Lead 3D FX Artist – Animation Studio

Brown Bag Films Limited; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Paid vacation

Health & wellness days

Job summary

9 Story Media / Brown Bag Films in Toronto is seeking a Lead 3D FX Artist to lead and mentor the FX team, deliver accurate FX assets, and drive pipeline improvements. You will coordinate with Art and Production to ensure timely FX launches for episodes and maintain technical standards across internal and overseas artists.

The role emphasizes coaching, troubleshooting, and developing best practices, with a salary range between $85,000 and $100,000 CAD per year and a comprehensive perks package.

Qualifications

• Coaching and mentoring a team or artists.
• Leading artists through the FX Launch to completion of FX assets and FX shots.
• Advising in casting of resources.
• Contributing to development of tools and workflows.
• Coaching and training of other team members.

Responsibilities

• Completion of FX assets and shots within the agreed time allowed.
• Proactively problem solving; creating the IT and pipeline tickets to address any technical problems for the department.
• Logging time into time logging software daily.
• Contributing to best practices and pipeline within in the studio.
• Reviewing own assets and shots and that of the FX team (internal and overseas) at dailies with the FX lead and the production team.
• Collaborating in animatic reviews.
• Conducting Technical approvals on FX assets and shots from internal and overseas artists.
• Advising in casting of resources.
• Contributing to the development of tools and workflows.
• Coaching and training of other team members.

Skills

Coaching

Mentoring

Leadership

Troubleshooting

Time logging

Job description

9 Story Media / Brown Bag Films in Toronto is seeking a Lead 3D FX Artist to lead and mentor the FX team, deliver accurate FX assets, and drive pipeline improvements. You will coordinate with Art and Production to ensure timely FX launches for episodes and maintain technical standards across internal and overseas artists.

The role emphasizes coaching, troubleshooting, and developing best practices, with a salary range between $85,000 and $100,000 CAD per year and a comprehensive perks package.