CG Supervisor

To lead the implementation of the studio’s CG workflows and pipeline on designated project ensuring output meets studio standards, fulfilling the Director’s creative vision, whilst staying within assumptions and schedule.

Delivery: What you produce

• CG output of designated project
• Production plan for CG assets and episodes
• Creative and technical requirements.

Measurements: How we measure it

• Project pipeline and delivery
• Creative and technical standards
• Feedback from Director and client.

Key Responsibilities: What you are regularly responsible for doing:

• Leading the project’s CG crew including outsource partner, ensuring effective project delivery.
• Collaborating with the VFX Supervisor and CG department supervisors to ensure effective implementation of the pipelines.
• Facilitating effective communication between the Directors, Producers and CG team to ensure clarity on matters related to project workflow, pipeline and production challenges.
• Defining the best production plan for the creation of CG assets.
• Collaborating with the Project Directors to deliver CG output that is fulfilling the desired “look” of the project within production assumptions and schedule.
• Identifying bottlenecks on the project, technical or otherwise and implementing solutions that remove them.
• Advising stakeholders when agreed production assumptions are breached, recommending solutions to resolve.
• Collaborating with project’s Producer and Production Manager on project’s schedule.
• Leading technical direction for asset build and episodic requirements.

Key Requirements: Things that help you do your job (what is essential & what is desirable)

Knowledge:

• Thorough understanding of CG animation pipelines across disciplines such as modelling, rigging, lighting, rendering and visual FX.

Experience:

• Have previously been a successful CG or Department Supervisor on a long format project or feature film.
• Experience in CG asset creation and CG shot production.
• Experience in leading a team.

Technical skills:

• Expert in Autodesk Maya.
• Strong technical expertise in CG animation software. e.g. Photoshop, Nuke, Substance Painter or Mari, Z-brush and Houdini or After effects.
• Ability to use asset tracking software e.g. Autodesk’s Shotgun.
• Strong knowledge of ‘RV’ media player.

Compensation: The salary range for this role is $110,000 – $115,000 per year.

Additional Details:

• We consider several factors in determining salary offers including experience, skills, qualifications, and education.
• Our employees receive competitive perks including comprehensive benefits, paid vacation, and health & wellness days.
• Applicants need to be legally eligible to work in Canada and have Ontario residency.

Diversity and Accommodation: 9 Story Media takes diversity and inclusion seriously and we are committed to ensuring equity in the recruitment process. Candidates from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, Indigenous peoples, Racialized and LGBT2SQ+ communities, candidates from a range of ages and religious beliefs and people with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.

As a company, we deliver high-quality kids' content, and we seek to have diverse characters so that all our audience feels represented. We also want the same for our own workforce, and 9 Story Media is committed to looking for all kinds of talent to build a diverse workforce in which all identities are represented and respected.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process to be successful in performing essential job functions. We’d love to know how we can support your requirements for accommodation.