Les Films Sony Imageworks est situé sur le territoire traditionnel non cédé des Premières Nations Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk). Nous nous engageons à respecter les terres ancestrales et à travailler avec les communautés en vue de la réconciliation.

Les Films Sony Imageworks Québec Inc.
700, rue Saint-Hubert, bureau 400, Montréal (QC) HY2 0C1

À temps plein, par projet

Excellentes compétences de communication en français et en anglais. Le ou la titulaire du poste joue un rôle clé dans la conception visuelle des scènes, en définissant le cadrage, la composition, les mouvements de caméra et la continuité spatiale. Par ailleurs, certains outils utilisés pour le layout (ex. : Maya, Unreal Engine, Blender) sont disponibles seulement en anglais.

Avantages sociaux selon la politique de l’entreprise : soins de santé, remboursement des frais de scolarité, REER, congés de maladie et de vacances, augmentations salariales normales, le cas échéant

Les Films Sony Pictures Imageworks Québec Inc. est à la recherche d’artistes créatifs et très motivés pour se joindre à l’équipee Crowd FX sur une gamme de projets passionnants en animation et en effets visuels (VFX) en prises de vues réelles.

Ce que vous ferez
Emploi : Conceptualiser et mettre en œuvre des éléments numériques de personnages et des méthodologies pour l’animation de foules générées par ordinateur. Créer généralement des agents, des pipelines, des outils et des techniques permettant de peupler et de manipuler un grand nombre de personnages dans des scènes nécessitant une simulation de foule afin de soutenir et enrichir l’histoire.
● Être responsable de l’atteinte des objectifs de productivité et de quotas afin de respecter les échéances des productions et des clients.
● Développer des solutions et techniques répondant aux directives artistiques et techniques. Participer aux visionnements quotidiens « dailies », aux révisions et aux séances d’équipe sur le travail en cours.
● Interagir avec la production, les superviseurs et les collègues afin de résoudre des problèmes et partager des informations relatives aux tâches assignées. Être en mesure de comprendre et de suivre les instructions des remises de plans, des dailies, des réunions de suivi et des rétroactions.
● Préparer des plans et soutenir les artistes juniors.

Ce que nous devons voir

Expérience :

○ Baccalauréat en informatique, OU

○ Diplôme ou certificat d’une école reconnue en animation ou en effets visuels, OU

○ 3 à 4 ans d’expérience pertinente en film d’animation ou en effets visuels.

● Expertise en simulation de crowd avec Houdini, Massive, Golaem ou un logiciel similaire.
● Capacité à concevoir des caractéristiques d’interaction pour différents types d’agents.
● Compréhension des principes d’animation et aptitude à créer des comportements de groupe réalistes en contrôlant les mouvements des individus au sein d’une foule.
● Personnaliser les techniques procédurales afin de générer des performances uniques et variées pour des personnages animés par clips, ainsi que pour des agents autonomes simulés.
● Habileté à proposer des solutions aux problèmes créatifs et techniques.
● À l’aise avec Houdini et les bases des effets spéciaux :

○ Simulation de particules
○ VEX/VOPS de base
○ Compréhension des attributs
○ FLIP, PYRO, RBD/destruction de base
○ Principes de base d’OTL/HDA

● Optimisations des rendus
● Compétence avec Nuke
● Connaissance de Katana (atout)

Façons de vous démarquer de la foule

● Expérience professionnelle sur des projets en animation et en prises de vues réelles.
● Connaissances généralistes avec des outils tels que Houdini, Katana, Maya.
● Preuves de motivation personnelle (projets personnels).
● À l’aise avec le système d’exploitation Linux/Unix en ligne de commande.
● Expérience en programmation (VEX, Python, script Shell).
● Connaissance approfondie du flux de données entre les départements dans un pipeline d’effets visuels.

Qualités personnelles recherchées

● Organisé, proactif et autonome.
● Esprit d’équipe et communication claire, avec une aptitude naturelle à la collaboration.
● Adaptable, avec un vif désir d’apprendre de nouvelles compétences et techniques.
● Calme sous pression et déterminé à respecter les échéances de production.
● Une attitude positive et fonceuse.

Nous valorisons les points de vue uniques et souhaitons que des talents diversifiés et distincts travaillent avec nous. Nous encourageons les candidats de toutes identités à postuler.

*Sony Pictures Entertainment est un employeur à chance égale. Nous évaluons les candidats qualifiés sans égard à la race, la couleur, la religion, le sexe, l’origine nationale, au handicap, à l’âge, à l’orientation sexuelle, à l’identité de genre ou d’autres caractéristiques protégées.

L’utilisation du genre masculin a été adopté seulement pour faciliter la lecture du texte.

Les Films Sony Imageworks is located on unceded and traditional territories of the Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk) people.  

Les Films Sony Imageworks Québec Inc.

