Not your everyday 3d animator position. Challenging and fast moving, yet friendly and supportive: a career practicing your art that you will look forward to every day. Work with incredibly talented artists in an exciting environment where every month is different.

Positions Available:

• Full time 3d character animator
• Other Positions

: We are also hiring for 3D generalist animators (non-character), video editor, motion designer, sound designer, director of photography (focus on artisting lighting), and more. You may apply for multiple positions separately. If you know someone in any of these areas, please do them a quick and friendly favour by letting them know about this posting.

Position Overview:

• Full time and permanent
• Flexible hours

(for example: choose to start your day between 6am and 10am, work late some days and shorter on others).

• 85% internal

projects (for multiple product lines), 15% client projects.

• Focus on achieving

noticeably remarkable and portfolio-worthy results

, with only some projects that simply need to be done in a short timeframe (we aim to win awards for our work).

• The same variety as working at an agency, but without the cutting corners to deliver too quickly.
• Engage in

constructive debate

to challenge your artistic choices; standing up for your choices, while being willing to use respectful criticism, with or without the sugar coating, to iterate into even better designs.

• Focus on 3D animation

of characters, both human and non-human characters.

• Facial expressions and body movement

of characters.

• Both designing the character movements (such as blocking) as well as fine tuning all details of the movement to reach cinematic quality levels.
• Animation will be either from scratch or starting with performance/motion capture as a starting point.
• Tweaking blend shapes

where the existing blend shapes are insufficient for a given scene.

• Assist with modelling characters and rigging charaters where your skills allow.
• Occasionally assist 3D generalist or visual effects teams where your skills allow.
• Gain experience with

numerous video types

: entertainment videos (like Sci-Fi short stories), animated explainer videos, YouTube commercials, infographic videos, mixing live action with 3D, and short snippits for social media.

• Does

not

involve constant tight deadlines nor overtime that lead to results you are not proud of; there is pressure but it is manageable and work has steady hours.

• High end equipment

to work with (triple monitors with a 40” monitor, pen tablets, whatever keyboard or mouse you want us to buy, etc).

Requirements

• Passionate about video storytelling with emotion and movement specifically
• Can be very fast for prototyping and pre-visualizations, but can dig deep for stunning results
• Superb understanding of factors that affect perception of quality and engagement of viewers
• Attention to detail
• Takes pride in work
• No

specific requirements for formal education or industry experience. We evaluate each applicant based on merit and potential rather than formalities, however a portfolio is required.

Nice To Have

• Experience with Maya or Cinema 4D
• Experience in a wide variety of animations (expressive as well as subtle)

About The Work Environment:

• Friendly

, non-threatening, and non-political environment.

• Mid-sized company but retaining the speed and flexibility of a smaller company.
• We are a

great environment

for both outgoing people and those who are very shy and introverted (applicable to non-client facing positions).

• We strive to have every employee sitting near a window for

natural light

and to have plenty of

plants

throughout the office; we care about employee health.

• Free onsite

massage

therapy.

• Private

nap rooms

for isolated thinking time or for taking a nap if you didn’t sleep well last night.

• Atrium to enjoy the sun during lunch.
• Social events

worth remembering

(fencing competitions, curling, video game or board game parties, coding competitions, commando combat training,

robotics club

coming soon, etc).

• An example of our culture:

Lunch together

is in a very comfy sofa room, and even the quiet types are comfortable there.

• Unlimited access to pillage our kitchens for caffeine, sugar, healthy snacks, soups, and more :)
• Additional perks that are cost-shared like motorized sit-stand desks.
• Task focused: everyone in the company heavily uses centralized to-do lists to stay organized, prioritize, and coordinate.
• Fast paced
• Consistent work/life balance: mandatory overtime is very rare.