammetry.

Develop and operate the software platform supporting a large-scale VFX pipeline. Responsibilities include software lifecycle management, containerization, reproducible and configurable environments, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and Rez package and dependency management. The role reduces upgrade risks, improves deployment reliability, and collaborates with pipeline developers, IT teams, creative teams, studios, and global clients.

Build and operate the technical platform supporting Rodeo FX’s VFX pipeline. Responsibilities include managing software lifecycles and upgrades, containerizing pipeline tools and services, creating reproducible and configurable environments, maintaining Rez packages and dependencies, and improving CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, validation, release, and rollback workflows. The role collaborates closely with pipeline developers and IT to deliver dependable platform changes across studios and production teams.

Manages VFX project budgets, schedules, bids, staffing, milestones, client communication, and production workflows from planning through delivery. Oversees project performance, forecasting, reporting, resource allocation, and change requests while ensuring deadlines, profitability, and client satisfaction. Leads continuous improvement, mentors and evaluates production staff, supports training, and maintains strong relationships with clients, supervisors, artists, and internal teams.

Gère les budgets, échéanciers, ressources et relations clients des projets VFX. Coordonne les équipes et superviseurs, anticipe les risques, assure le suivi dans Shotgun, dirige les évaluations de projet et encadre l’équipe de production.

Designs, maintains, and optimizes advanced character, creature, vehicle, and object rigs for VFX production. Leads and supports rigging artists, ensures technical and artistic quality, troubleshoots deformation issues, documents workflows, trains team members, and collaborates with supervision, production, animation, and partner departments. Develops Python and PySide tools to automate workflows and improve rig performance while remaining hands-on in production.

Designs, maintains, and optimizes advanced rigs for characters, creatures, vehicles, and objects in VFX production. Leads rigging artists, provides technical and artistic guidance, troubleshoots deformation issues, supports pipeline integration, documents workflows, and develops Python/PySide tools. Collaborates with CG supervision, animation, production, and partner departments while mentoring team members and improving rigging standards and efficiency.

Agit comme partenaire RH principal auprès des gestionnaires et employés des fonctions corporatives. Conseille sur les relations employé, la performance, les changements organisationnels, la planification de la main-d’œuvre, les talents, le recrutement et les conditions d’emploi. Coordonne les processus de performance, soutient le développement des employés et contribue aux politiques, programmes et initiatives d’amélioration RH dans un environnement multisite et en évolution.

Conduct UX research, workflow studies, interviews, observational research, and usability testing for VFX artists and technical users. Identify workflow friction and translate findings into intuitive tools, interfaces, and pipeline improvements. Establish telemetry, UX metrics, dashboards, and reporting to measure adoption and efficiency. Collaborate with Pipeline, Systems, Production, Creative, and executive teams to define requirements and promote user-centered design across internal technology development.

Conduct UX research, workflow analysis, interviews, observational studies, usability testing, and telemetry analysis for internal VFX tools and pipelines. Translate artist feedback and quantitative data into intuitive interfaces, simplified workflows, measurable UX improvements, and software requirements. Collaborate with artists, production, Pipeline, IT, developers, and technical directors; facilitate workshops, prototype solutions, define UX metrics, and communicate recommendations to stakeholders.

Create and assemble 3D shot and sequence layouts in Maya based on previs and supervisor direction. Set up cameras, organize scenes, resolve blocking and technical issues, and prepare optimized setups for downstream VFX departments. Refine composition and camera movement to support visual storytelling, collaborate through dailies and reviews, incorporate LiDAR and photogrammetry data, document workflows, and support onboarding and continuous improvement.

Creates polished, photorealistic visual effects shots by compositing 2D and 3D elements. Responsibilities include rotoscoping, clean plates, retouching, rig removal, tracking, color correction, grain management, integration, quality control, and implementing creative and technical feedback. Collaborates with supervisors, production, and other departments while meeting deadlines and maintaining consistency across shots.

Assemble 2D and 3D visual effects elements into coherent, photorealistic shots using Nuke. Create rotoscoping, clean plates, rig removal, tracking, keying, grain, color correction, and integration work. Collaborate with supervisors, production, and other departments, troubleshoot technical issues, meet deadlines, incorporate feedback, perform quality control, and share knowledge with the team.

Creates complex visual effects simulations including fire, smoke, fluids, destruction, and abstract effects using Houdini. Collaborates with FX, CG supervision, pipeline, production, and other departments to deliver photorealistic, technically optimized shots. Responsibilities include managing simulations through rendering, optimizing caches, resolving technical issues, integrating feedback, communicating estimates and risks, documenting workflows, and sharing knowledge. Requires strong artistic judgment, physics awareness, autonomy, and technical proficiency in Houdini, with familiarity in compositing, rendering, USD, Solaris, and scripting.