Lead Compositor - Vancouver, Canada - ICON Creative Studio

ICON Creative Studio

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

ICON Creative Studio is Canada's largest independently owned animation entertainment company located in the historic Gastown district of Vancouver, BC Canada with design, storyboarding, modeling, rigging, animation, technical finaling, lighting, visual effects, and compositing artists alongside creative and management teams.

Known for our quality, efficiency, and timely deliveries, ICON has partnered alongside distributors, broadcasters, and streaming platforms around the world to help create, realize and produce noteworthy content.

ICON operates from a holistic philosophy that leverages individual skill sets to maximize production efficiency on the floor while maintaining an optimal balance of creativity and quality on-screen.

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On-site Position

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Why work at ICON?
At ICON we constantly invest in raising the bar of our productions and fostering our people. If you are passionate about animation and enjoy sharing success with others, we'd like to hear from you

Join the fastest growing CG Animation studio in Vancouver
Work on top feature and episodic CG franchises for leading streaming platforms (Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, Amazon, Peacock, Paramount+ etc.)
Work with a diverse group of artists from all over the world who have come to BC to join our expanding studio
Use all of the latest tools and softwares
We uphold a premium standard of quality across all of our productions by putting all of our resources up on screen
We hire for the long term and give artists the opportunity to grow, get promoted and take on as much responsibility as they can manage
We offer flexibility and autonomy
We facilitate requests in a timely manner
We offer direct deposit
We offer a generous benefits package
And more...

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Compositing Supervisor

Proficiency in Maya, Nuke, and Arnold
Excellent communication and organizational skills
Strong attention to detail through various stages of the pipeline
Communicate with other departments to resolve technical issues
Look development, key compositing, and thorough vetting of CG assets
Ensures work translates cleanly across all artists/shots with the goal of streamlining workflow
Assists team members with technical shot/sequence/continuity issues
Works with Head of Compositing and Art Director to maintain artistic quality of the show
Comfortable in overtime scenarios and willing to take on difficult work during deadlines and the final push
Distributes workloads among team members and maintain work balance across the team
Documents workflow and provides as a resource for the team
Actively trains new employees and helps assist Juniors on the Team
Creates new templates for sets and characters
Works closely with the Art Director and Supervisors to achieve a high level of visual qualify on developing looks
Assists with asset finaling (turnarounds for characters and set renders)
Assists the team with Compositing issues as they arise
Works with pipeline to fix any technical issues
Constantly communicates with productionICON Creative Studio is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.