VFX Producer

Dream Theory; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Dream Theory, a Toronto-based AI-assisted visual effects studio, is seeking a VFX Producer to oversee complex projects from concept to delivery. You will coordinate artists, clients, and external collaborators to ensure high-quality work on schedule and within budget.

The role emphasizes production planning, stakeholder management, and leveraging generative AI tools to optimize workflows. This hybrid, startup-friendly position starts ASAP for a 3-month contract and requires regular studio access

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience producing VFX/animation/creative productions.
• Strong production planning, scheduling, budgeting, and delivery skills.
• Experience with generative AI tools and review workflows (Frame.io).

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from initial brief and development through production, review, and final delivery.
• Build and manage schedules, budgets, milestones, and resource plans.
• Coordinate artists, freelancers, vendors, and stakeholders across multiple projects.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and expectations.
• Track progress, identify risks, and resolve production challenges with VFX production management.
• Manage client feedback, reviews, approvals, and clear communication throughout production.
• Balance creative expectations with available time, resources, and budget.
• Work directly with generative AI tools and understand their production applications.
• Coordinate iterative workflows involving references, prompts, generated footage, editorial, and post-production steps.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

Budgeting

Resource allocation

Stakeholder management

AI tools familiarity

Communication skills

Startup mindset

Tools

Frame.io

Higgsfield

Runway

Adobe Firefly

Codex

APIs scripting

ShotGrid

ftrack

Notion

Job description

Employment Type: 3 month contract to start

Reports to: Managing Director / Head of Operations

Start Date: ASAP, within next month

Dream Theory is an AI-assisted visual effects studio working across commercial, film, and television projects. We combine traditional VFX techniques with generative technology to deliver high-quality work through practical, evolving production workflows.

We're looking for a VFX Producer who can manage complex creative projects while embracing the possibilities of AI-powered production to join our Toronto team. We're seeking a proactive, production minded VFX Producer who understands how creative projects move from concept to final delivery and is excited to explore how GenFX can transform that process.

You’ll take ownership of production across VFX projects, coordinating artists, creative leadership, clients, and external collaborators to deliver high-quality work on schedule and within budget.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead projects from initial brief and creative development through production, review, and final delivery.


• Build and manage schedules, budgets, estimates, milestones, and resource plans.


• Coordinate artists, freelancers, vendors, and creative stakeholders across multiple projects.


• Manage stakeholder relationships and expectations


• Track progress, manage changing priorities, identify risks, and resolve production challenges before they affect delivery in coordination with VFX production management team


• Manage client feedback, review cycles, approvals, and clear communication throughout production.


• Balance creative expectations with available time, resources, and budget.


• Work directly with generative AI tools, including platforms such as Higgsfield, to understand their creative applications and production potential.


• Help coordinate iterative workflows involving references, prompts, generated footage, editorial, compositing, and other post-production processes.


• Evaluate emerging tools and workflows based on creative quality, consistency, speed, reliability, and project requirements.

What we’re looking for

• 3-5 years of experience producing VFX, animation, motion design, commercials, branded content, film, or other creative productions.


• A strong understanding of production planning, scheduling, budgeting, resource allocation, creative reviews, and delivery.


• Hands-on familiarity with generative AI tools for image or video creation, ideally including Higgsfield or comparable platforms.


• Experience using Frame.io for review and approval workflows , including video annotations, consolidated feedback, version management, and collaboration with clients and creative teams.


• Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.


• Confidence working directly with artists, directors, clients, and studio leadership.


• A proactive, solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving and decision‑making.


• Comfort working in a startup environment where processes are evolving and priorities can change quickly.

Especially valuable

• Familiarity with tools such as Runway, Adobe Firefly, or similar platforms.


• Experience using Codex, APIs, scripting, or workflow automation to connect tools and reduce repetitive tasks.


• Familiarity with production tracking platforms such as ShotGrid, ftrack, Notion, or similar tools.


• Understanding of AI asset provenance, intellectual property, licensing, and client confidentiality.

We’re a boutique studio where attention to detail has a direct impact on the work we deliver. You’ll help establish reliable standards for our final outputs and work closely with artists and production to keep deliveries organized, consistent, and on time.

Dream Theory operates as a hybrid remote/in-studio workplace. This position is based in Toronto and requires regular access to our downtown studio.