700 Rue Saint-Hubert, Suite 400, Montreal QC HY2 0C1

Project based, Full Time

Benefits per company policy: include healthcare, tuition reimbursement, RRSP's, Sick and Vacation leave, standard increases as applicable

Excellent communication skills in French and English. The person in this role plays a key role in the visual design of scenes, including defining framing, composition, camera movement, and spatial continuity. In addition, certain tools used for layout (e.g., Maya, Unreal Engine, Blender) are available only in English.

Sony Pictures Imageworks is searching for highly motivated, creative artists to join the Crowd FX teams on a range of exciting animated and live action vfx projects. 

What you'll be doing

• Job: Conceptualize and implement digital character elements and methodology for computer generated crowd animation. Typically creates agent assets, pipelines, tools and techniques that enable population and manipulation of large numbers of characters in scenes requiring crowd simulation to support and motivate the story.
• Accountable for meeting efficiency and quota targets to ensure show/ client deadlines are met.
• Artists must be able to develop solutions and techniques that meet art/ technical direction. Participate in dailies, rounds, team reviews of work in progress.
• Interact with production, supervisors and team/peers in order to problem solve and share information related to show/ assigned tasks. Must be able to decipher as well as follow through on shot turnovers, dailies, briefings/ notes and feedback.
• Shot set up and assisting junior Artists

What we need to see

Experience:

• • 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. 
• Able to design interaction characteristics for a variety of agent types.
• Understanding of animation principles and the ability to create realistic group behaviors by controlling the motion of individuals within a crowd.
• Customize procedural techniques to create unique and varied performance for animation clip driven characters, as well as standalone simulation agents.
• Adept at providing solutions to creative and technical problems.
• Comfortable with Houdini and FX basics:
• Particle simulation
• Basic VEX/VOPS
• Understands attributes
• Basic FLIP, PYRO, RBD/destruction
• OTL/HDA basics
• Render optimizations
• Nuke competence
• Katana knowledge a plus

Ways to stand out from the crowd

• Professional experience in both animated and live action projects.
• Generalist knowledge with tools such as Houdini, Katana, Maya.
• Evidence of self motivation: aka personal project work.
• Comfortable with the command line Linux/Unix operating system.
• Programming experience VEX, Python, shell scripting.
• In depth knowledge of the flow of data through departments in visual effects pipelines.

Personal qualities we’re looking for

• Organized, proactive and a self-starter.
• A team player and clear communicator, with a natural aptitude for collaboration.
• Adaptable, with a keenness to learn new skills and techniques.
• Calm under pressure and committed to meeting production deadlines.
• A positive, can-do attitude. 

We value unique perspectives, and want diverse, unique talent to work with us.  We encourage candidates from all identities to apply.

*Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

Sony Pictures Imageworks is located on the unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. We are committed to respecting traditional lands, and working with communities towards reconciliation.

Sony Pictures Imageworks Canada Inc.

658 Homer Street., Suite 405, Vancouver, BC, V6B 2R4

Language in work environment - English

Benefits per company policy: include healthcare, tuition reimbursement, RRSP's, Sick and Vacation leave, standard increases as applicable

Sony Pictures Imageworks is searching for highly motivated, creative artists to join the Crowd FX teams on a range of exciting animated and live action vfx projects. 

What you'll be doing

• Job: Conceptualize and implement digital character elements and methodology for computer generated crowd animation. Typically creates agent assets, pipelines, tools and techniques that enable population and manipulation of large numbers of characters in scenes requiring crowd simulation to support and motivate the story.
• Accountable for meeting efficiency and quota targets to ensure show/ client deadlines are met.
• Artists must be able to develop solutions and techniques that meet art/ technical direction. Participate in dailies, rounds, team reviews of work in progress.
• Interact with production, supervisors and team/peers in order to problem solve and share information related to show/ assigned tasks. Must be able to decipher as well as follow through on shot turnovers, dailies, briefings/ notes and feedback.
• Shot set up and assisting junior Artists

What we need to see

• Experience:
• 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. 
• Able to design interaction characteristics for a variety of agent types.
• Understanding of animation principles and the ability to create realistic group behaviors by controlling the motion of individuals within a crowd.
• Customize procedural techniques to create unique and varied performance for animation clip driven characters, as well as standalone simulation agents.
• Adept at providing solutions to creative and technical problems.
• Comfortable with Houdini and FX basics:
• Particle simulation
• Basic VEX/VOPS
• Understands attributes
• Basic FLIP, PYRO, RBD/destruction
• OTL/HDA basics
• Render optimizations
• Nuke competence
• Katana knowledge a plus

Ways to stand out from the crowd

• Professional experience in both animated and live action projects.
• Generalist knowledge with tools such as Houdini, Katana, Maya.
• Evidence of self motivation: aka personal project work.
• Comfortable with the command line Linux/Unix operating system.
• Programming experience VEX, Python, shell scripting.
• In depth knowledge of the flow of data through departments in visual effects pipelines.

