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Rodeo FX

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501 - 1000 employees

📱 Media

🎮 Gaming

Media • Gaming

Rodeo FX is a full-service, award-winning creative company that specializes in bringing innovative projects to life across multiple mediums, including films, advertising, and visual effects. With teams located in major cities like Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, Los Angeles, and Munich, Rodeo FX is committed to crafting work that resonates with audiences through its passion for artistry and technological creativity in areas like 3D animation, compositing, and motion design.

📋 Description

• Mastery of his craft • Produce complex simulations (smoke, fire, explosions, liquids, destruction, magical or abstract effects) while respecting artistic and technical guidelines • Use Houdini effectively (Pyro, Flip, RBD, Vellum, SOPs) to generate optimized and adaptable effects • Maintain a high level of autonomy in the management of assigned FX tasks, from initial setup to final rendering • Ensure rigorous quality control of its files, caches and workfiles before any submission • Propose simple, effective artistic solutions aligned with the vision of the project • Actively participate in dailies and integrate feedback constructively • Adapt the effects to the narrative needs, visual style and pace of the scene • Improve shooting by adding creative value to simulations • Ensure cache optimization, setup stability and compliance with internal technical conventions • Quickly identify technical problems and provide functional solutions • Collaborate with the Pipeline team to integrate or test new tools as needed by the project • Check the compatibility of effects with other departments (layout, lighting, comp) • Provide realistic estimates, communicate quickly if there are difficulties or risks of delay, and collaborate with production to adjust priorities if necessary • Maintain a fluid and respectful exchange with production, leads and artists from other disciplines • Communicate clearly about issues, deadlines, needs or technical limitations • Actively participate in turnovers, briefings or progress monitoring with the project team • Stay up to date with the latest practices, techniques and references in visual effects • Share your knowledge, tools or techniques with your colleagues • Participate in documenting or improving the working methods of the FX department • Welcome feedback with openness with a view to continuous progress

🎯 Requirements

• Previous experience in FX in a VFX studio (10 years minimum recommended) • Excellent command of Houdini (Pyro, Flip, RBD, Vellum, SOPs) • Basic knowledge of compositing (Nuke) and rendering (Arnold and Karma) • Knowledge of USD and Solaris • Good sense of movement, physics and visual rhythm • Rigor, autonomy, attention to detail, team spirit • Asset: knowledge of Flow Production Tracking, experience in developing Houdini tools, Python or VEX scripts.

🏖️ Benefits

• Immediate start date • Multiple positions • Temporary contracts of varying lengths • Diversity: At Rodeo FX, diversity is a core value. We’re committed to creating an inclusive, equitable workplace where different perspectives are embraced.