Senior Environment Artist
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Job Summary
This role is open exclusively to Senior Environment Artists with significant experience in the VFX industry including at least 7 years on high-end large-scale productions. Work permit sponsorship may be considered depending on the candidates location and the expected processing time.
The Environment Artist designs and assembles photorealistic or stylized 3D environments by combining modeling texturing shading lighting simple animation and rendering. Comfortable with projection techniques they create rich credible and technically robust scenes while respecting the artistic and technical requirements and deadlines of the project.
Working closely with the environment layout compositing and supervision teams they contribute to delivering inspiring coherent and fully integrated environments into the final shots.
Key Responsibilities:
Master your craft
- Model texture shade and light objects environments or complete 3D scenes.
- Assemble assets from different sources to create coherent and technically sound environments.
- Deliver scenes ready for rendering or handover to compositing independently or in collaboration with other departments.
- Respect turnover naming resolution and format guidelines at each stage.
Creative Quality
- Reproduce or stylize environments according to the artistic direction and project vision.
- Propose simple and effective artistic solutions to enrich the readability and depth of scenes.
- Maintain aesthetic consistency across sequences and respect provided visual references.
- Actively participate in dailies to receive and integrate feedback constructively.
Technical Quality
- Effectively use tools (Houdini Solaris Maya etc.) to deliver optimized stable and error-free scenes.
- Adjust cameras assets and shaders to ensure seamless integration with other departments.
- Quickly identify technical or performance issues and propose realistic solutions.
- Contribute as needed to the development or improvement of tools workflows or scripts specific to the department.
Communications
- Maintain open communication with artists leads and producers regarding the status of deliverables.
- Report any risk of delay or technical blockage and collaborate on prioritization with relevant individuals.
- Clearly present their work and intentions during dailies or internal reviews.
- Document and transmit useful information to facilitate the takeover or adaptation of work by other artists.
Teach Learn and Grow
- Share discoveries best practices or new techniques with colleagues.
- Integrate evolving tools and methods within the department.
- Embrace feedback as a lever for continuous improvement.
- Participate in consolidating quality standards and the departments culture of excellence.
Qualifications :
- 7 years of experience in the VFX industry in environment.
- Solid skills in modeling texturing shading lighting and set dressing.
- Proficiency in Houdini / Solaris Maya or other 3D modeling software.
- Good knowledge of Substance Painter and Arnold or Karma for rendering.
- Basic knowledge of Nuke and ability to do their own precomps.
- Understanding of architectural geographical and visual composition principles.
- Rigor autonomy attention to detail team spirit and positive attitude.
- Asset: Knowledge of Flow or other production management tool.
- Asset: Experience in tool development scripting or task automation.
- Asset: Familiarity with projection techniques matte painting or camera mapping.
Additional Information :
Perks & Benefits
- Full-time Permanent Contract;
- Flexible and hybrid 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 to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP);
- RRSP with employer contribution;
- Discounts on public transports several spas sports classes art center cafes furniture and several other local businesses.
Diversity : At Rodeo FX diversity is a core value. Were 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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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Python
- 3ds Max
- Anatomy Knowledge
- Computer Graphics
- Perforce
- Zbrush
- Unreal Engine
- Maya
- Adobe Photoshop
- Scripting
- Unity
- Color Theory
About Company
Qui sommes nous? Élue à plusieurs reprises l'un des meilleurs employeurs de Montréal et récipient du prix Mercuriades 2022 pour Employeur de l'année - Grande Entreprise, Rodeo FX est une compagnie créative haut de gamme de plus de 15 ans offrant des services d'effets visuels, danimat ... View more