Personal qualities we’re looking for

• Organized, proactive and a self-starter.
• A team player and clear communicator, with a natural aptitude for collaboration.
• Adaptable, with a keenness to learn new skills and techniques.
• Calm under pressure and committed to meeting production deadlines.
• A positive, can-do attitude. 

The anticipated base salary for this position is $36.06 - $48.08/hr. Benefits are per company policy: which include healthcare, tuition reimbursement, RRSP's, Sick and Vacation leave, standard increases as applicable. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location of the position.

We value unique perspectives, and want diverse, unique talent to work with us.  We encourage candidates from all identities to apply.

*Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

Sony Pictures Imageworks is located on the unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. We are committed to respecting traditional lands, and working with communities towards reconciliation.

Sony Pictures Imageworks Canada Inc.
658 Homer Street., Suite 405, Vancouver, BC, V6B 2R4

Project based, Full Time

Language in work environment - English

Benefits per company policy: include healthcare, tuition reimbursement, RRSP's, Sick and Vacation leave, standard increases as applicable

Sony Imageworks Vancouver is seeking FX Artists!

Responsibilities
Designs, creates and animates digital effects elements and methodology for computer generated FX animation. Typically creates elements, effects, pipelines, tools and techniques that reflect physical dynamics of natural phenomena (e.g., fire, smoke, water, bubbles, lava, dust, etc.) to create a believable world for the story. Accountable for meeting productivity and quota targets to ensure show/ client deadlines are met. Artists must be able to develop solutions and techniques that meet art/ technical direction. Participate in dailies, rounds, team reviews of work in progress. Interact with production, supervisors and team/peers in order to problem solve and share information related to show/ assigned tasks. Must be able to decipher as well as follow through on shot turnovers, dailies, briefings/ notes and feedback. Successful candidates should be able to work efficiently as part of a team or independently to determine the various design solutions.

Qualifications:
Ability to create multiple types of digital effects from simple to moderately difficult.  Comprehensive knowledge of Houdini and techniques used to create stunning effects. General knowledge of vex, shading, lighting and rendering.  Attention to detail and a strong eye of behavior and movement relating to physical simulation in computer graphics.  Working knowledge of Linux based operating system.  Have worked on feature films or equivalent experience and are comfortable working within an FX pipeline.  Familiarity with Katana, Nuke and python a plus.

The anticipated base salary for an Associate position is $26.49 to $36.35/hr and for an Intermediate position is $36.06 - $48.08/hr. Benefits are per company policy: which include healthcare, tuition reimbursement, RRSP's, Sick and Vacation leave, standard increases as applicable. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location of the position.

Please note that you must be able to provide a demo reel that illustrates your relevant artistic and technical experience that also includes the nuances for this specific role.

We value unique perspectives, and want diverse, unique talent to work with us.  We encourage candidates from all identities to apply.

*Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

Sony Pictures Imageworks is located on the unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. We are committed to respecting traditional lands, and working with communities towards reconciliation.

Sony Pictures Imageworks Canada Inc.
658 Homer Street., Suite 405, Vancouver, BC, V6B 2R4

Project based, Full Time

Language in work environment - English

Benefits per company policy: include healthcare, tuition reimbursement, RRSP's, Sick and Vacation leave, standard increases as applicable

Responsibilities
Designs, creates and animates digital effects elements and methodology for computer generated FX animation. Typically creates elements, effects, pipelines, tools and techniques that reflect physical dynamics of natural phenomena (e.g., fire, smoke, water, bubbles, lava, dust, etc.) to create a believable world for the story. Accountable for meeting productivity and quota targets to ensure show/client deadlines are met. Artists must be able to develop solutions and techniques that meet art/ technical direction. Participate in dailies, rounds, team reviews of work in progress. Interact with production, supervisors and team/peers in order to problem solve and share information related to show/ assigned tasks. Must be able to decipher as well as follow through on shot turnovers, dailies, briefings/ notes and feedback. Successful candidates should be able to work efficiently as part of a team or independently to determine the various design solutions.

Qualifications:
Ability to create multiple types of digital effects from simple to moderately difficult.  Comprehensive knowledge of Houdini and techniques used to create stunning effects. General knowledge of vex, shading, lighting and rendering.  Attention to detail and a strong eye of behavior and movement relating to physical simulation in computer graphics.  Working knowledge of Linux based operating system.  Have worked on feature films or equivalent experience and are comfortable working within an FX pipeline.  Familiarity with Katana, Nuke and python a plus.

The anticipated base salary for an Senior position is $45.07 to $66.11/hr. Benefits are per company policy: which include healthcare, tuition reimbursement, RRSP's, Sick and Vacation leave, standard increases as applicable. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location of the position.

Please note that you must be able to provide a demo reel that illustrates your relevant artistic and technical experience that also includes the nuances for this specific role.

We value unique perspectives, and want diverse, unique talent to work with us.  We encourage candidates from all identities to apply.

*Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.