Repeatedly voted one of Montreal’s Top Employers and Employer of the Year for the 2022 Mercuriades Awards, Rodeo FX is a high-end creative company offering services in visual effects, advertising, animation, and experiential.

Nominated for 3 Emmy® Awards for its work on the series Stranger Things season 4,  The Witcher season 2 and Foundation season 1, the independent, Oscar®-winning company boasts close to 800 artists.

Rodeo FX is a creative partner to the world’s best storytellers including Netflix, HBO, Disney, Marvel, Amazon Studios, Warner Bros. and Sony, and has collaborated on ads for YouTube, NBC and Apple. Current projects include Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Resident Evil, Halo, and Stranger Things season 4. Recently released projects include Dune, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, WandaVision and The Witcher season 2, all earning nominations at the 2022 VES awards.

Work arrangements:

As a company founded and led by an artist, it is creativity above all that guides us. Our mission is to provide our talents with the freedom and resources they need to deliver quality work and thrive in a stimulating, caring environment. This is why we offer a flexible, hybrid and remote work structure in all our locations.

The VFX Project Manager ensures, in conjunction with the Production team and Supervisors, that the projects to which they are assigned stay on schedule and on budget.

Main responsibilities:

• Schedule milestones and plan ahead to ensure that weekly deliverables and milestones will be met;
• Work with Producer to ensure that project scheduling and budget requirements are met in every department involved;
• Work with Heads of Department, Producers and Coordinators to resolve any production issues, and manage any related impact on schedule and overtime;
• Work with Heads of Department and Supervisors to distribute tasks and establish deadlines to artists, ensuring that assignments are varied for optimum performance and are distributed according to individual abilities and pipeline steps;
• Create and maintain reports that clearly illustrate department and individual artist productivity, ensuring that data provided is accurate and valid, following company-established methodology;
• Perform frequent check-ins with artists and production staff, and ensure resolution of any issues that arise by communicating with Producers and Supervisors;
• Collaborate with Heads of Department and production staff to ensure that the complexity of work is consistent with initial estimates, and flag issues as needed;
• Evaluate workload to ensure that the delivery schedule is realistic and plan accordingly;
• Anticipate potential production problems and take initiative in finding solutions;
• Prepare and deliver a weekly status report for the client. Participate in client approval meetings to make sure that they are running in accordance with studio's procedures;
• Oversee the work of VFX Coordinators and Production Assistants;
• Take part in weekly production meeting to represent their project;
• Create reports to show progress on the show and flag potential issues that may arise.

• Minimum of 3 years of production experience in visual effects or film;
• Excellent knowledge of GSuite and Microsoft Office;
• Experience with Shotgun project management software;
• Excellent organizational and planning skills;
• Excellent sense of prioritization and respect of deadlines and budgets.

• Full-time, Permanent Contract ;
• Flexible, hybrid and remote work structure in all our locations ;
• 5 paid sick/personal days ;
• 2 additional statutory holidays in the winter holidays ;
• Group Insurance, access to Dialogue online support and to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) ;
• RRSP with employer contribution ;
• Discounts on public transports, several spas, sports classes, art centers, cafes, furniture and several other local businesses.

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Diversity is a core value at Rodeo FX. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable work environment where diversity is celebrated and valued. We believe every member on our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to perceive and interact with the world, identify challenges, and to design and deliver projects.